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, and there are acupressure points that can help. Indicators […]
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 […]
Q&As: Animal Acupressure in Canada, Animal Massage Schools in Pennsylvania, Washington and Florida
We love to receive questions from our readers, and do get a lot of them on a wide variety of subjects. And since I think others can benefit from our answers as well, we will post select Q&As here every now and then, so that everyone can learn from them. Q: Are there any Animal […]
Meet Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis, Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Resources
Amy and Nancy are the founders and owners of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Resources in Colorado. 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 what was then Animal Massage Guide. To my delight, she said yes! (you […]
Acu-Cat: A Guide to Feline Acupressure Book Review
I was so excited when Acu-Cat: A Guide to Feline Acupressure arrived in the mail, not only because I was dying to read it, but also because the photos on the cover and back of the book were taken by me! You may not know this, but I am also a freelance photographer. I have […]
Conference on Complementary Animal Healing in Boxborough, MA, November 11-12
I just the other day found out about this very interesting upcoming conference on complementary animal healing in Boxborough, MA, and wanted to share it with you. Sponsored by Animal Translations, it is the first of what founder Maureen Harmonay hopes will become an annual event. I asked Maureen what inspired her to organize this […]
Acu-Dog – A Guide To Canine Acupressure
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 here a few years ago), and this version is printed in color […]
Introduction To Small Animal Acupressure
Today’s post is a review of a DVD I recently had the pleasure to watch: Introduction to Small Animal Acupressure by Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis, founders and owners of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute. I have been a fan of their book Acu-Dog: A Guide To Canine Acupressure for a long time and I’m equally fond of […]
National Board of Certification for Animal Acupressure and Massage News
For those who have not read my earlier post on the National Board of Certification for Animal Acupressure (NBCAAM), it was established in 2008 on the initiative of Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute. Their goal was to establish professional standards for animal massage and acupressure practitioners and, in their own […]