Who We Are
Options For Animals is an industry leading college offering premier post graduate programs in animal chiropractic for veterinarians and chiropractors. We are passionate about helping animals and delivering the highest quality training in the industry.
We were established in Port Byron, Illinois in 1988 and was the first animal chiropractic school in the world. In 2005, the College moved to its newly built campus in Wellsville, Kansas; the only campus in the world built exclusively for educating Chiropractors and Veterinarians on the art, science and philosophy of Animal Chiropractic.
Over 3,500 chiropractic and veterinary professionals have attended the College, with graduates in 28 countries on six continents. Its curriculum remains the most studied and best attended in the world.
Our Mission
To maximize the health and well-being of our animal companions by promoting the science, art and philosophy of Animal Chiropractic.
We strive to:
- Provide the community with the highest quality, best educated and most dedicated animal chiropractors in the world.
- Promote and support research that will advance the knowledge, skill and treatment of animals via animal chiropractic.
- Educate the global community and the fields of veterinary medicine, chiropractic, physical rehabilitation, pain management and other related professions about the benefits of chiropractic care.
Tour Our Facility
Watch this video for a brief experience of learning on our campjut.
Accreditations
The International Veterinary Chiropractic Association is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the field of Veterinary Chiropractic.
The AVCA is a professional membership group promoting animal chiropractic to professionals and the public, and acting as a certifying agency for doctors who have undergone post-graduate animal chiropractic training.
The nine-member Kansas Board of Regents is the governing board of the state’s six universities and the statewide coordinating board for the state’s 32 public higher education institutions.
What Sets Us Apart
We’re not an office or a rented building — we’re a dedicated animal chiropractic college with everything you need under one roof.
- Hands on training in our state of the art facility
- Flexible Scheduling – take courses back to back or up to 2 years.to complete.
- All instructors maintain active animal chiropractic practices and have 20+ years of teaching experience.
- Animals on site. Enclosed barn with live animals. No traveling to a barn — practice where you learn.
- 1,000+ page notes. The most comprehensive illustrated notes in the profession, including original manuscripts from Dr. Sharon Willoughby (the founder)
- Meals included: Fresh homemade breakfast and lunch served every day so you can focus entirely on learning.