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PetMassage Training and Research Institute YouTube videos Happy Holidays. This weekend, as you celebrate with the vivacious thrilling and all-absorbing company of your adoring family, and you are covertly searching for some meaningful entertainment on your mobile device, we invite you to visit our YouTube channel: PetMassage Training and Research Institute. Watch, share, laugh, learn…

Japanese Ink Painting I had an intriguing lesson last weekend. I attended a short workshop on Sumi-e painting. I rediscovered and reclaimed a freedom that I had nearly forgotten. I was so eager to take this class. This was something that I’d wanted to learn since my age was still in single digits. I knew…

Quality Instruction In my opinion, a good instructor must always present the course content as if it were in an engaging conversation. The energy of the learning experience must be alive. Moving with the breath. Vibrant. Every moment must feel–must be–fresh and spontaneous. In my view, even the most obvious and mundane elements of PetMassage…

Dogs, Dogs, and More Dogs I write this blog every week to share some of the insights I’ve had about dogs. I’ve written about dog massage, dog life, dog death, dog youth, dog middle age, dog seniors, well dogs, sick dogs, happy dogs, sad dogs, grieving dogs, confused dogs, content dogs, dog empathy, dog chakras,…

The immune system The immune system protects dogs from all sorts of invaders. The skin and coat are the innate portions of the immune system. These are their first lines of defense. The skin and coat protection is nonspecific, providing protection from many foreign invaders. The adaptive portions of the immune system are much more…

You are Right Baseball: Who’s on First? The World Series is playing. It’s the Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Indians. I’m watching it on TV. Wrigley Field in Chicago is a scene of otherworldly angst and enchantment. The fans are captivated. The outcome of the game will determine their collective destiny. Are they perennial losers, or…

What to expect when you attend a PetMassage Foundation Level hands-on workshop   This is one of the most often requested pieces of information about our training. We understand that making a commitment to attend a school away from your home town; and making a commitment to follow your dream to learn canine massage, is…

Integrating PetMassageTM with veterinary care We are so different and so alike Listening to myself describe how PetMassage integrates with veterinary medicine at the AHVMA (American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association) conference I heard myself offer a perspective I hadn’t previously considered. Besides providing a way for dogs to relax and find their visit to the…

Right Livelihood Over the past 20 years Anastasia and I have had several challenging times keeping PetMassageTM going.  Each time we would ask ourselves, would we be as fulfilled if we were working for someone else, or ought we to continue developing our own vision and mission?    Self-realization and actualization   We remember the…

Summertime in Ohio, and the living is intuitive Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy Our boxers love to lie in the sunlight. Inside, they will seek out any shaft of light, even the jagged slice streaming through the edge of closed window blinds. In the yard outside, they have favorite areas where they snooze…

Dousing: Muscle Testing in PetMassageTM Limited uses for muscle testing While the muscle testing techniques described last week are good for personal dilemmas, like whether to order the cheesecake or the chocolate lava with ice cream, whether to lease a BMW or a Lexus, or choosing between two brands of supplements, or selecting the best…

Dogs need to scale the utmost height and catch the gleam of glory bright Higher ground advantage Over 2500 years ago, Sun Tzu wrote in his military treatise, the Art of War, “When the enemy occupies high ground, do not confront him. If he attacks downhill, do not oppose him.” The one who takes the higher…

Time change This past weekend, many of us fell back an hour We all (except for people in some parts of Indiana) repeated the old mantra last Saturday night when we stood in front of our clocks, hands raised, for the semiannual rite of the Daylight savings time clock adjustment. Spring forward. Fall back. And…

Energy Work is part of every PetMassage Last week, I had the opportunity to PetMassage Dugan, a big, 80 pound German shorthaired pointer. He is a bird dog. He had been out in the fields, running about, having the time of his life, when he developed a limp in his right foreleg. His pet parent…

Over the last two weekends, I had the opportunity to PetMassage over one hundred dogs. We were promoting the PetMassageTM mini-workshop for dog owners that we will be giving this coming Saturday at the PetMassageTM School in Toledo, OH. We spent a delightful Spring Saturday in a popular Metropark meeting dogs and their people. The…

Dog wants to jump away during massage or What was I thinking? Hi Jonathan, I’m trying to be aware of the pressure that I’m using and go lightly. Could it be that because they are sore it is causing them to be more sensitive? I’m really starting to have a lot of self-doubt. When I…

The psychic experience shifted the direction of my life. My life would never be the same. Psychic experiences do happen! And, hey: I had one. We can do it. Then the questions arose. Was this some random event? Was the experience repeatable? Could I recreate the conditions necessary to access information like this? And, what…

On Christmas 2014, I found myself rereading the pages of the book Transitions, PetMassage Energy Work for the Aging and Dying Dog. It has been over ten years since I poured my heart into its writing. The process at the time was cathartic; an exercise that I was compelled to do. The response that I…

We are working on the project of assembling the canine anatomy physiology and kinesiology research papers that are part of the PetMassage Foundation Level workshop course requirements. These papers will be available on our website as a resource for all canine massage practitioners. While we were going over the submitted papers, we were astounded that…

The practice of PetMassageTM is based on the recognition that all physical, emotional, and behavioral dysfunctions are symptoms of imbalance. Balance is what we want for the processes that make up the environment of the dog’s body and mind. The goal is for the dog to function easily and fully. Balance can be restored most…

Sharing Articles Vivienne Pastars, a beautiful spirit from Australia who traveled to the PetMassage School in Toledo Ohio for her Foundation Level Program Training, was asked to write an article about canine massage for the Australian magazine, Holistic Bliss. She wrote me saying she didn’t want to reinvent the wheel so she shared one of the PetMassage Helpful Hints blogs.…

This week’s newsletter is a beautifully written research paper submitted by Susan Miller, of south Florida. Foundation Level students must each write a short paper on a subject assigned to them as part of their requirements to earn PetMassage Certification. Susan’s topic was the Heart Chakra. This, and many other papers by Foundation Level students…

I had a dream. I awoke a few mornings ago with vivid images of my last dream. I was seeing all life as evolving spirits. Glowing beacons of light. Some were bright; some, dull. In the dream, we were each learning from our experiences; especially the challenges. Everyone’s goal was to evolve to where they…

Goals and resolutions achievement is a process. It is the beginning of the year and my Facebook feed is filling up with encouraging suggestions for the best way to set goals. One uses the acronym SMART. Specific, Manageable, Agreed upon, Realistic, and Time-based (measurable). You put yourself in a positive, enthusiastic state and use this…

Trying to Make Sense of Lola’s Transition Yin – yang dynamics We talk about yin and yang a lot. The yin – yang dynamic is a description of disease and health, death and life, and how one cannot exist without the other. There is no up without a corresponding down, dry without moist, heat without…

We had quite a scare  DNR, Do Not Resuscitate   I had a Healing Touch session last week during which the abbreviation “DNR” surfaced to my conscious awareness. I heard the letters spoken in my inner ear and saw them in capital letters in my mind’s eye. Why was I thinking about “Do Not Resuscitate.”…

Inspiration: Where does it come from? What’s that sound? Moving your hands over the dog, you listen. You are open to hearing the faint stream of suggestions that will help you make sense of what you feel and the best way to respond.  Sometimes when giving a PetMassageTM one feels the presence of kindred spirits. These…

Space for another piano Twenty years ago, I bought a beautiful old baby grand piano. It has a soft, rich voice. I’ve enjoyed playing it. “Playing” being the appropriate description of what I do with the piano. I sit down to play and I never know what the music will be.  I don’t follow music…

One hundred naked birds smile Birds of a feather I watched a huge flock of birds descend upon a tree in our neighbor’s yard. Sections of the tree are bare; its branches infested with delicious fowl-tasty vermin. Word, or chirp, had spread. It was a fabulously turned out buffet.  Ravenous insectivores appeared from all directions.…

Kind and Gentle is Fundamental Interview Cancelled The morning of July 11th I was scheduled to be on TV, to talk about PetMassage for Dogs Day. As we were heading out the door to the interview, I checked my phone. A text appeared. The interview was cancelled because the reporter had been called to cover a shooting in…

Exhibition Booth Design Elements, Part 2 Your Booth Design is based on your Intention What is the purpose for your booth? Again, it is about having a clear, simple message. Your booth could be purely informational. Your booth could be a sales room to promote and market your products, such as private sessions, instruction, books,…

 Anatomy of a successful trade show booth and show  To Market, To Market Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Now is the perfect time to market your canine massage. There are all kinds of venues from agility competitions to county fairs; the opportunities are abundant.   Canine massage is becoming ever more popular. Most dog…

Marking Territory: Signs, Signals, Methods, and Value Added Marking Territory, Signs, Signals, Methods As a species we have found that we need to leave a mark to show where we’ve been. Apollo astronauts left an American flag on the moon. “We’ve been here,” it says. The flag is a symbol of accomplishment, exploration, discovery, dominance,…

With Puppies, Keep Expectations and Protocols in Check Puppies get PetMassageTM Last weekend, I had the opportunity to PetMassageTM several 4 week young Old English Sheep Dog puppies from a litter of eight. The sessions were brief and simple. Small words and short sentences. One responded well to rocking, another, to skin rolling, another to…

Foundation Level Students Loved the Workshop Experience Students shared their feelings    We just finished another Foundation level workshop. While all classes are great, this class was a real joy and privilege to facilitate. There were 6 students. Everyone was focused on her own intent and completely supportive and accepting of everyone else. Everyone came…

Muscle testing   Natural remedies Anastasia and I were in a natural medicine shop looking for some natural type remedies that could enhance my life. I looked around at all the shelves and daunting rows of similar sized and shaped bottles with names I didn’t recognize. I must have given her my look of dizzy…