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 served humans since the days of the ancient Egyptians. Dining on mice gives a cat exactly the nutrition he needs including the small amount of grain from the rodents […]
Acupressure For Keeping Your Horse Fit
Keeping your horse fit year-round is important. In the winter we all slow down and move less, and this can lead to loss of muscle tone and flexibility. When spring arrives our horses want to frolic and get moving again. However, their bodies may not be ready for increased activity, which can lead to early […]
Canine And Human Help for Stiff Limbs
Ever awaken and realize you’re a bit stiff? You try to stretch your legs and they send you a pain message. Then you stretch your arms out and you feel as if rubber bands are holding you back. Dogs can feel the very same way, they also get stiff limbs. As cave animals originally, dogs […]
Excerpt from the new Acu-Horse: A Guide to Equine Acupressure
The new ACU-Horse: A Guide to Equine Acupressure by Nancy Zidonis & Amy Snow, founders of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute, is filled with how-to narrative, charts, and photographs and serves as the Tallgrass’ text book for all of the Institute’s equine acupressure courses. Below is an excerpt from the book: Chapter Nine: Assessing Your Horse Horses can be […]
Trip To The Vet: Calming Cats With Acupressure
Acupressure can really help when it comes to calming cats! Cats are, by their very nature, territorial and they thoroughly appreciate routine. Taking them away from their home and disrupting daily activities is usually stressful for our beloved felines. Their first reaction is to comment on your audacity with a deep guttural utterance – “how […]
Acupressure Points For Canine Osteoarthritis
Older dogs are prone to developing arthritis. However, even young dogs can develop arthritis due to trauma to the joint, hereditary malformations, breeding issues, unstable joints, poor diet, and infection. Early detection is key to slowing the degenerative process and managing the dog’s level of pain. Indicators of canine arthritis include: Reluctance to play, walk, […]
Excerpt from ACU-HORSE: A Guide to Equine Acupressure
ACU-HORSE: A Guide to Equine Acupressure: Introduction – Ancient Healing and Equine Health Since the beginning of human history, the horse has been our constant companion in farming, war, travel, and sport. These powerful animals have played an important role in human survival worldwide. Because of the horse’s athleticism, intelligence, and adaptability, humans have forged […]
Acupressure for Canine Skin Allergies
Allergens Not only do too many dogs have allergy issues, there are so many different types of allergies to offending environmental substances, called allergens. Though dogs exhibit allergic reactions in a variety of ways, there are only five types of allergies: contact, flea, food, bacterial, and inhalant. The most common allergen type is inhalant, or […]
Meet Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis, Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute
Amy and Nancy are the founders and owners of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute in Castle Pines, CO. Cattie: I “virtually met” Amy several years ago when I contacted her to ask if she would be interested in doing a guest post about Tallgrass for Animal Massage Guide. To my delight, she said yes (you can […]
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 Acupressure: A Working Manual, The Well-Connected Dog: A Guide to Canine Acupressure, Acu-Dog – A Guide To Canine Acupressure, ACU-Horse: A Guide to Equine Acupressure, and Acu-Cat: A Guide to Feline Acupressure. They have […]