11/15/06

Hi Dr. Snell,
We met at a Greyhound event several weeks ago - my wife is Suzie, the one that makes the decals & signs - and you gave us a small bottle of Willard Water for bumps on Maggie's ears (she's the blue that was dressed like a bus for the costume conest). I just wanted to write to say THANK YOU! That stuff removed both lumps within a matter of days! Those things were there when we got her on Easter and have been getting bigger since. She has always been very sensitive about having her ears touched and our Vet was suggesting surgery that would have potentially taken chunks out of her ears. Since the disappearance of those things, she actually leans into you when you scratch her ears now! No more screams of pain! I may even attempt to get a Q-Tip in there now to clean them out...

Thanks again!
Brian & Sue Collins
suzieillustrator.com

BRYN DANIELS

     "When we first brought our almost 10 year old English Springer Spaniel to Dr. Sandra Snell in July 2004, Bryn was barely mobile.  She was very weak in her rear end and hind legs.  Bryn could barely move from room to room and we had to help her up and down steps with a towel sling.  We thought we might have to euthanize her as we were not being given much hope elsewhere and wanted her to have a good quality of life.  Dr. Sandy got her started on natural supplements and gave her a Veterinary Orthopedic Manipulation and an Acupuncture treatment.  Within 24 hours we saw a small improvement and continued with the scheduled treatments and supplements.  I am happy to tell you that today (November 2004) Bryn is pretty much her old self.  She still goes slowly up steps and doesn't run as fast as she used to, but she is happy and so are we! We believe that Dr. Sandy's treatments, along with our TLC at home, has allowed Bryn's body to heal itself instead of just masking symptoms and causing more harm.

    Dr. Sandy and her assistant Denise are caring and compassionate ladies.  They took the time to get to know Bryn before treating her and maintain a friendly, non-threatening atmosphere.  They have shown Bryn dignity, gentleness, and a firm hand when needed.  We feel fortunate to have Dr. Sandy's Sycamore Animal Hospital so close to home...she is truly a gifted healer!"

Doug and Sylvia Daniels

Carey, Ohio

TWISTER OBERHAUS

"My horse Twister, a registered paint and 20 years young, has benefited the most of all my horses from the treatments Sandy Snell, DVM has done for him.  I thought I was going to have to retire him from trail riding a few years ago as he was getting stiffer by the day and it was getting apparent he was no longer enjoying the fun of the trails he had since he was 3 years old.  I had his front knees injected to no avail and didn't know what else to do as the glucosamine and chondrotin was not enough.

Sandy has done acupuncture, message, and has used her chiropractic expertise along with homeopathic medicine and Chinese herbs he is now enjoying the trails of Oak Openigns and Van Buren.  He will never be a young horse again and ride the hills of southern Ohio but he gets so excited to go and camp with me and do the northern Ohio trails with me.  I am so privileged to have Sandy as a Vet and as a friend.:)"

Barb Oberhaus

Wood County OHC President, 2006, 2007

Friends of Van Buren State Park member and VIP of that park

Friends of Seneca County Park system member, Equine section

Deta Miller in the lead on the pink trail.

Barb, Twister, and Coral in the buddy seat, during a 12 mile ride at Van Buren State Park.

October 30, 2005

SOPHIE MAE STEPHAN

"My 7 year old Miniature Schanuzer, Sophie Mae, came in from the back yard hurting and crying with no visible injuries . I thought maybe she had eaten something bad. After a  long night, we were able to get to Dr. Snell's Clinic the next morning. She determined that Sophie did not have any internal problems but that she had thrown her back out somehow. She then performed chriropractic and holistic treatment along with acupuncture to releive the pain. Sophie returned to her normal self after several days of rest. I have since discovered that there was a coyote in our neighborhood that evening and is probably how my dog hurt herself running up on the deck to escape.
 I cannot say enough about how Dr. Snell's caring and treatment has helped us. We are blessed to have such a caring and talented Vet in our area.
She and her staff  will always have Sophie's and my gratitude for everything they have done for us!"

Debra J Stephan

Upper Sandusky, Ohio

EZEKIEL EVERHART ("ZEKE")

"On an early February 2004 evening, our 5 year old male black Lab, Zeke, began throwing up.  As we tried to figure out what it was that was making him sick, he also began having pain.  As the night went on, no one got any sleep because little Zeke's pain became excruciating and he whined and howled.  Nothing comforted him and we finally called the vet.  This other vet told us that they couldn't find anything wrong but that his liver readings were a little high.  They gave him pain pills, which we found out later, was not good for his liver.  I made a quick decision to change to Dr. Sandy Snell, as Zeke was getting worse.

Dr. Sandy first took some time to connect with Zeke.  She has a very special rare gift to connect with animals.  Zeke immediately liked her and knew she was trying to help him.  Zeke slowly responded as Dr. Sandy used her special talents and alternative approach.  We did find out Zeke was allergic to many things and that his liver was smaller than normal.  Dr. Sandy would talk to Zeke as she administered her holistic methods of allergy elimination, chiropractic, acupuncture, Vit. B injections, Bach remedies, muscle testing, and homeopathic meds.  Zeke began improving and as he did so he found a true, caring, compassionate friend, Dr. Sandy, who literally saved him.  Zeke knew she helped him and to this day he has never forgotten it.  All we have to say is "Zeke, let's go to see Dr. Sandy" and he gets really exited and wags his tail so fast you think it will fall off.

When I reflect on all Dr. Sandy did for Zeke, I tear up, as Zeke is my baby and she kept him from dying.  He was very close to death.  I have comforting reassurance knowing we have Dr. Sandy so close.  She will do anything to help you and your pet.  I just can't say enough good things about Dr. Sandy.  Her staff is also very caring.  I have just never been to a vet who was this caring and compassionate.  She is even conerned for you, the parents.  If I hadn't found Dr. Sandy, I know I wouldn't have Zeke to this day.  Through all of this, we found a very special lady who truly loves animals and truly wants to help make them well.  I will never forget her and I thank my God everyday for a special lady as Dr. Sandy."

Pat and Dave Everhart

Tiffin, Ohio

TREVOR, MEGHAN KAY, AND T.C.

I was visiting my herbalist in Rising Sun, Ohio, when I happened to mention to her that my 10 year old greyhound, Trevor, was in dire need of a chiropractor.  He had a pinched nerve in his back making his back legs shake uncontrolably.  He was in so much pain that he no longer wanted to go for our 2 mile daily walks around the reservoir which had been the absolute high-light of his days!  I had given him  a pain killer that only killed his spirit, did little for the pain, and nothing to remedy the injury.  I was not sure how much longer I would be able to handle him with this problem.  My herbalist gave a booklette that explaines the wonderful work done by Dr. Sandy and Denise and I knew that was for us!  Trevor showed noticable improvement after just one treatment so I made an appointment for my 13 year old Keeshond, Meghan Kay, who had taken a nasty fall several months before and was having difficulty negotiating the stairs.  For the last months that she was with me, the quality of Meghan's life improved greatly with Dr. Sandy's care.  Unfortunately, age and time caught up with us and when it was time for Meghan to cross over to the Rainbow Bridge, Dr. Sandy allowed her to do so with dignity by coming to my home. Meghan was surrounded by everyone and everything she loved when she crossed over.  I can't tell you what a tremendous comfort this is to me still.
T.C. is my 4 year old fawn colored greyhound.  I got him when he was almost 2 years old.  Abused and neglected at the track, he had never walked on grass before he came to live with me. He was terrified by life in general,and people( particularly men).  He barked, growled, paced, and ran around insanely when ever anyone came to visit  my home.  He would not allow anyone pet him or get near him.  He would not take treats from anyone and would quake with fear if I insisted that he let someone to pet him.  He had such a "wild" look about him.  I was beginning to think that perhaps mine was not his "forever home".  However, Dr. Sandy and Denise had a different idea!  With much patience, kindness, kids and other dogs, over many weeks they won T.C. over. They made a very special mixture of "flowers" just for him and as I gave it to him on a regular basis I began to notice that I had a different dog living with me.  T.C. no longer looks "wild", he is much calmer and doesn't bark and run around like a "mad dog" when company comes.  He takes treats from my hand and he even is starting to come when he is called!  Just the other evening T.C. came over and ask me to pet him...a first.
With the combination of Dr. Sandy's treatments and the all natural, yummy tasting "GO" dog food that she sells, my Greyhounds are now both able to serve as "therapy dogs" in my classroom.  My students look forward to every Friday which is doggy/game day. The hounds are allowed to roam freely between two classrooms and be fed treats and hugged and petted by all the students.  This would never have been possible without Dr. Sandy and Denise and the  wonderfully sensitive care that they have given my family.  With tears of joy, I am forever grateful. 

Thank you, Karma

Green Springs, Ohio

CAESAR MARINELLI

     I have a best friend (bulldog) named Caesar.  He is 5 years old now and is my constant companion.  At appoximately 8 months old, Caesar was diagnosed with cherry eye in one eye.  In additon to having surgery on that eye to correct the problem, his vet also performed pnecautionary surgery on his other eve.  At 1 1/2 years old, he was diagnosed with an enlarged soft palatte.  This is a common condition among bulldogs in which the soft palatte grows backward into the throat making it extremely difficult to breathe and resulting in frequent coughing, gagging & regurgetation.  He had laser surgery to correct this problem.  One day, when he was approximately three years old, we were outside when I noticed he was having difficultly urinating.  For the next two hours, he continued to attempt to urinate but was unable to do so.  Realizing it was an emergency, I immediately took him to the vet.  Through a series of tests, he was diagnosed with having cystein crystals/stones.  This is a condition in which the kidney produse stone or crystal formations tha are large enough to block the urethra making it impossible to urinate.  The Doctor informed me that I had only one choice if I wanted my beloved companion to live and that was to neuter him and make a large opening where his testicles had been enabling him to urinate without the stones continuing to block his urethra.  This was very traumatic to me because Caesar was purebreed and I wanted puppies from him.  I had no choice but to agree to the surgery in order to save his life. His recovery was long and difficult for both of us.  It was a truning point in his life.  From that point onward he began a slow but continuous deterioration phypically and emotionaley.  He gained a significant amount of weight and displayed a change in body composition.  He began shedding profusely, losing hair in clumps.  He develeoped sores and scabs over the majority of his body.  His left ear was continually severely infected.  Both eyes began oozing.  His emotional state deteriorated to the pont where he didn't even want to go outside, and when he did, he refused to walk and further than he had to.  Most of his time was spent laying down and / or sleeping as if he was in constant pain.  At this point, I realized that he needed something more that a typical vet could offer.  I searched the internet and found Dr. Sandra Snell, a holistic vet.

After talking with Dr. Snell I decided Caesar and I would take the over two hour long trip to see her.  On our first visit, she performed chiropractic, acupuncture,  &  allergy testing as well testing Caesar's thyroid.  She performed all of these test with a extrordenary amount of love, comfort and patience.  She recommed starting Caesar on bach flower therapy, homeopathic medicne, thyourd and milk thisthle.  I began seeing an immediate improvement and over the course of 3 to 4 months and about 5 visits, Ceasar stopped shedding, his fur became shinny, soft and thick, 90% of his sores healed, his ear cleaned up, his mood improved immensely and his eyes became bright and expressive again.  In addition to all this, Dr. Snell performed a test on his urine and his body no longer produces the cystine stones/crysstals which I had been told could never be cured.  My heart felt thanks goes out to Dr. Snell and her staff for saving my compannions life.  I cannot recommend her highly enough or thank her enough!

Marcuss Marinelli & Caesar 

Caesar's

Urine sample from his first four visits.

Top sample is the first visit and down to the fourth on the bottom.

MAC VASEK

My collie, Mac, is now 4 years old.  Mac has had numerous medical problems beginning around age 1.  He was diagnosed with Collie Nose which is a form of Lupus.  Lupus is an auto immune disease. Most of the pigment came off his nose and he has to wear heavy sun block.  Mac has also had digestive problems with a great deal of diarrhea.  He has been to several traditional vets over his short little life span with no luck.  They put Mac on some meds that he reacted to and most of the hair came off his paws and he could not be in the sun or his eyes would run.  I finally discovered prozymes, a digestive enzyme, that helped his body absorb nutrients and the digestive problems got better.  As for the rest it was the expertise of Dr. Snell that helped Mac.  She determined and fixed some allergy problems and amazingly his hair grew back quite quickly.  She found a Chinese herb for Lupus and for the first time in 2 years he has 75% of the pigment back on his nose.  She also did acupuncture and chiropractic techniques on him and he is out there herding the traffic from his yard once again.  I think the UPS man missed him.  We are hoping to get back into agility again this spring and go for a third title and have some fun as a team.  Mac thanks you Dr. Snell and so do I.  I have a much healthier and happier dog.

Tammie Vasek & Mac
owner of In Good Health
An animal wellness store

4/15/06

Tami sent an email about Pete's treatment to a another person thinking about using Dr. Snell for her horses.

3/4/2007

Bridget and I want to thank you for the excellent care with her surgery. I was so relieved as I was worried about it for her.  I am very interested in alternative treatments for our furry friends as well as us humans. It was nice to be able to meet Anthony this past weekend. I enjoyed the Reiki treatment and look forward to a treatment with both you and Anthony.  I will be calling for an appointment as soon as I can swing it financially and time wise.  THANKS again.

Linda Depinet and Bridget

Tiffin, Ohio

BEAR KINKADE

                                     4/8/07

7/21/07

Tammy Kinkade

7/28/07 

Gunner and Tasha are doing nicely after the VOM adjustments and I’ve added a liver glandular to their supplements.  Rhys (the psycho cat we did by photo) is also doing really well.  He doesn’t have the stressed, nutty, fried look in his eyes anymore.  I have heard his spine pop once or twice when I’ve picked him up.  I may try him with a short trip in the car and see how he reacts and see if it seems like he can make the trip out to actually see you.  Whether or not he’s mentally stable enough to come see you, I definitely want to get more of the mixture you made up for him.  He’s doing much better than on attempted Amitriptyline!  He’s even gained a little weight!

Thanks for your help!

Kerry Greer

Ashland, OH

8/13/07 

I had my shepherd Auz in today (august 13th) for recurrent bouts of diarrhea.  I was impressed with the friendliness of the staff and was pleased to find a vet without the cold, sterile feel of most clinics.  Dr. Snell took her time with us both and introduced us to the world of homeopathic veterinary medicine.  I was VERY pleased with our experience, thank you all VERY VERY much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grammies             www.grammieshouse.com
Jenny Montgomery                 Findlay, Ohio

ZIGGY Email Consult 

8/14/07

Hi Dr. Snell, Thanks for the email.  The chiropractor was here this morning and really did a lot of work on Ziggy.  I am grateful to you for pointing me in this direction since that would have been my last idea of what he needed.  So, I am sending a picture that I just took about 5 hours after the work.  I would appreciate you sending the blue bottle of remedies.  Hope this works, thanks so much, Patty.

10/9/07

Hello Sandra,  Hope this finds you and yours well.   Ziggy definetly got better with the blue bottle and the chiropractic.  He still coughs, mostly at night when the air is heavy. 

Patty Eskridge

Ravenna, Ohio 

10/4/07

Emmett's kids from one AI by Dr Snell.

Barb Stinehelfer

White Wing Valley Labs

Upper Sandusky, OH

9/12/07

Reiki on horse and rider after both fall during trail ride.  Horse also got adjusted. 

11/26/07

11/29/07

It was soooo  good to see and be with you last night! :-) 

Yes , I was having Sandy withdrawals!  :-P

Good to hear you had a nice Thanksgiving get together with your family, and Gary.  

                                                                                                                           
THANK  YOU  for helping me with my beloved kitty " Lover Boy "  in helping him cross over .  I will continue to keep releasing him and assuring him that all of us will be alright, and live in the present moment as he had taught.

                                                
Thanks Sandy for always being there for me, as well as for others. I'm blessed to have you for my friend as well as my Vet and healer.

Nancy

Van Buren, OH

1/14/08

4/9/2008

Imagine my surprise when the Horse Chiropracter walked into Elli Spellerberg's barn & began the session with Reiki; could have knocked me over with a feather!!!  And, it just got better and better (except for that darned damp cold).  A great pleasure to meet you, Dr Snell. Would love to figure out a way to "follow you around" for a spell.  I am attending the Tellington TTouch Training in Middleburg, VA  Apr 29 - May 5.  I am ready to be involved again!!!  Have a great week - hope you're having the taste of spring that we're experiencing here in Ottawa-Glandorf.  Really nice website. 

 Lois Pearl