I receive tons of interesting email. Most of it is from past registrants who have questions about a technique. Other email, and these are the most interesting ones, arefrom chiropractors who think they (chiropractors in general) should be the only ones adjusting animals. I usually save these emails and read them on a rainy day when I want a good laugh. Many of these chiropractors criticize me for teaching horse owners how adjust their own horses. And you should see the language they use in their emails. Some of it would make Howard Stern blush. And to think it's directed at me. Me! How thoughtful. And it isn't even my birthday (although one day it was).

I hate to disillusion these thoughtful prose creators, but it's hard to insult me. I'm from the Chicago area and have been a Cub fan most of my life. Like most Cub fans, I'm at least 80% scar tissue. But give it your best shot, anyway.

Getting back to the emails. I received one email from a disgruntled chiropractor from Wisconsin who said I was doing a "disservice" by teaching people other than chiropractors how to adjust horses. She stated many reasons, one being that people other than chiropractors couldn't possibly understand chiropractic concepts in a two day course and didn't possess the skill to perform a successful adjustment. While her agrument may apply to some, it doesn't apply to all. Horse owners aren't stupid. Most are savvy, responsible individuals who know their limitations, but also want to be able to help their horse when ever they want. Part of this Wisconsin chiropractor's argument was that licensed chiropractors from many states are being disciplined for adjusting animals. I fail to see her logic here. If she's right and chiropractors are being disciplined for adjusting animals, then why should she want more chiropractors to learn how? So more can be disciplined? Doesn't she know that most horse owners are their horses primary care giver? Horse owners already administer drugs to their own horses like ACE and BUTE and many others. Should horse owners call out a vet every time their horse needs BUTE? And as far as chiropractic care for your horse--you can just forget about finding a certified animal chiropractor in your area who isn't always too busy to take your call.

Yet another email was from a Michigan chiropractor who was certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (like I am, although I'm no longer an active member, by choice, I asure you). His argument was similar to the Wisconsin chiropractor's. But he went one step further. He not only didn't want people other than chiropractors to adjust horses, but went on to say he heard that 90% of all horse owners shouldn't even own horses. Where does someone come up with an idiotic figure like that? He made this statement after I pointed out there were fewer than 200 full time certified animal chiropractors in this country and over 5 millions horses. If only certified animal chiropractors were allowed to adjust all of the horses that needed to be adjusted, they would have to be adjusted in a big field en masse the same way Reverend Moon marries people. Maybe he could bless them all. That'll restore normal joint function.

Next article. How to spot a crooked human chiropractor. Pun intended, but this one is real good!