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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Canine Hydrotherapy
By Cattie Coyle
Today's featured alternative healing modality is canine hydrotherapy, a.k.a. canine water therapy or swimming for dogs. Different forms of … Read full article
Business Monday: Animal Massage Laws and Practitioner Liability Insurance in Ontario, Canada
By Cattie Coyle
Thank you all who have been sending in lots of questions for the Business Monday series - we love hearing them. Keep them coming! We recently … Read full article
The Northwest School Of Animal Massage
By Cattie Coyle
It's been a while since we featured a school here on AWG, but today, we have an interview with Lola Michelin, founder and Director of Education of The … Read full article
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By Cattie Coyle
Today's post is a long overdue review of the latest book by Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute founders Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis. Acu-Dog - A Guide to Canine Acupressure is essentially a new and revised edition of The Well-Connected Dog (which I reviewed … Continue Reading...
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By Cattie Coyle
Going back and forth between websites and trying to compare schools and programs can be both time consuming and confusing. To help save a little bit of time, we have put together a short comparison of the more comprehensive canine massage certificate programs … Continue Reading...
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Q&A: Keeping Horse Hooves Healthy
By Admin
Today’s post is a reader question about horse hooves: Q: What is the healthiest way to take care of horse hooves? And is there any benefit to have your horse go barefoot for any length of time? If so, when? Lola Michelin, Northwest School of Animal … Continue Reading...
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Thank you all who have been sending in lots of questions for the Business Monday series - we love hearing them. Keep them coming! We recently received a great question from an equine massage practitioner about animal massage laws in Ontario, Canada. I … Continue Reading...
Animal Massage, Masajes Animales, Dongwu Anmo, Massage des Animaux
This past November, I had the good fortune to visit Guadalajara as a guest of the Jack Y Junior TV show. My hosts, Mary and Jaime, have taken their years of news broadcasting experience and created a show for pet owners in Mexico. Based on the lives of their … Continue Reading...
Meet Julie Lines, Voice of the Animals
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Friday Links: Canine OCD, Immunotherapy, and Mind-Controlling Parasites
By Cattie Coyle
Similar Brain Abnormalities in Dogs and Humans with OCD Disorder Researchers from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and McLean Imaging Center found that the abnormalities in the brains of dogs with OCD were the same as those found in humans with the same … Continue Reading...
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By Cattie Coyle
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