Canine acupuncture has its roots in chinese medicine. Acupuncture is believed to have originated in China. The first acupuncturists used stone or wooden needles to puncture areas of the body to cure diseases. How did they discover these areas also called acupuncture points? Legend tells us that the chinese mapped these points over several thousand years based on observation of the effect of arrow wounds. Being a nation of constant political and military upheavals and dynastic changes, there was no lack of subjects and the ancient chinese physicians performed trials and noted their findings in texts which still exist today and are used as references for treament. Acupuncture probably developed when early men found that massaging and then piercing an area of their body with a stone resulted in alleviation of pain, or other symptoms.
Now you are wondering, how did dog acupuncture or treatment of animals with acupuncture begin? Well it did not start with the dog, it started with the horse, for practical reasons. Horses were used for war and transportation. Treatment of horse diseases was paramount especially in the army, and most acupuncture treatments (in addition to herbs and salves) were used to keep the animals healthy and fit for duty.
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