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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Arthritis in Dogs – The Basics
By Cattie Coyle
Hi everyone! I'm back from my break and I hope you all had a wonderful summer. Mine was a mixed bag, but mostly fabulous - Swedish vacation, at least … Read full article
Enhancing Feline Digestion with Acupressure
The feline is a natural predator and a protein obligate, that is, they must eat a high protein (meat-based) diet, which further explains why they have … Read full article
Massage And Acupressure Treatment For Rabbit Digestion
By Admin
Today's post on rabbit digestion comes from Jodi McLaughlin. Jodi, a long-time holistic animal health provider, and owner and founder of The Blissful … Read full article
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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...
Book Review: Wild Health
By Cattie Coyle
As I mentioned in the post about my trip to England, one of the things that made me decide to study Applied Zoopharmacognosy was the book Wild Health by Cindy Engel. It is a fabulous collection of examples of how plants develop secondary metabolites (compounds … 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...
Friday Links: New Bird Species, Duck Gets New Foot, Dog Saves Owner
By Cattie Coyle
New Species of Bird Discovered in Cambodia Scientists have discovered a previously unknown bird species right in the capital city of Phnom Penh. The small, grey red-capped bird has been named Cambodian tailorbird, Orthotomus chaktomuk, and Simon Mahood of the … Continue Reading...
Interview with Animal Homeopath Shirley Moore – Part 1
By Cattie Coyle
Welcome to the second installment of our 3-part mini-series on homeopathy - the first half of my interview with animal homeopath Shirley Moore. As I mentioned in an earlier post - Notes From the Conference on Complementary Animal Healing - I had the … Continue Reading...
Bach Flower Therapy: A Non-Invasive Treatment Method For Both Humans and Animals
By Cattie Coyle
The Bach flower therapy system was invented by Dr. Edward Bach, a British physician, in the 1930s. Dissatisfied with the Western approach to medicine and inspired by homeopathy, he set out to find a new system of treating illnesses before they manifest … Continue Reading...
Applied Zoopharmacognosy – Helping Domestic Animals Self-Medicate
By Cattie Coyle
Zoopharmacognosy is the scientific term for the fascinating way that animals self-medicate with the help of plants. The term was coined by biochemist Dr. Eloy Rodriguez, Professor at Cornell University, and anthropologist Richard Wrangham of Harvard, and comes … Continue Reading...
Veterinary Acupuncture – History, How Does It Work and What Can It Help?
As alternative medicine and treatments become more widely available in human medicine, our clients are seeking the same options for their pets. Alternative therapies such as acupuncture, herbal medicine, chiropractics and homeopathy are all becoming more … Continue Reading...
Listening to the Animals – Remembering How to Trust our Hearts and Intuition
By Julie Lines
When we were children we had great access to our heart centre and our magical intuitive sensitivity. Can you remember what this felt like? Can you remember how it felt to be around animals and all of nature and how attuned you felt with them? Most of us … Continue Reading...
How the New T.E.A.M. Mentorship Program Can Help Your Business
By Admin
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...