Dogs Can Get Their Own Therapeutic Pet
Massage. Our pets enjoy the relaxation
experienced by being touched by hands too.
There are situations where our pets can
benefit from the trained hands of a therapeutic
massage person who has been specially trained
in pet massage.
Dogs who are elderly or who do not receive
enough daily exercise can benefit from massage.
Dogs are emotional creatures ask any dog lover
how Fido reacts when they return home after
fido has been left home alone for a few
hours.
Dogs not only have emotions they have
thoughts too. They experience pain, loneliness
and anxiety just like their humans do. Their
past experiences can leave them with emotional
issues that the touch of massage therapy can
relieve.
Those who are deprived of touch during their
puppyhoods can have physical and emotional
development issues. They can have reduced
physical bodies, suffer from reduced
socialization skills and depressed immune
systems.
A puppy deprived of touch will act and move
in ways that are structured around trying to
survive. Touch gives a dog the feeling of
affection and reassurance necessary for healthy
living. Touch gives a dog the ability to
process socialization, support and balance.
Pet massage stimulates circulation, enhances
flexibility and can improve the dog's metabolic
efficiency. The pushing and pulling of skin and
muscles and the moving around of limbs in a
passive range of motion way is a form of
exercise.
It develops the dog's muscle tone, increases
the depth and rate of his respiration and gives
him emotional benefits too. Dogs who receive
too little exercise can have more difficulty
breathing because the food they eat turns to
fat that puts a strain on their heart and
joints.
When a dog exercises they not only burn
calories they increase their respiration rate
that allows them to expel dust and chemicals
they inhale in the air they
breathe.
The movement they experience during exercise
and massage improves their large joint movement
and increases fluid to tissue for their
extremities, heart and lymphatic (immune
system).
Dogs who are sedentary during most of their
days really need pet massage to improve their
health, especially joint movement and
respiratory rates.
Massage moves body parts that benefit older
dogs and those who do not get enough exercise
because they are indoor, stay-at-home
dogs.
The humans who love and care for their dogs
can learn therapeutic massage therapy. Many
books and Websites provide classes and
instructional manuals that teach how to
perform massage on pets.
Massage therapy is an excellent way to help
a newly adoptive pet bond with their human
companion, when applied by this same human.
Theraputic Massage Terms and
Facts.
A deep massage,
which is applied with a lot of
pressure around the lymph nodes
and the lymphatic channels
helps to improve the lymph
flow.
This is also
why pressure should always be
applied in the direction of the
heart. basically imagine you
are moving all the waste to
where it can escape, which in
massage is thought to be the
central region around the
heart.
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Dogs who have been adopted through shelters
are especially prone to having suffered
traumatic events such as abandonment, and
physical or mental/emotional abuse. These
dogs will respond positively to the
benefits of pet massage.
Massage not only has emotional and physical
benefits for the dog, but for the person
massaging as well. Knowing that you are
having a positive, health promoting affect
on an animal can really give you a sense of
achievement.
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