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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All photos © Cattie Coyle You may have noticed that things have been slow here at AMG lately. I wish I could say I took the summer off and traveled … Read full article
Doing Animal Massage At An Event – Checklist For What To Bring
By Cattie Coyle
Now that spring is here, there are lots of outdoor events where you could be offering your massage (and other complementary) services to pet owners: … Read full article
How To Start A Blog Part II: Set Up A Free Blog At WordPress.com
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Today I'll walk you through how to set up a free blog at WordPress.com. There are other free blogging platforms out there, but I prefer WordPress. … Read full article
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Friday Links: Lavender Essential Oil, Non-Human Persons, Dogs and Dopamine
By Cattie Coyle
Study Confirms That Horses Make Us Emotionally Smarter Researchers at the University of Kentucky recently completed a two-year study where a number of nurses attended hour-long daily Equine Guided Leadership Education (EGLE) workshops to see if that had an … Continue Reading...
How the New T.E.A.M. Mentorship Program Can Help Your Business
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Cattie: this is a guest post by Megan Ayrault of The Power of Touch for Animals, who is an animal bodywork practitioner and teacher. Megan has been practicing for over 15 years, and recently started a mentorship program for other practitioners. In the … Continue Reading...
Book Review – Stretch Your Dog Healthy
By Cattie Coyle
Stretch Your Dog Healthy by Raquel Wynn Personal trainer and holistic health specialist Raquel Wynn is a strong proponent of massage and stretching as preventative medicine for both humans and animals. In her latest book Stretch Your Dog Healthy, Raquel … Continue Reading...
Alternative Healing Modality: Acupressure & Diego’s Story
By Cattie Coyle
Today's post is about Acupressure. We had a number of acupressure classes when I was at Bancroft, but I have to confess that at the time, I was so focused on learning massage that I found it a bit overwhelming to look at health from a TCM perspective, which is … Continue Reading...
Notes From the Conference on Complementary Animal Healing
By Cattie Coyle
This past weekend, I attended the first Conference on Complementary Animal Healing in Boxborough, MA, organized by Maureen Harmonay of Animal Translations, and wanted to share my notes with you. We were around 40 people and 6 dogs who gathered on Sunday … Continue Reading...
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Did you know that those who work with shelter and sanctuary animals are highly vulnerable to compassion fatigue? Not surprisingly, helping (and opening your heart to) abused, unloved and neglected animals on a regular basis is extremely stressful and … Continue Reading...
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home
By Cattie Coyle
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals by Rupert Sheldrake This book is amazing! I consider it a must-read, and I think most people will look at animals a little bit differently after reading it. If you … Continue Reading...
How Offering Acupressure And Other Alternative Modalities Can Benefit Your Animal Clinic As Well As Your Patients
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A growing number of clients are requesting alternative therapies for their pets, and more veterinarians are realizing that an animal clinic offering multiple approaches is not only benefiting the animals - it is also a natural way to grow their business. As a … Continue Reading...
Friday Links: Hero Rats, Talking Parrots and Endangered Chimpanzees
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The Basic Bunny Massage Strokes
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Today, we have a guest post from Jodi McLaughlin, who was our featured practitioner in a previous Acupressure for rabbits post (where there is also a detailed description of an acupressure session she performed on her rabbit Diego). Jodi, a Certified … Continue Reading...