The attorney general's office, however, can't bring charges against Kamen unless a citizen who enrolled in the seminar complains, Ling said. Kamen said that he clarifies during his seminars that the only people who can make money from the techniques are veterinarians who want to learn that specialty. For lay people, he says, he tells them that they may use the techniques on their own animals and denies that he advises them to learn the techniques to make money. Because the law doesn't prohibit individuals from using chiropractic techniques on their own animals, Machen said, Kamen can describe techniques to others using stuffed animals and avoid breaking the law. But if lay people injure or kill an animal, even their own, in the course of using chiropractic and aren't licensed veterinarians, that could result in charges, Machen said.
Chiropractors manipulate body joints, particularly the spine, in treating aches, pains and diseases.
Las Vegas veterinarian Gerald Huff said people are having good experiences themselves with chiropractors and want the same for their animals. But Huff is worried that because its popularity is growing, animal owners eager to have their pets treated will fall victim to unqualified people passing themselves off as animal chiropractors. Huff, who has been certified as an animal chiropractor for five years, has a problem with lay people adjusting an animal's spine, even their own pet. I would never recommend that a lay person do an adjustment on an animal. Dangerous business Kamen admits that most of his seminar attendees are people with no special knowledge of animal physiology.