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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By Cattie Coyle
Today's post is a review of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Crystals by Karen Ryan, who was the featured practitioner in the Crystal Healing for Animals … Read full article
Whether and When: Compassionate Thoughts On Euthanasia
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One of the hardest things about having a beloved animal is trying to figure out what is best when the end of life seems imminent. Death comes to … Read full article
Equine Reiki: Heart To Heart With Horses Part 1
Today’s post is the first part of an excerpt from Kathleen Prasad’s latest book on equine Reiki: Heart to Heart with Horses. Chapter 1: A Brief … Read full article
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AWG Guest Post Series: Good Dog Aquatic Fitness
By Cattie Coyle
Today's guest post comes from Luis and Mary Carillo, owners of Good Dog Aquatic Fitness in North Andover, Massachusetts. Good Dog is a referral facility that specializes in canine hydrotherapy, rehabilitation, and massage therapy to help dogs recover from … Continue Reading...
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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...
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Meet Lisa Ruthig, Lively Dog
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After we lost our dog Sadie to cancer earlier this fall, it seems like we hear from friends whose pets (and/or human family members) have been diagnosed with the disease every other day. I knew of course that cancer claims many victims among both humans and … Continue Reading...
TTouch – Light Bodywork With Amazing Results
By Cattie Coyle
Today's post is on TTouch, a type of very light bodywork that helps animals with all kinds of problems, both physical and psychological. I took a weekend workshop in TTouch for dogs at Bancroft School of Massage a few years ago (with Leea, who is our … Continue Reading...