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Dr Truli’s House Call Services

Holistic Ivy-League Veterinarian – VMD

Dr Truli often sits on the floor with dog patients to help them relax for their acupuncture.

Relax at home for Vet Care!

Dr Truli is a fully licensed and insured Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Ivy League 1999 Graduate of The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

Licensed in Florida, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Maine.

Dr Truli can be your official family veterinarian or collaborate with your trusted family vet and add integrative and holistic medicine care to heal your pet.

Acupuncture – CVA

Dr Truli is a Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist.

  • electroacupuncture- electro stim for stem cells and boosted pain relief
  • minimal needle topographic acupuncture- only 1-3 needles
  • aquapuncture- longer lasting
  • aeropuncture- build muscles
  • no touch acuLaser for shy pets!- no extra charge

Real Food Nutrition – CVFT

Dr Truli is a Certified Veterinary Food Therapist.

  • Nutrition including Food Therapy, Food as Medicine
  • Meal plans and recipes custom balanced for your pet’s needs

Herbal Medicine – CVCH

Dr Truli is a Certified Veterinary Chinese Herbalist

  • trusted, tested herbs, no heavy metals, toxins, pesticides, identity and purity triple tested
  • drop ship and auto refill program available to ensure you conveniently and safely get everything you need

Veterinary Medical Manipulation “Like Chiropractics” – CVMMP

Dr Truli is a Certified Veterinary Medical Manipulation Practitioner

Medical Massage for Pets – CVTP

Dr Truli is a Certified Veterinary Tui-na Practitioner

  • Tui-na Medical Massage
  • Channel massage for pets

POCUS Point-of-Care-Ultrasound

Point of care Ultrasound means your pet can have a non-invasive internal ultrasound exam right in a house call appointment. No waiting or additional appointment scheduling needed. POCUS is popular in emergency medicine for humans because it gives the doctor so much more understanding about what is going on with the body. Since animals do not tell us their symptoms, ultrasound can take your pet’s medical care to a new level of understanding and action.

Dr Truli has been performing ultrasound exams since 1999 for small animal practice, emergency care and neonatal care. Pregnancy, bladder stones, tumors, liver scans, kidney scans, heart exams, tendons and ligaments and much more!

NRT- Nutritional Response Testing for Pets

Dr Truli is certified through Dr Ulan’s Nutritional Response Testing. Dr Truli also prescribes Standard Process whole. food supplements

  • Ulan Nutritional Systems certification for kinesiology muscle testing for wellness benefits.
  • Standard Process whole foods supplements

Comprehensive Blood-Work Services

  • Zoetis Reference Laboratories, Idexx and Antech full veterinary laboratory services
    • We offer Antech Laboratory’s new IBD/Lymphoma blood work
    • We offer Keyscreen fecal- best in class fecal parasite and resistance and zoonosis gene testing
    • Did you know you should be running special blood tests when you cook for your dog?
    • Did you know you can have distemper and parvo-virus immune titer tests and reduce or eliminate these vaccines?
  • Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratories
    • Innovative, validated tech- did you know we can test blood for signs of cancer in dogs?
    • Did you now we can test for Vitamin D3 in dogs?
    • Did you know low Magnesium can cause seizures in dogs? and is easy to fix?
    • Did you know we can run 125 allergy panel on 1/10 teaspoon of blood?
    • Did you know we can test fur for mineral deficiencies in the diet, and toxic mineral and chemical exposures?
    • New for 2023: Test glyphosate levels

Many more cool therapies and modalities

  • Dr Truli is also Certified in Traditional Chinese Medicine Palliative and End of Life Care
  • She is also a Certified Human-Animal Bond Practitioner
  • Assisi Loop targeted electromagnetic therapy – provided by the doctor or prescription for home use
  • “Cold” Laser Therapy in your home
  • Bach Flower Remedies, osteopathic techniques like cranial sacral, trigger point release therapy, lymphatic drainage massage and much more.
  • Homeopathy for acute illnesses in registered patients
Chihuahuas are famous for hating the vet! This Chihuahua loves her house calls.

Teenie the Chihuahua is friends with Dr. Truli after years of Acupuncture & Massage

Holistic House Call Services for Dogs & Cats

With over 22 years experience, Dr Truli can diagnose and manage most conditions completely in the house call setting.

Quick answer: Services are almost everything except sedation, surgery, x-rays, dentistry & euthanasia.

Services include Preventative Care – all you could get at a hospital and more…

Quick answer: Yes, Dr Truli does vaccinate pets if needed.

  • Puppy and Kitten visits
  • Wellness Visits- Read more about what we do in a Holistic Annual appointment
  • Sick Patient Visits, especially for chronic, complicated problems
    • emergency and urgent care for registered patients
    • referral to the best and trusted specialists, surgeons, dentists, emergency doctors, or intensive care as needed
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Visits for comprehensive ongoing palliative care
    • osteoarthritis, hip dysplasia, back pain, renal failure, chronic liver disease, diabetes, Cushing’s, epilepsy, etc
  • Preventative care
    • necessary vaccines
      • including legal Rabies vaccines for pet licensing
    • mercury-free
    • most scientifically researched as effective
    • modified vaccine schedules
  • Holistic lifestyle advice
    • food
    • exercise, sports
    • social needs, training, socialization
    • minimizing toxic environmental exposures
  • Genetic counseling and testing
  • Behavior evaluation
    • identify normal vs abnormal vs annoying
  • Nutrition consults
    • Balanced home cooked diet recipes custom for your pet. Dr. Truli is a Certified Veterinary Food Therapist.
    • Ingredient lists and food allergy elimination counseling

Services include: Western Medicine House Calls

  • Pharmaceuticals
    • mobile pharmacy of acute care medicines
      • eyes
      • ears
      • painkillers
    • full concierge online pharmacy
      • including heartworm, flea, and tick preventatives
    • full prescription-writing capabilities
  • Injections
    • arthritis care
    • anti-nausea
    • emergency meds
  • Procedures
    • physical exams
    • eye exams
    • ear exams
    • orthopedic exams
    • neurologic exams
    • dermatologic skin exams
    • all diagnostic testing that does not require sedation
  • Full laboratory, diagnostic and pharmacy services

Tru Tip: Dr Truli can use your annual blood work from your trusted local animal hospital.

  • we partner with the best laboratories:
    • your pet’s samples are transported, chilled, to my laboratory, prepped, centrifuged and transported to the professional national reference laboratory
      • Zoetis Reference Laboratories
      • Idexx Reference Laboratories
      • Antech Diagnostics
      • VARL
      • VDI
      • National Vet Labs
      • Texas A&M GI Laboratory
      • Kansas State U Lab, Cornell, Upenn, Washington State
      • and many more…
  • Dr Truli performs diagnostic tests in your home:
    • skin testing- look for bacteria, yeast, mites, mange, fungus, etc
    • corneal stains, tear tests
    • blood pressure measurements
    • ear cytology tests
    • needle aspirate cytology of lumps

 

Guinea Pigs often get constipated, Tui-na medical massage gives us another treatment option

Massage for Constipated Guinea Pig

Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM)

  • As of January 2020, one of only 27 Master’s of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine granted by the Chi Institute in Reddick, Florida.
  • Food therapy, Certified Veterinary Food Therapy
  • Chinese herbal medicine, Certified Veterinary Chinese Herbalist
  • Acupuncture, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist
  • Certified Veterinary Tui-na Practitioner
  • Certified Traditonal Chinese Veterinary Medicine Palliative and End of Life Care Practitioner
  • did you know Dr Truli is one of very few veterinarians in the US to become a Certified Veterinary Chinese Medicine Practitioner (CTCVMP)? This is the highest certification meaning completion of study certifications on all four branches of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine: acupuncture, herbalism, food therapy and Tui-na massage therapy.

Other Integrative Care

  • Hospice and Palliative Care extended consultations
    • full plan with expectations,  measurement tools for pain and quality of life and function,
    • disease trajectory determination: beyond prognosis
  • Veterinary Medical Manipulation  “VMM” Therapy – high velocity, low amplitude (HVLA) maneuvers for immediate pain relief and healing kick-start. VMM is the legal term for chiropractics in Florida when it is performed on an animal by a veterinarian who is not also a graduate of of a Collage of Chiropractic.
  • Reiki
  • Standard Process Veterinary Formulas
  • Bach flower remedies
    • homeopathic preparations targeted to help emotional imbalances
  • Orthomolecular medicine
    • vitamin and mineral therapy
  • Osteopathic massage techniques: cranial-sacral and lymphatic drainage massage for pets, trigger point release
  • Functional medicine
    • making sense of those supplements…
  • Nutrition Response Testing- individualized nutrition plans for pets
  • Physical medicine
    • exercise, training, games, sports for health and longevity

House Call Veterinary Services can Address Most Needs

Chinese herbal medicine is sophisticated and prescribed by trained doctors

Getting to the heart of herbal medicine

Cancer Holistic Treatment and Integrated Treatment with Western Medicine

  • Hemangiosarcoma
  • Transitional Cell Carcinoma TCC Bladder Cancer
  • Melanoma
  • Mast Cell Tumors
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Lymphoma
  • Bone Cancer
  • Skin cancers
  • Nerve Root Tumors
  • Heart Base Tumors
  • Lung Cancer
  • and many more…
This sleek Siamese cat shredded hospital staff. But he waited calmly meditating and staring out the kitchen window for his house call

Waiting for SQ Fluids on the Kitchen Table

Bladder / Urinary Problems

  • Kidney Disease or Renal Disease
    • IRIS Stage 1-4, Grading sub-types to help your cat or dog as much as possible
  • Bladder conditions
  • Persistent infections
  • Bladder and kidney stones
  • Urine dripping/leaking
  • FUS – FLUTD feline inappropriate urination

Hyperthyroidism

  • Cat up all night, yowling
  • Eating lots, losing weight

Liver disease

  • hepatitis
  • cirrhosis
  • copper storage disease
  • gall bladder stones
  • hepatic lipidosis cats
  • chronic active hepatitis – especially Doberman Pinschers
A slim steel acupuncture needle goes into a poodle puppy's hind paw in the web between the toes and he falls asleep!

Poodle Puppy Acupuncture for Diarrhea

Intestinal Problems

  • Gastrointestinal
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Pancreatitis
  • Parasites
  • Microbiota optimization
  • Food allergies
  • Long-term diarrhea, even when Specialists have “given up”
  • Vomiting cats are not normal!

Heart and lungs

  • congestive heart failure
  • pneumonia
  • upper respiratory infections
    • cats with sinus problems that “never go away”
  • bronchitis
  • collapsing trachea cough
  • heart worm disease (integrative treatment with Western medicine)
  • asthma
Max lays on his sofa during his acupuncture treatment

Max chills during his house call acupuncture for his autoimmune skin disorder

Skin Problems

Needles and wires cover this little Terrier mix dog for her electro-acupuncture neck treatment

Missy Dog Acupuncture for Cervical Disc Disease

Musculoskeletal and Neurologic

  • Find sources of pain
  • Cruciate ligaments-non surgical treatment & enhanced healing for surgical patients
  • Hip dysplasia
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Bursitis-enthesiopathies
  • IVDD intervertebral disc disease
  • hind end weakness
    • degenerative myelopathy
    • degenerative neuropathy
  • Paralysis / Paresis
  • Laryngeal Paralysis – Roaring
  • Nerve Damage
    • Brachial Plexis Avulsion – damage
    • Horner’s syndrome – facial nerve paralysis
  • Epilepsy – seizures
Acupuncture applied to the scalp and face can be effective to help brain and eye disease

This cat proves you can acupuncture a cat!

Eye Problems – Ophthalmology

  • dry eye
  • conjunctivitis
  • corneal ulcers
  • cataracts

Hormone & Endocrine Problems:

  • Obesity
  • Full thyroid testing
  • Endocrine and hormone balancing
  • Cushing’s disease – hyperadrenocorticism
    • Atypical Cushing’s disease
  • Addison’s Disease – hypoadrenocorticism

Post-operative Enhanced Healing & Pain Control

  • Options to Avoid Surgery
  • Dentistry – pain control, speed healing, delay or stop recurrence
  • knee surgery
  • back surgery
  • skin incisions, abdominal surgery
  • eye surgery
Crocl-pot, baked, casserole, fresh sauteed, boiled: dog food is doable!

2 nutritionally balanced, home-cooked, organic meals for a small dog

 

Plan for your pet’s near and far future.

Dr. Sandra Truli Springer, VMD, MS-TCVM, CVA, CVFT, CVTP, CVCH, CTCVMP, CTPEP, CVMMP

“Truli holistic veterinary services” | Care provided in your home

Greater Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Call toll-free  1 (877) DR TRULI  |  (877) 378-7854 | email DrTruli@VetVMD.com