Lorelei appeared in this piece on alternative pet therapy on Fox 6 News in Birmingham, AL, on November 14, 2007.In February of 2003, my 5 year old Doberman, Lorelei, was diagnosed with Wobbler’s Syndrome. I knew nothing about Wobbler’s, and turned to the internet to try and educate myself about this condition. I found very little info, and what I did find dealt mainly with treating Wobbler’s via conventional methods, such as surgery. In the end, we treated Lorelei via acupuncture, and with great success. It is my hope that Lorelei’s story will help anyone who finds themselves in the same situation in which Lorelei and I found ourselves in February 2003.
Lorelei came to me by way of the humane society/animal control facility where I worked. She was about 5 months old. She was picked up by animal control, running loose. No one ever came for her. So she became my girl in January 1998. I named her Lorelei after the song by Styx.
All was well until that February, when I began to hear her cry out in pain in the night. Then I noticed that she was unable to raise her head high enough to drink out of the water dish that I kept on a small table on the deck outside, elevated in order to keep the dogs from splashing all the water out. On further observation, I realized that she could raise her head no higher than straight out. I knew we had a problem. I took her to her vet, who observed her and suggested to me that she could possibly have Wobbler’s. He offered me several options, such as X-rays, a myelogram, or just observing her to see how she did. We went home to think it over, with some medication to help ease Lorelei’s pain.
I immediately got on the internet, where I found very little information. In the meantime, Lorelei began slipping on slick floors – her feet would just splay out in all four directions. After about three days, I decided to go ahead have the X-rays done to see if that would shed any light on the problem. It did not. After further searching on the internet, I learned that surgery for Wobbler’s often includes a long and painful recovery process, and that it sometimes only has about a 50% success rate. This didn’t sound too good. Then came the “straw that broke the camel’s back” – I learned that the cost of surgery for Wobbler's can be upwards of three thousand dollars!! Upon learning this, I knew I had to find another way. Then I came across Christy Waehner’s site, detailing her experience in treating her beautiful Doberman, Sylvia, for Wobbler’s by way of gold bead implants. Christy very kindly shared her insight and suggestions with me, and was very helpful. After hearing about her successful experience with the implants, which is based on acupuncture, I became a lot more open to the idea of some sort of alternative treatment for Lorelei.
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