Daniel Beatty, DVM

From the West Coast to the East Coast, up into Canada and in his own backyard, international presenter Dr. Daniel Beatty (Dr. Dan) has been on a quest for the past 10 years to find the best of the best horse & pet health information.

Dr. Dan is a 1996 graduate of the University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine. He began his career as a large animal general practitioner in Princeton, Illinois. While there, he completed advanced course work in animal chiropractics and became certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA).

Also, as a member of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (AHVMA) , Dr. Dan is devoted to the full availability of medical options for all animals, especially your horse, dog or cat.

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In 1999, the International Alliance for Animal Therapy and Healing (IAATH) had their founding meeting in Vancouver, WA. I was there, meeting the industries greatest holistically minded practitioners such as Linda Tellington-Jones, Mimi Porter, Mary Ann Simonds, and others. With so many great minds coming together for one meeting, I couldn't help but be inspired. A strong foundation was laid to really propel me into a more open view of health and a good vision for a "whole-listic" approach to medicine.

In 2000, I began a relationship with Jim Helfter (animal nutritionist), owner of Advanced Biological Concepts (ABC) and Helfter Feeds in Osco, IL. Both holistically minded, we hit it off well. I firmly believe in Advanced Biological Concepts products and ideals. You will find many of their products on this website.

In 2001 and 2002, I worked with, consulted to, and learned from Dino Frettard (International Equine Bodyworker) and Rod Raymond, DAc (Equine Acupuncturist) at the H.I.T.S. hunter/jumper horse competition at Indio, Ca. I also recieved my Reiki attunement from Maggie O'Brien (Energy Worker), being her first student. This is where the foundation for my current techinques for treating horses comes from, now it is the way I do my day job, treating horses using bodywork.

Schleese Saddlery and Prestige are two saddle companies I represented and learned from since 1999 to 2003. Going from the East coast with Prestige to Canada with Schleese I became a well rounded saddle fitter, especially when working with Jochen Schleese (internationally known master saddler). Applying my knowledge of horse biomechanics and chiropractics with Jochen's saddle making mastery along with a few other presenters, we presented at the Can-Am Trade Show in London, Ontario in 2002 in one of my first whole approach for better movement in the horse presentations.

In the field of equine dentistry I could not have fallen into a better place. I have had the pleasure of learning from the two best equine dentists in the country (of course they all think they're the best). In my own backyard is Lance Rubin, a certified master equine dentist, instructor, and examiner, basically Lance teaches and certifies equine dentists going through the International Association of Equine Dentistry Certification. Most of what I know about equine dentistry I learned from Lance. The other part of what I know comes from Spencer Lefleur, aka The Tooth Fairy. Spencer has a unique perspective on dentistry and inspires that in not only those he teaches but all of his clients as well. He loves to teach and being around him its contagious to just want to look in a horse's mouth to see what he sees. From these two equine dentists, I have gained tremendous amounts of knowledge about the horse's mouth. I can't put dates on this because I don't remember when I met Lance it has been that long ago.

Considering the holistic viewpoint of the athletic horse, in order to have ideal performance one needs to look at the following – nutrition, farriery, dentistry, tack fit, rider balance, and the horse’s body mechanics. I have made this my entire practice area giving up traditional practice and working exclusively on these six points to increase performance and efficiency in my clients’ performance horses.

Small Animals

The majority of my expertise is in horses, however, for the past 5 years I have worked in, and still do, several small animal clinics as a holistic consultant and animal chiropractor. Working with several different clinics has given me a wide assortment of perspectives on a wide variety of cases. I have always had an interest in looking at things from a holistic approach, even when my career during vet school was heading towards a farm animal emphasis I was looking in management practices as the way to treat an entire herd of animals, a very wholistic way of examination. Now I look at dogs and cats in a more wholistic way because it makes more sense.

My philosophy on medicine is based on my definition of wholistic or the more traditonally accepted spelling holistic as "all inclusive". What this means is that I not only recommend natural treatments, but I will also recommend traditional or conventional treatments. Many times I feel that the best treatment is the more traditional way. One example would be treatment for a pyometra, which is a major life threatening infection of the uterus. In a dog my recommendation is to have the dog (bitch for those who wish to be grammatically correct) spayed - a surgery to remove the entire uterus. I then would recommend physical therapy and more alternative treatments for the recovery of the dog. I feel that a holistic approach is to use the best tools available and in this case a dog's life is more important than its future reproductive status and the best treatment would be to remove the site of the infection. I have devoted this site to this philosophy.

Personal

I live in Crown Point, a suburb of Chicago in NW Indiana with my wife and 3 kids. My hobbies include paintball and martial arts. I strive for excellence and have a great interest in self improvement of mind, body and spirit which you will also see emphasized in this website. I also like to develop websites of my interests which includes this one and www.healingkinetics.com.

Thanks for reading and come back soon!

Dr. Dan