Laser therapy has been shown to do a lot of different things over time. We used to use it as an occasional thing for inflammation associated with arthritis. But as I said before, we can use it for inflammation associated with their ears, and for inflammation associated right after pain from surgery and the swelling associated with that. And so there are many different indications for us to use it and we're learning new and more inventive things for it each day.

Acute pain would be something along the lines of right after surgery or if your dog had a wound or anything like that that was initially a cut. And so we can use the laser that to run over that wound. We especially like to use it after surgery. So if your dog was spayed or neutered we can use the laser over that site to help reduce swelling and inflammation in that area and also speed up healing time a bit. When it comes to chronic wounds, we can use those the laser for things like arthritis. We can also use it for ear infections that have maybe caused the ear canal itself to become really swollen. And kind of the same concept, we're trying to decrease a lot of that inflammation that's associated with those tissues and promote overall healing and a lot healthier, normal cells to develop.

We use a cold laser, so this is a machine that is not going to cut or anything like that like you may be familiar with with laser surgery. But the cold laser goes in and targets the cells and the tissues that are associated with inflammation and helps those to subside a bit.

Just like with everything technology wise, it can fail. Although very rare, we have had to put another chip in or replace that microchip itself. Most of the time they will continue working throughout your dog's life.

Not quite. It's something that your dog is fully awake for, and so as far as the pain with it, it's just the initial injection. They may be a little bit uncomfortable as their skin heals from it, but otherwise it's a very quick recovery period.