Healing Arts Animal Care

Healing Arts Animal Care Veterinary acupuncture, rehabilitation therapy, physical therapy and athletic conditioning to the dogs and cats of Portland.
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02/03/2025
BEFORE LIBRELA....Consider these things!There is growing concern with Librela injections for dogs with subclinical or cl...
02/03/2025

BEFORE LIBRELA....Consider these things!
There is growing concern with Librela injections for dogs with subclinical or clinical neurologic disease. Even in our practice, we have seen dogs have a sudden worsening, even to paralysis in dogs post injection. As of January 2025, the FDA has issued a statement showing concern for neurological disease after Librela injection and has launched an investigation.
* Boxers, Corgis and German Shepherd should be degenerative myelopathy tested prior to injection.
* It should not be given to dogs without X-ray documented arthritis
* For dogs with back pain, a lateral xrays of the spine should be considered in all dogs before a Librela injection, regardless of other arthritis locations.
* Extreme caution in Frenchies and Pugs, as most have undocumented neurological damage

02/03/2025

Another Canine Companions making the world a better place.

02/02/2025

We all deserve to be loved like this.

If Mutt and Jeff were Boo and Walter......
02/02/2025

If Mutt and Jeff were Boo and Walter......






01/26/2025

Who’s dog can relate?

01/25/2025

I’m not crying! You’re crying!

01/24/2025

🥜🐾 Happy National Peanut Butter Day! 🐾🥜
Today we’re celebrating one of our pets' favorite treats—peanut butter! It’s not only delicious but can be a great way to make treat time fun and engaging for your furry friends. 🍯🐶🐱
💡 Peanut Butter Tips for Pets:
✔️ Choose natural peanut butter without added sugar, salt, or xylitol (xylitol is toxic to pets!).
✔️ Use it as a treat for training, puzzle toys, or to disguise medication.
✔️ Offer in moderation to avoid upset tummies!
🐾 Fun Idea: Share your pet's peanut butter moments with us! Snap a photo or video of those adorable peanut butter "lick faces" and tag us. Let’s see those happy pets enjoying their favorite snack!

Think we give you lots of exercises? Not. even. close to what we will be able to offer in the future. Starting Feb 1, ...
01/24/2025

Think we give you lots of exercises? Not. even. close to what we will be able to offer in the future. Starting Feb 1, Bobbi Lyons, a world reknowned Canine Fitness Trainer will be joining our team! Bobbi is moving her studio into our gym, and bringing all her amazing expertise with her! Welcome !!

Don’t get up Gus. It’s just your graduation! NBD.
01/23/2025

Don’t get up Gus. It’s just your graduation! NBD.

Not only are we excited about this class, but we are so excited to have this talented teacher working out of our clinic ...
01/22/2025

Not only are we excited about this class, but we are so excited to have this talented teacher working out of our clinic starting in February. If you are not familiar with Bobbie Lyons Canine Campus operated by Pawsitive Performance LLC, check her out! So much to learn! So many opportunities for training new skills for your dogs!




Hop on over to Bobbie Lyons Canine Campus to check out what we are offering for enrollment!

We have courses for all dogs of all ages and stages!

See what Barb has to say about her Bobbie Lyons Canine Campus experience with multiple courses!

"My dogs and I strongly recommend Bobbie’s fitness classes! We have worked on injury prevention, jumping support, warmup/cool-down and much more. Bobbie’s demos are clear and easy to follow and she gives excellent feedback so that we learn to perform the various exercises correctly. Plus, my dogs have really enjoyed our fitness work with Bobbie’s support."

Enroll at https://www.bobbielyonscaninecampus.com/!

🐾✨ Happy National Dress Up Your Pet Day! ✨🐾Whether your pet rocks a bow tie, struts in a tutu, or lounges in a cozy swea...
01/17/2025

🐾✨ Happy National Dress Up Your Pet Day! ✨🐾
Whether your pet rocks a bow tie, struts in a tutu, or lounges in a cozy sweater, show off their unique flair. 🐶🐱🐰🐦 Share your pet’s best-dressed look in the comments! Let’s fill this day with cuteness overload and fabulous fashion. 🎉

Truth!
01/14/2025

Truth!

You did it Healing Arts Family! Dr. Mandi's car was filled to the brim with the donations you made to Coffee Creek Pupp...
01/13/2025

You did it Healing Arts Family! Dr. Mandi's car was filled to the brim with the donations you made to Coffee Creek Puppy Program for Canine Companions and Portland Animal Welfare Team - PAW Team Portland Animal Welfare (PAW) team. Thank you for sharing your abundance!





Have you ever seen pure joy? Well here you go! This is Coda and every moment of his life was about JOY. Pain? -- nah!...
01/13/2025

Have you ever seen pure joy? Well here you go! This is Coda and every moment of his life was about JOY. Pain? -- nah! I'm joyful. Aging? -- Pbbbt -- I'm joyful! Turning 16? Pushaw! -- JOY JOY JOY! We are sure going to miss this amazing light in our clinic. Go spread your joy in Heaven my boy!

Every Wednesday our team takes an hour to round and discuss our cases. We troubleshoot, brainstorm, educate and discuss...
01/11/2025

Every Wednesday our team takes an hour to round and discuss our cases. We troubleshoot, brainstorm, educate and discuss, allowing all our years of experience in the field to benefit your pet! There is no "cookbook" medicine here....each patient is treated with their own unique plan.

01/11/2025

The benefits of the underwater treadmill:
** the warm water helps the tendons and ligaments loosen for weight bearing
** the buoyancy allows less weight bearing so movement is easier
** the resistance of the water is good for strengthening and endurance
** the even movement of the belt helps with gait maintenance or re-learning gait.
* We are crazy for cleanliness! We change the water in our underwater treadmills weekly and we culture the tank every month to ensure the utmost cleanliness in our tanks

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8505 SW Creekside Place Ste 120
Beaverton, OR
97008

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Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm

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🥜🐾 Happy National Peanut Butter Day! 🐾🥜 Today we’re celebrating one of our pets' favorite treats—peanut butter! It’s not only delicious but can be a great way to make treat time fun and engaging for your furry friends. 🍯🐶🐱 💡 Peanut Butter Tips for Pets: ✔️ Choose natural peanut butter without added sugar, salt, or xylitol (xylitol is toxic to pets!). ✔️ Use it as a treat for training, puzzle toys, or to disguise medication. ✔️ Offer in moderation to avoid upset tummies! 🐾 Fun Idea: Share your pet's peanut butter moments with us! Snap a photo or video of those adorable peanut butter "lick faces" and tag us. Let’s see those happy pets enjoying their favorite snack! #NationalPeanutButterDay #PetSafeTreats #HealthySnacking #VeterinaryTips

The benefits of the underwater treadmill: ** the warm water helps the tendons and ligaments loosen for weight bearing ** the buoyancy allows less weight bearing so movement is easier ** the resistance of the water is good for strengthening and endurance ** the even movement of the belt helps with gait maintenance or re-learning gait. * We are crazy for cleanliness! We change the water in our underwater treadmills weekly and we culture the tank every month to ensure the utmost cleanliness in our tanks #UWTM #underwatertreadmill #dogfitness #weightloss #healingartsvet

....Dogs hate the vet???? .Not at Healing Arts! Mimosa wants to leave his joyful sparkle all over our place! #mimosa #healingartsvet #lowstresshandling #notscary

If Old Man Winter has you down -- let this pick you up! #oldmanwinter #eddieswheels #frenchiesofinstagram #frenchiesofpdx

Canine Companions puppies have a special purpose in life, growing up to provide enhanced independence for people with disabilities. The Canine Companions prison puppy raising program not only benefits the puppies, but it also provides a positive impact on the incarcerated program participants as well. Help us support this cause! We’re collecting donations: leashes, gear, bedding, toys (new or gently used). Drop off at our clinic! ❤️🐶" #positiveimpact #caninecompanions #puppylove #donations #faithfulflorence #fragilexchristmas

Show us how your handicapped pet decorates for Christmas? Lights on the wheelchair? Tinsel in the Help Em Up Harness? Christmas diapers? Santa hoodie? We wanna see it! Best photo will win 20% off your next visit!!

🐾 Meet Milo! 🐾 This wonderful young pup lives life with GUSTO! 🎉 Milo is learning that touch can be safe, fun, and comforting—but his fused elbows mean he needs a little extra help. After being rescued, surgery was no longer an option, so he’s getting a custom cart from Eddie’s Wheels to keep him zooming! 🚀❤️ If you’d like to help with the cost of Milo’s wheels, please contact Pacific Pug Rescue. Stay tuned for updates when Milo rolls out in style! 🐶✨ #MiloTheMighty #WheelsForMilo #RescueLove #PacificPugRescue #Eddieswheels #dogwheelchair #customcart

Fun Fact Friday: Cats have a scent organ, the vomeronasal gland, in the roof of their mouth. This special pathway allows scents that are collected in the nose and mouth to be carried to the brain. The oil Nepetalactone in catnip plant’s leaves mimics feline sex hormones, which leads to the behaviors we see! Our catnip is fresh and courtesy of @HartRoadAnimalHospital! #catnip #likecatniptoacat #funfactfriday #healingartsvet

Fun Fact Friday: People often ask if we have a pool. Ein says -- we don't need a pool when we have an underwater treadmill! Swimming is a great modality for so many reasons . It helps stretch out muscles that aren't being stretched with walking. Swimming can be a reflex in dogs, so even partially paralyzed dogs (like Ein) will have great action. It is a low impact way to use large muscle groups in recovering animals. #dogswimming #waterdog #corgiscanswim #degenerativemyelopathy #DM #healingartsvet #vetrehab

It's Vet Tech week and we are SO PROUD to share our team! Amanda has been with us for five years and has been a tech for 15. We get so many compliments about patient care and compassion for people, clients really bond to her. Just look at her face in this video -- you'll see that even after 15 years, she still loves her job. #15years #vettech #patientcare #careandcompassion #lovesherjob #vetrehab #healingartsvet

It's Vet Tech week and we are SO PROUD to share our team! Tanya is our dog whisperer. The grouchier the better. If you are broken, she is your tech. This ultimate patience translates to her coworkers and her family. Not only is she a great tech, but a great mom too! #vettechweek #lowstresshandling #dogwhisperer #coldlaser #unicornvettech #healingartsvet #vetrehab #greatmom #techweek

Once the orthosis arrives back from Orthopets -- it's fitting day! Many of our patients walk off without a hitch as what was unstable is now stable. Others wonder about the THING that is attached to them and take a little longer. Tootsie was ready to ROCK AND ROLL! #orthopets #orthosis #tarsus #healingartsvet #tootsieroll #vetrehab

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As a general practitioner in Southern Oregon for 15 years, Dr. Mandi Blackwelder continued to love the science of veterinary medicine, but felt that there was so much more that could be done for our recovering and elderly pets. Even with years of acupuncture under her belt, she felt there was more. Entering they physical therapy and rehabilitation program at the University of Tennessee shone a light that missing link -- it was finishing what we have started. In veterinary medicine we tend to get them through surgery and then tell them to be quiet a few weeks and then BAM back to activity. Or we tend to rest dogs with back injuries and then let them out of crate rest and expect it to never happen again. Or even with our elderly dogs, we’ve watched them run and jump and hike and chase balls for 12-14 years and then when they are achey and sore we only offer medication. There is SO much more!

Once Dr. Mandi was certified, she began looking for a rehab home. A friend told her of a rehab practice in Portland where the practice owner had passed away -- she and her husband drove to Portland and bought it, nearly on the spot. THIS was what she had been waiting for! In 2014 Healing Arts Animal Care opened it’s doors in Raleigh Hills offering rehabilitation, physical therapy, and athletic conditioning to the pets of Portland. The underwater treadmill was installed, the Class IV therapeutic laser was instituted and acupuncture Chi was flowing. From the start, the mission was all about comfort. Comfort for the pet. Comfort for the owner. Comfort for the staff. Our favorite thing to hear is “He just pulls me in the door. He LOVES it here!” or “There she is Sparky, YOUR Dr. Mandi.” We love being “owned” by our patients, where they feel at home, the come in, flop down and be ready to be comforted.

In August 2017 we moved into our new home in Beaverton. We started in 158 square feet, so moving to 1200 sf was like taking a long deep breath! Ah.....more comfort. In addition Healing Arts became a Premier Partner with Orthopets, a company that makes custom orthoses and prosthetics for pets -- we fit supports for stifles (knees), ankles (tarsus) and wrist (carpus) in addition to prosthetics for amputees. We are also a trusted partner with Eddie’s Wheels, a wonderful company making custom carts (wheelchairs) for our dogs with significant mobility dysfunction. We even started a local group called Calling All Carts for our wheelchair bound friends. There is nothing more fulfilling that seeing a park site filled with happy dogs rolling around!

We continue to grow and hope to open a second location on Portland’s East Side sometime in the early 2020’s.