Canine massage is therapy for dogs’ minds and spirits.

The more I practice canine massage, the more I appreciate that there is so much more that I am influencing than the anatomical nuts and bolts, fluid dynamics, and interdependent physiological systems. Touch, no matter how structured and clinical, also therapeutically influences the functioning of mind and spirit too. Dysfunction is always a result of…

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TRANSITIONS: PetMassage Energy Work for the Aging and Dying Dog

TRANSITIONS: PetMassage Energy Work for the Aging and Dying Dog – a book of comfort and purpose for you and your dog. A Transition is a change, or shift, from one lifestyle, or quality of life to another. One energy form to another. It can be from one developmental age group to another, a change…

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CAVE People

My friend George used an interesting acronym the other day: CAVE people. When heard it I envisioned Neanderthals squatting around a fire, grunting at each other. The letters represent: Citizens Against Virtually Everything. I was close. George was describing some people in a Chicago neighborhood who were resistant to his wanting to alter the roofline…

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