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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Assessing Pain In Animals
Assessing pain in animals can be tricky business. Animals have evolved to hide pain well in order to survive in the wild. While our pets need not fear … Read full article
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 … Read full article
Brambell’s Five Freedoms: The Basic Animal Rights
For nearly all animals that have human caretakers, virtually everything in their lives is at their owners mercy and out of the animal’s control. What … Read full article
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Calendula – A Must Have for Your Doggie First Aid Kit
Calendula, used to soothe cuts and rashes and any kind of wound, is a homeopathic remedy that no first-aid kit should be without. Calendula is made from the Garden marigold (Calendula officinalis). This flower has healing power that needs to be shouted from … Continue Reading...
Friday Links: Apiary Dogs, Amazing Elephants, And A Guilt-ridden Male Chough
For the next few weeks, the Friday links posts will take a break while I am on vacation in Sweden, and have promised to stay away from my laptop as much as possible in order to spend more time with friends and family. Other posts will still be published, and … Continue Reading...
Boost Your Horse’s Immune System with Acupressure
Any deficiency in your horse’s immune system means his health is compromised. A healthy, balanced immune system supports your horse’s capacity to avoid disease, rebound from injury and enhances his overall vitality. Chinese Medicine Before people knew … Continue Reading...
Case Study: Equine Grief & The Bladder Meridian
by Waldina Hilton A short time ago an old horse was kindly helped with his new journey to the new world. When I visited the other horses four days later the energy of the place was heavy laden. The owner has 6 horses on the property and she wanted me to … Continue Reading...
Let Your Reiki Light Shine
One of the courses we teach at Northwest School of Animal Massage is Reiki, an energetic modality tracing its origins to Japan. Although Reiki is not a massage modality, it is undoubtedly a valuable tool for anyone practicing massage. Anyone can learn Reiki … Continue Reading...
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 served humans since the days of the ancient Egyptians. Dining on mice gives a cat exactly the nutrition he … Continue Reading...
Assessing Pain In Animals
Assessing pain in animals can be tricky business. Animals have evolved to hide pain well in order to survive in the wild. While our pets need not fear losing their place in their pack these days, they still mask pain. First we should observe our pets at home, … Continue Reading...
How To Start A Blog Part VII: Posts, Categories and Keywords
Today's post in the "How to start a Blog" series covers how to publish posts and how to use categories and keywords. If you're just joining this series now and want to catch up, this is what we have covered so far: the pros and cons of free … Continue Reading...
Shelter Dogs Learn To Drive To Show People Just How Smart They Are
The shelters in New Zealand are as full of abandoned and rescued dogs as any shelter around the world, and sadly, not all dogs end up with new homes. The SPCA in New Zealand decided they had to do something out of the ordinary to catch peoples’ attention and … Continue Reading...
Offering Reiki To Sheep
Many people would be surprised to learn that practitioners of alternative and complementary medicine not only focus on people's pets, but also wildlife, zoo, and farm animals. It's important to not forget about them, or take them for granted. They are living … Continue Reading...