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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Is It Complementary or Alternative Medicine? Or Both?
I am constantly struggling with whether to use the term complementary or alternative medicine when labeling posts and therapies on this blog. Turns … Read full article
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 … Read full article
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 … Read full article
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Welcome to Animal Wellness Guide; the new home of Animal Massage Guide!
Our new site is finally live! If you are a reader who has followed AMG for a while, you may remember that I last year posted an announcement about upcoming changes and improvements to the blog, with the optimistic goal of having a new (this) site up and … Continue Reading...
The Purpose Of Species – How Each Animal Species Has A Part To Play In Who We Are And How We Experience The World Around Us
This month I wanted to share with you an area of animal communication that I am particularly passionate about. It is an area that I have been called to for many years now – something that I knew inside myself and that made sense to me. I believe that when you … Continue Reading...
CA animal owners: protect your right to choose before it is too late!
Proposed wording in regards to Animal Rehabilitation (AR) will make it illegal for you, the animal owner, to use your current animal body worker for your animal's bodywork session unless they are a veterinarian or a vet tech or licensed physical therapist … Continue Reading...
AWG Recommends: The Other End Of The Leash
The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell The Other End Of the Leash is one of those books you return to again and again; one that I have lent to many dog owning friends, and, in my opinion, one that everyone who lives or works with dogs should … Continue Reading...
Three Reasons Animal Reiki Rocks!
There are so many reasons to love Reiki for animals! Those of us who have been practicing for a long time (or even a short time) know this well. But next time you find yourself talking to someone about why you love it, keep in mind some of these mainstream … Continue Reading...
Friday Links: Lavender Essential Oil, Non-Human Persons, Dogs and Dopamine
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...
Homeopathy’s Answer to Tick Diseases
Finding a tick on your dog can be very distressing, especially with all the tick diseases that are emerging – lyme, ehrlichia, and anasplasmosis to name a few. As a homeopathic consultant, I’ve received more than a few frantic calls from dog owners after … Continue Reading...
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 … Continue Reading...
Arthritis in Dogs – The Basics
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 a few days on the beach, canine health class in England, etc. I just the other day came across this video … Continue Reading...
New Regular Contributor: Kathleen Prasad, Animal Reiki Source & SARA
Kathleen Prasad is the founder of Animal Reiki Source and co-founder/president of the Shelter Animal Reiki Association (SARA). Cattie: I am so excited to announce our latest regular contributor to the blog; renowned animal Reiki expert Kathleen Prasad. I … Continue Reading...