European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Barking up the right tree in Manhattan by William  new York times new York dog Wolkon to Tad Down the it Nat for mrw com. N Rudy on Remy on Roxie and Boomer on peek a boo. Honey Bear. Scarlet and scone Donner and Blitzen they were not. But the sight of Jim Buck and two of his assistants exhorting 23 dogs to dash Down fifth Avenue in Manhattan had Heads turning people smiling a few stepping Back in Stark terror and cameras clicking. Buck is the grandmaster of new York dog walkers having walked Large packs of dogs for 30 years on the upper East Side. Indeed he is believed to have invented Tho idea. This dog walking business which is really training and exercising Buch said began with a dog named Ben Amin Mcnamara. The dog was about to kill another one in the Park and i knocked him cold with a Rock. Benjamin s owner thought that was great and asked it i could teach him some  the recent morning walk which really seemed closer to a Gallop began at 5 55 . With Buck picking up a Gordon seller from a banker already talking to foreign markets. On oils dog walk Buck did All the Barking. The former Navy Man and merchant Marine runs a Light ship and he had to pull a Tew chains Lap a few rear ends and holler orders i said Sill to keep the Herd in Itne. You Are Silling on a powder Keg Here he said the dogs seem to be his raw recruits. He walks six or seven Miles at a dog Irot to give them a workout. Th9 larger dogs like Dai a 120 Pound Bernese Mountain dog loped along while Jackio a seven Pound Yorkie. Had to move her legs like Hummingbird wings to keep Pace we gel them in condition and we build character he said barely breaking slide As he smoothly whipped a newspaper out of his Back pocket scooped up some dog droppings and losses them into a trash receptacle All in in one motion like Keith Hernandez yield my a bunt. You should have seen this outfit a few months ago he said they were a Bunch of screw alts and  now they Pivot and move almost As one. When they Sil Buck and his assistants each throw a Quick Carrot hitch knot in the group of seven or eight leashes they hold. They Tell the dogs to sit and they do quietly in three Little circles around their leashes. When they stand or bark Buck reprimands them sit Down Morgan he shouts thank you Many dogs coming to us Are spoiled said Buck it s just memo me with these dogs today also it s Good for a dog to get Oul with his Peers " arriving at 71st Street and Park Avenue at 7 15 to pick up one of Tho last dogs Buck was informed by the a stormed Doorman that the dog s owner Houghl he had come Loo Early inform her that Well see her monday Buck snapped. Anyone going to work should be up by now. Dogs enter my program at my discretion it is a privilege to be in this group " Tho Doorman relayed she message and the dog Morgan a Cocker Spaniel appeared almost instantly we interview the dogs Buck explained moving Over so fasl in the thick Solod shoes he must replace every two months and we decide in they re suitable. Then we decide which pack they go in based on temperament age and  he can discuss a length the social dynamics of his various packs. Joggers ended to give his dogs wide berth other passers by tried to pet them "no1" barked Buck. See to explained a Guy came up and tried to pet a Kerry Blue. Tho dog bit him and the Man sued us saying he was a surgeon and could never operate again. Surel it took a four years in court but we Lound out he had quit operating before Tho bite and was playing jazz piano " Why Are you letting her choke thai dog yelled a Man at Park Avenue and 72nd Street referring to a dog led by an assistant you re terrible you re cruel to animals of  Buck yelled Back Why am i carrying this Little Blind dog that is Loo hoi to walk Ihen this is a Tough business he said very competitive and our service $50 for once a Day five Days a week is the first thing they Cut irom their budget  bad a very famous Stock analyst Calls to at Home to ask about my business As an indicator no  after pounding the pavement for several Miles. The dogs sat Down in three circles quietly knowing if they moved an Inch Buck would reprimand them my what a Good Bunch of boys and girls we arc today said a woman passing by with a smug looking toy poodle in her arms Samantha a Large Long hated braid in Buck s group Shol a look at the poodle that seemed to say i d eat you Tor breakfast in i could " animal crackers chiropractors who make adjustments on pets by Phyllis Mensing associated press is Bowser growling about an aching Back does Kitty have a Kink in her Slink for Many pet owners in the United Stales the answer to the growls howls and squawks is an animal chiropractor a rub Here an adjustment there has helped a dog walk made a cat purr and even improved a parakeet s love life they say. I just think animals deserve the Best treatment we can give them said Sharon Wiloughby who gave up a 13-year veterinary practice to become an animal chiropractor the port Byron resident estimates there Are Between 100 to 200 animal chiropractors across the United states but no one really keeps count because icy Aren l licensed yet Pel owners say chiropractors have worked wonders Darryl Coty of Laporte. Ind., asked Wiloughby to take a look Al her parakeet because the Bird would i move from the Bollom of ils Cage Wiloughby and usted the Bird s neck and Coly said the difference was incredible she started preening her feathers she became Friendly even amorous with her mate Coly said. Carol Robinson of suburban Chicago said chiropractic treatment stimulated the Muscles of Lexie her Doberman allowing the dog to land briefly after being paralysed for a year. Wiloughby also works on horses using a couple of Bales of Hay to stand on some people use mallets because horses vertebrae Are  she said. But i just use my hand i use the horse s height As a lever that kind of work can be hazardous though Daniel Kamen. A chiropractor from Buffalo Grove found that out when he tried to work on a Giraffe the animal promptly Flung him to the ground when he ined to adjust its neck that s the first time a pal enl treated me said Kamen who also treats his visitors loan endless Supply of corny jokes he has started a newsletter Lor animal chiropractors called animal crackers the sceptics we get Are Prelly much sceptical of chiropractors in general he said last week. And a lot of them Are sceptical because this is so new " so new in fact thai the american veterinary Medica association says it needs More study currently Only vets May be licensed to Ireal animals Kamen because he s no a vet does l charge Tor his services saturday August 29, 1987 animal chiropractic is one of several things our committee is banging it s head Over said Sheldon Altman of Burbank Calif a member of the veterinary association s committee on alternative therapies first of All we re Oul to make sure the Public is  said Altman. We want to make sure the practitioners know what they re doing " ii May be a year before the association develops any policy he said because the Issue must be studied thoroughly. Human physiology and disease problems Are not sync try applicable to animals Allman said whal if a vet were asked to treat people " Willoughby who charges $10 to $25 por visit depending on animal s size says she s used to being laughed then people find Oul what she does when she wits studying to be a chiropractor she said she once sneaked parts of a dead horse into her Altic so no one would know she was working on an animal but she believes her work is helping humans Loo. I see Medicine As a technological thing she said animal chiropractic gives us an animal Model i ust think in All contributes Alillie piece to larger knowledge. My goal is to see it become a Piole Sion i sell so there is Oua