Tui Na massage: Wouldn’t it be something if your horse could have a consistent, harmonious flow of stomach chi and could avoid colic, founder, stomach ulcers, and any other digestion issues horses are prone to have? Wild horses roam and … Read full article
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Homeopathy for Animals – Q&A with Shirley Moore
We receive a LOT of questions about homeopathy for animals: which remedies to use for various conditions, how to give the remedies, and most of all, questions around preventing and treating Lyme disease. Shirley has very kindly been responding to … Read full article
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Animal Communicator Julie Lines of Voice Of The Animals
By Julie Lines
Today’s post is a guest post from Julie Lines, founder and owner of Voice of the Animals in Newton Solney, Staffordshire, England. Julie is an animal … Read full article
Meet Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis, Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Resources
Amy and Nancy are the founders and owners of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Resources in Colorado. Cattie: I “virtually met” Amy several years ago … Read full article
Featured School: Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute
Today's guest post comes to us from Amy Snow, founder (along with Nancy Zidonis) of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute and co-author of Equine … Read full article
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By Cattie Coyle
The National Board of Certification for Animal Acupressure and Massage (NBCAAM) was established in 2008 and is the first organization of its kind in the US. The initiative to create a national accreditation for animal massage and acupuncture was taken by Amy … Continue Reading...
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Today's guest post comes from reflexologist Yvette Eastman, and she shares with us the story of how she used various alternative and complementary methods to help her friend's lab Buddy regain his eyesight and health after being given a diagnosis of impending … Continue Reading...
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Is your horse’s back doing OK? You might want to check again. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Guelph in Canada and the University of Rennes in France found that only a small number of cases of back pain in horses are discovered by … Continue Reading...
AWG Guest Post Series: Good Dog Aquatic Fitness
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Today's guest post comes from Luis and Mary Carillo, owners of Good Dog Aquatic Fitness in North Andover, Massachusetts. Good Dog is a referral facility that specializes in canine hydrotherapy, rehabilitation, and massage therapy to help dogs recover from … Continue Reading...
Equine Axis of Power Acupressure Session
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For the next few weeks, the Friday links posts will take a break while I am on vacation in Sweden, and have promised to stay away from my laptop as much as possible in order to spend more time with friends and family. Other posts will still be published, and … Continue Reading...
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Marketing is something many of us struggle with, and it's easy to get stuck when trying to come up with new ways to market your business. But there are many different approaches you can take, and it doesn't have to cost a fortune. I talked about some ideas to … Continue Reading...