Mission Statement
To help relieve animal pain and suffering by utilizing a multi-modal approach in a compassionate manner.
About Dr. Heather Owen
Dr. Heather Owen received her veterinary training from Oklahoma State College of Veterinary Medicine where she graduated in 2001. She completed a one year internship in small animal medicine and surgery in Loveland, CO. Heather practiced as an emergency and critical care doctor until January 2005 where she entered general practice. She received her veterinary acupuncture certification in 2006 and moved back to Oklahoma in 2007. Heather completed her canine rehabilitation and physical therapy training from the University of Tennessee in the spring of 2010 and she completed her veterinary food therapy certification for the Chi Institute in June of 2010. Heather is a certified canine fitness trainer as well as a master trainer. She became Penn Hip Certified in 2022. Heather is currently pursuing her working dog certification through University of Pennsylvania. She enjoys teaching Veterinarians on the subject of shockwave, regenerative medicine, and pain management. Her family includes a loving husband, Dustin, 3 beautiful daughters Madison, Keira, Isabella, and one handsome son Grayson. She also has 5 furry children Lilo, Hazel, Princess, Felicia and Morgan.
Our Team
Lindsey Warner, RVT
Lindsey pursued her education in biology from Oklahoma State University. She then pursued her registered veterinary technician degree at Tulsa Community College in 2018. Lindsey joined our team in January of 2016. Lindsey is a certified canine fitness instructor and master dog trainer. She is certified in pain management through the University of Tennessee. She completed her rehabilitation certification from the Colorado Rehabilitation Institute in 2022. Lindsey is our technician supervisor and has successfully lead her team to help them reach their goals in our profession. Currently, Lindsey is pursuing her PennHip Certification. Her family includes her amazing husband, Scott, and their two daughters, Charlie and Hayden and two dogs: Atlas and Bullet.
Dr. Cami Wallis
Dr. Cami Wallis grew up in Copan, OK. She completed her veterinary degree at Oklahoma State University in 2014 and received her B.S degree in Animal Science Biotechnology in 2010. After veterinary school she worked at a very busy veterinary practice in southeast Kansas working on cattle, horses, goats, sheep dogs, cats and the occasional pig. She moved Bartlesville, OK after getting married in 2017 and completed her acupuncture training from the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 2018-2019. She now offers relief veterinary work, traveling to assist different clinics each day. In her spare time Dr. Wallis enjoys spending time outside with her husband, Brody, and their three dogs, Allie, Scarlet, and Piper, and feeding their cows together.
Dr. Lauren Williams
Dr. Lauren Williams is from New Castle, Delaware. She received her bachelor’s degree in Animal Science from the University of Delaware in 2010 and her veterinary degree from Oklahoma State University in 2015. During her clinical year at OSU, she developed an interest in acupuncture and rehabilitative medicine which led her to complete a successful preceptorship through Animal Acupuncture. Since graduation, she has worked in small animal general practice in the northern Delaware and Tulsa areas. Dr. Williams completed her studies of acupuncture through CuraCore Academy and joined the Animal Acupuncture team in August of 2023. She enjoys spending time with her partner, Kyle, and their springer spaniel, Piper.
Dr. Delaina Skinner
Dr. Delaina Skinner is one of our amazing relief veterinarians. She received her undergraduate degree in Geography at Oklahoma State University in 2006 and her doctorate of veterinary medicine degree from Oklahoma State University in 2017. Delaina has pursued a career in emergency and critical care medicine before graduating with her acupuncture certification from Curacore in 2022.
Kaleigh Alexander-Tiner, RVT
Kaleigh Alexander-Tiner received her associates degree in applied science (veterinary technology) from Tulsa Community Colleges’ Veterinary Technology Program where she graduated in 2017. She has worked in general practice for three years prior to joining the Animal Acupuncture team in 2019. Kaleigh completed her Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program (PennHip) in 2022 and is now certified member and the PennHip Coordinator for Animal Acupuncture. Kaleigh also hopes to complete the CCRVN (Canine Rehabilitation Veterinary Nurse) within the next year. Kaleigh enjoys spending time with her husband, Derek, and their four furbabies, Shiloh, Dean, Glenn and Barley.
Carolyn Sitter, RVT
Carolyn received her veterinary technology degree from Tulsa Community College in 2012. She has worked in general practice and emergency and critical care before joining our team. Carolyn has an amazing husband, Allen and several fur babies: Ghost, Riker, Cowbell and Scarlett as well as all of her chickens.
Kristen Smedley, RVT
Kristen received her veterinary technology degree from Tulsa Community College in 2011. She has worked in general practice prior to joining our team. She has an amazing husband, Ryan and their son Huxley. Together they have two fur children: Remy and Vash.
Nicole Baney
Nicole received her veterinary technology degree from Tulsa Community College in 2021. She has worked in general practice prior to joining our team. She has an amazing dog, Jax.
Donna Costes, RVT
Donna received her veterinary technology degree from Tulsa Community College in 2022. She has worked in general practice prior to joining our team and is married to a human acupuncturist, Anthony. They have a daughter, Sierra as well as a house full of rescued fur babies: Castiel, Jazzy, Abby, Rowdy and Furyan.
Jackie Meade
Jackie Meade started her mission to help animals with mobility and flexibility issues when her 16 year old Siberian Husky, Sterling, suffered with arthritis and eventually went lame in her hind end. Since then, Jackie has gone to school in Colorado and received her Certification in Canine Massage Therapy. She's been our massage therapist provider since October of 2016 and loves helping animals with all conditions. Jackie has 2 Lab rescues, Maggie Jo and Shooter.
About Us
Animal Acupuncture LLC was founded in 2008. It started from a realization that so many pet’s quality of life could be improved by increasing the access to acupuncture services. With that passion driving her, Heather decided to leave general practice and set off to do in home pet services. Today, the demand of pet owners in and around Tulsa has allowed us to move into a building and offer our service to even more animals.
What We Do
Animal Acupuncture and Canine Sports Medicine Facility has added several new treatments along with acupuncture including full rehabilitation services, integrative food therapy, laser therapy, shockwave therapy, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, chinese herbs, massage, and Penn Hip and OFA radiographs. We also offer stance and gait analysis, digital thermography and musculoskeletal ultrasound. We specialize in regenerative medicine (both platelet rich plasma and stem cell therapy), and joint injections to allievate arthritis pain.
We do not perform general practice (such as surgery, dentistry, vaccines, heartworm/flea control or emergency medicine) thus allowing your pet to continue their relationship with their primary caregiver. We believe complimentary veterinary care is a must for overall wellbeing and work together with your primary veterinarian to help get our patients back to full function!
Stretching and conditioning classes are offered by appointment and are beneficial for the agility athletes. The classes help to educate owners on how to properly stretch and condition their athlete before trials or to maintain working health in our law enforcement canine officers.
We treat a variety of orthopedic and neurologic conditions such as post-op cruciate repair (both traditional and TPLO), femoral head and neck surgery (FHO), fracture repair, elbow dysplasia, fibrocartilagenous emboli (blood clot), intervertebral disc disease (IVDD), degenerative myelopathy, and obesity.