We are starting a new series here at Animal Wellness Guide – Featured Schools. I have invited several schools to participate, and first out is my own alma mater, Bancroft School of Massage in Worcester, MA. I was in one of the first classes to graduate from their small animal massage certification program, and while these […]
Book Review – Stretch Your Dog Healthy
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 teaches you how to stretch your dog from nose to tail, and she also talks […]
6 More Ideas For Marketing Your Animal Massage Business
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 get the word out in my […]
Bach Flower Therapy: A Non-Invasive Treatment Method For Both Humans and Animals
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 themselves in the body. For more on Dr. Bach, see this Bach Flower Remedies […]
Marketing Materials For Your Business: Business Cards, Brochures, Flyers and Postcards
When you first start a business, there are a lot of details to be taken care of, and one of the more important is marketing. You might have the best business in the world, but if nobody knows about it, you’re not going to succeed. These days, a large portion of all marketing takes place […]
Starting An Animal Massage Business
I received a question about starting a massage business from a reader the other day, and as I was typing away answering it, it occurred to me that perhaps others could benefit from reading this as well. Patricia graciously allowed me to post her question and my answer, so here it is: Q: Everyone tells me […]
10 Ideas For Marketing Your Animal Health Business
Marketing is something you should be doing on a ongoing basis. It’s always better to have too many clients than too few, and you can always offer to put new clients on a waiting list if you can’t fit them in. It’s easy to spend quite a bit of money on ads etc., but you […]
AWG Recommendeds: Getting In TTouch With Your Dog
Getting in TTouch with Your Dog by Linda Tellington-Jones TTouch is not massage; it is a series of very light movements intended to activate the cells and “awaken the cellular intelligence”. Linda Tellington-Jones invented this bodywork method after having an epiphany during a Feldenkrais class: she all of a sudden realized that the technique she […]
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home
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 ever had any doubts that our pets know a lot […]
Alternative Healing Modalities
There are many ways to promote health, and most holistic animal health practitioners are trained in more than one technique. And while most of us turn to one or several therapies to fix a problem or cure an illness, these are all wonderful as preventative therapies as well. I think that we in the West […]