October 30, 2009 • 37 mins
In this episode Christine and Vicki discuss pampering your pooch with massage. What are some of the benefits of pet massage? What ailments/behavior issues can pet massage benefit? Different techniques are reviewed, both with a certified pet massage therapist and also providing massage for your pet at home. We also share how to find a certified canine massage therapist as well as interviewing Jennifer of Gentle Paws Pet Massage. For those of you who want to give your own pet massages, Christine and Vicki share a couple of good tutorials: a DVD called "Pawsitive Strokes!" and the book "Dog Massage: A Whiskers-to-Tail Guide to Your Dog's Ultimate Petting Experience" by Mary Jean Ballner. Also listen in to hear about our Pampered Pet of The Week, Carley the Lhasa Apso!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
You're listening to Petlife Radio dot com.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Welcome to the Pampered Pooch. I'm your host, Christine.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Latham and I'm your co host Vicky Nixon.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
Today we're gonna be talking about canine massage. That's all right,
a pamber pooch. Also get some sages. We're gonna talk
about what pet massage is. You know, basically, it's, you know,
more than just petting your pet. We're gonna talk about
some of the benefits of canine massage. We're going to
talk about the different techniques. We have a special guest today,
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and we're also gonna tell you how you can give
a massage to your dog at home. We will be
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Welcome back to the Pampered Pooch. Our Pamper Pooch of
the Week is Carly. Carly is a lasso apso who
is around three and a half years old. Her nickname
is Sugar. It's like one of my daughters.
Speaker 9 (03:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Carly's arrival story is is that her mom, Janice, found
Carly on pet Finder. Janis was looking for a dog
that was older and trained. She was able to talk
on the phone to the lady that was fostering her.
The lady fosterion explained that Carly was very shy in
a puppy moll survivor. She was paper trained. The foster
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mom said that Carl was from an Amish puppy mill
in Ohio and they're one of the worst puppy mose
Princess is actually from a Amish puppy moulin, Ohio and
basically like the dogs either fight, fleet or freeze, and
Carly was one that was kind of freezing. She was
one of the worst cases that they had seen. The
fashion moman had her for about two weeks to make
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sure she was a good fit. Actually, they had They
had Janice have her for about two weeks make sure
she was a good fit. And around that time, it
was around Christmas, it was very cold and snowy, and
by Christmas Day, Carly was warming up to them and smiling,
which is very good for puppy molon dog. That's some
pretty good progress. The last seven months since they've had Carly,
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she's become very much adapted to their world. She's exploring
and you know, really come to be a loved pet.
She's gone from hiding in the corner when someone comes
to visit to greeting them with a sniff and a
smile and a wagon tail. She barks when the doorbell rings.
I get that a lot too. I think you do too, Vickie.
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She's gotten very used to everyday sounds around the house
out jumping out of her skin, and that's you know,
really important for a puppy mill dog. She's learned to
walk with a leash and loves to explore the neighborhood
parks and even likes to see some of the mild
manner dogs around.
Speaker 8 (05:11):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
She's very fascinated with the water holes and will take
a drink, you know, from the water holes, which I'm
sure is pretty fun for the dog. She's had to
learn how to jump down the steps into the family
room and has learned how to climb the stairs or
she I'm sorry, she hasn't learned how to climb the
stairs yet or jump in the car. But I understand
that the.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
One for puppy mill dogs. Stairs and grass are so tricky.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, we've had Louis for over a year now, by
almost a year and a half, and he can jump
over like one stair up onto a second stair, but
that's it, and he won't actually walk up like the
whole stairs, and there's definitely no jumping in the car
for him. Yeah, so that's, you know, something they're still
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working on. But it sounds like she's made a lot
of progress and they've got lots of time. They say,
no hurry at all.
Speaker 9 (06:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
So mccarle's likes. She likes to be outside. She likes
to be brushed with a nice long massage. She likes
just hanging out with her owners. Her favorite dog Toway.
She likes a large stuffed frog with long legs that
sounds pretty cute, and her favorite food is chicken flavored
canned food. Her favorite activity is going to the park
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and her best trigger command she just learned how to
sit again, very good for.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Huge yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
And some of the ways that she's pampered. They buy
specialty treats and they use a soft dog bend on
a booster seat in the car so she can see
how when she's driving like it. You use VICKI, So
that is Carly. She is our pampered pooch of the
week and our product of the week is the Total
Pet Health Vibrating Pet Massager. This will be something nice
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you can use a home. If a dog isn't the
kind of dog it'll be a little bit freaked out
by the vibration sounds. It's really cute. It's in the
shape of a bone. It's scott on the bottom like
soft little bristles. Basically that you can massage a dog with.
Your dog should like the soothing action of this handheld massage.
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It'll help relieve sore muscles, relax some tension. It can
even stimulate oil glands for healthier skin and coat. It's
got a somewhat quiet motor. If your dog's not again
super nervous and doesn't mind the noise otherwise, it's really
nice if fits well in your hand. It provides a
way to kind of strengthen your bond with your dog
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as well. And you can pretty much find this anywhere
online if you just look up the Total Pet Health
Vibrating Pet Massage. And it requires one double a battery
which is not included, so you want to make sure
and get that. But again, it's very nice. I've got
one of these at home. It is the Total Pet
Health Vibrating Pet Massage. Check it out. Today we are
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talking about canine massage. You know, you might ask yourself,
you know, what is a canine massage? Yes, I pet
my dog all the time, isn't that the same? Well, no,
actually it's not. A massage is basically touched with intention
and purpose, and it's like a hands on manipulation of
the body's soft tissues to create blood circulation and relaxed muscles.
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And if you've ever had a massage yourself, you're gonna
know that a massage and somebody touching you feels completely.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Different, right exactly.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And some of the benefits of massaging your dog is
that it stimulates the blood foe relaxes muscles, increases flexibility
and mobility, increase energy.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
It boosts the immune system, It reduces stress and anxiety,
It enhances the healing process, and it builds trust. And
you know what, Christine, several of the pet massages that
my dogs have had, do you know, all of the
people that are certified and pet massage tell me unlike
when we go and they really work on our muscles.
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With pet massage, it's a much lighter touch. And this
bill trust is really true because maybe a dog has
been abused or had a bad situation, They've got to
build trust with that dog and teach them that that
kind of hands on is a good feeling.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, and separation anxiety, it's probably good for them to
realize that there's another human that, yes, they can trust.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
There's a lot of benefits.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Absolutely, And before we go any further, I just want
to mention make sure to talk to your vet before
you begin a massage treatment, either at home or with
a masseusee. It's just a good idea to make sure
that it's okay with your dog's health.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Some of the different massage techniques we're going to talk
about as this week's episode of the pampered pooches. On
pat massage, there are several different systems and modalities. When
you're doing massage, you're going to someone that's certified. One
of the systems is the Lang System Massage. You can
find this at www Dot dogmassage dot com. The Lang
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System was created by Joanne lang Aster, certified massage therapist
with over nineteen years experience. What she does is Joanne's
system considers the entire animal, not just a specific area
of soreness. And Joanne believes that you need to understand
the overall balance and structure when looking at the animal,
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how they move, if they're week in one area, et cetera.
She also saw a need to create a method that
would proactively address future issues a dog might face, as
well as correct difficulties the dog may be having. It's
a unique combination of standards and recommendations as well as
physical instruction. That's the Laying System massage.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
They also have the Tellington Touch or a lot of
people might call it the t touch, and you can
find that at www dot TTouch dot com. And the
Tellington Touch is a method that's pretty much based on
a circular movements of the fingers and hands all over
the body. The intent of the T touch is to
activate the function of the cells and awakened cellular intelligence.
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It's a little like turning on the electric lights of
the body, if you will. Some of the Tellington touch
is basically like a specialized approach to care and training
of our animal companions. It's been developed by internationally recognized
animal experts. Her name actually that did this is Linda
Tellington Jones. That's thus the name.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Of T touch.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
She is has a PhD. And this method has been
based on cooperation and respect, offers a positive approach to training.
It can improve performance and health and present solutions to
common behavioral and physical problems. It also helps establish a
deeper report between humans and animals through increased understanding and
more effective communication, like we were talking about before, all
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the trust building. So that is the Tellington T touch,
and they use it in a lot of different cases
that we've mentioned before. Specifically like they can help with
a leash pulling, jumping up, excessive barking, and chewing. It's
a lot of behavioral issues that their method also will help.
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We also have the acupressure.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Acupressure is a little bit different than acupuncture. They do
have acupuncture for animals. That's through a licensed traditional Chinese
medical acupuncturists, but this uses needles. Acupressure, which is what
we're talking about today, uses no needles, and even the
owner of the dog can perform acupressure and massages without risk.
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If you're working on an acupressure point, it may be painful,
but they'll let the owner know and is our guests
will tell us later. There are certain acupressure points in
the body can acupressure can help with canine arthritis, skin problems,
immune stimulation and support, and even digestive problems. So that's
acupressure for our pets.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
They also have the Contrare Health Method. It's a healing
touch for animals and you can find that at www.
Dot Healing Touch for spelled out fr animals dot com
and like an abbreviation of it you might hear out
there is a HTA. It's a biofilled energy medicine modality
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and it combines philosophies, techniques and applications to promote energy
balance and healing of our animals. The program pretty much
introduces holistic concepts to assist with injuries you know, illness, surgeries,
et cetera. It helps with behavioral problems as well and
stress related issues. They pretty much work this technique by
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releasing endorphins to establish a deeper relaxation than state of being.
It allows the body to function at a greater level.
By allowing the muscles to relax, the circulation is increased
and it sends more oxygen to those muscles, more nutrients
and hormones into the body to support the healing. So
you can go online and find out a little bit
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more about what exactly that technique entails, but that's a
different approach to some of the other techniques that they
have out there, So that is our techniques. One thing
that you might want to do when you are looking
for a KNI massage therapist is you might want to
check out the International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork.
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You can find them at www dot i A a
MB dot org. That was I A A M b
asiboy dot org, and there's a a few different places
out there. You can also look for the National Board
of Certification for Animal Acupressure Massage. That's at www dot
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n b C a a M dot org.
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This is the Pamber Pooch. We've got Christine and Vicki
and we have a very special guest today, Jennifer Tromboli.
My pronouncing it correctly, Jennifer Trauma tromly ayas okay. And
you are the founder of gentle Plause Pet Massage, which
you opened in two thousand and six. Is at correct?
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Yeah, you're in the Detroit area, Yes, you know. Tell
us a little bit about yourself, your business and how
you got into canine massage.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
How I started out. I actually went to college for
something completely different. I was a recreational therapist. I got
certified in it. I worked in nursing homes, post entry places,
a bunch of our places, and it just wasn't for me.
I've always loved animals. I've always been a dog lover.
Dogs kind of took to me as a kid. My
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neighbors used to, you know, work for bens that was
going to be a vet tech or a vet and
then I went away to college and did something completely different.
So when I just when I decided that being an
activity director of recreational therapist was not in my cards,
I decided to start researching a little bit, seeing what
kind of you know, careers are out there worth working
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with animals. And I did consider vet tech and I
did go to school for a little bit with that,
but I decided that I didn't really like how dogs
didn't want to come up to me or cats they
ran straight away from me, and so I wanted to
still help them and I wanted them to be excited
to see me. So I started researching a little bit
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more and found pat massage on online and started doing
some more research and found out that you know, it
helps dogs as much as it helps for humans. It
works kind of the same way, has a lot of
the same benefits very nice.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
And so you've been doing this for you know, three
years now, and you'd like working with you know, canon massage.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Oh I love it, I mean pet massage. I here,
I have so many stories. So people, you know, calm
me up after they got like a massage for their
older dog. That's not chasing squirrels anymore. Like I saw
my dog chase a squirrel.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I was just shocked afterwards.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
Or I saw my dog climb the stairs and my
dog couldn't climb the stairs beforehand. So you know, massage
does increase the orphans, so that does help, you know,
with I just love seeing the benefits from it.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
And you know, Jennifer, she gave us a demo last week, VICKI.
She worked mostly on Emmy and then a little bit
on each of my other three dogs. And Princess the
shy dog is you know, Yes, when Jennifer came in
today to record, Princess ran up to her, gave her
a look, and then ran away, which is really good
for just one meeting with Princess. So you know that
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must you know, be a good testament to what you
do with animals.
Speaker 5 (21:01):
Yes, you know a lot of people say to me,
you know, how can you tell your dog the dog
likes her? How can you tell where the dog needs
work on or how the dog needs work on? And
the dogs will tell you. I mean, my dogs that
come to me on a regular basis will back their
areas up to me. If their back hip is bothering them,
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they'll they'll put their hip towards me. And you know,
I just kind of watch for their body language and
they will tell you. And you know, for shy dogs,
I've had numerous shy dogs. You know, the owners were like,
I don't think you can ever touch my dog. And
I come over a couple of times, and you know,
eventually they'll come up to me and let me do
you know, a massage on them, and you know it's
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just a really rewarding job.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Well you can tell Jennifer that just by what you
say about how the dogs tell you. I think you
have to be a really in touch person and really
paying attention to their body language because that's how they communicate.
Thing is nonverbal. You know. I think about how many
times we miss what our dogs are saying or our
cats are saying, just because we're not cued into them.
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So the fact that you do that, it's really amazing.
And that the dogs tell you. I think they'll always
tell us. We just don't always get it.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, people say, oh, my
dog likes is you know, back end rubbed, and I'm
just like, probably have some summer muscles back there. You know,
it's trying to get to trying to tell you that hey,
you know, and you know, when I'm massaging a dog,
I'm kind of watching them. I don't want to, you know,
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dogs don't like to be looked at, so I kind
of in the corner my eye keep an eye out
for any like facial expressions that they're kind of like, okay,
I'm nervous or this kind of hurts. So that way,
you know, it will keep me safe and I'll also
keep the dogs safe too.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
We're so glad to have Jennifer with us today. She's
does massages on dogs and cats, pets. I'm sure you've
done a lot of dogs and cats, and I'm not
sure if you've done anything else.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
I have only done I've done a couple of cats.
Dogs are my specialty.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Because cats, I've always been a dog person. Yeah, cats
are lovely and everything, but they can tell that I
don't understand.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
It was those.
Speaker 5 (23:19):
Dogs, so they you know, and a lot of cats
like their owners to touch them. In my experience, right
instead of you know, some stranger. I mean, if there's
someone that's truly a cat person, you know, and they
get in to the business, maybe they have a little
bit better luck. Right, Because I'm just dogs only.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
That's great. I never thought about that. But you know
cats are like sometimes they don't let their owners hardly
pick them up.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Yeah, yeah, so well good.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Can you tell us, Jennifer, what a typical massage would
be like, Like if I brought one of my bishonds
to you for the first time, how would that go?
Speaker 5 (23:55):
Okay, for smaller dogs, I'd have them on the table.
I do have a warming pad for them, so you know,
warmth does comfort them, and especially in the winter time,
they might be a little bit cold, so it kind
of warms them, like kind of warms them up and
they then they and it's like a bed, so it's
not like they're going to a vet or going to
you know, a groomer or anything like that. The table
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that I do have has a different texture to it
than a grooming table, so that way the dogs won't
think that they're going to the groom. They might think
they're going to the groomer, but then like five minutes
into it, they calm down there like, Okay, this is
not so bad. They're not going to cut my hair.
So so basically I put the dog. I actually asked
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the owner first to put the dog on the table
because they don't know me that yet. Once they get
to know me, you know, I have no problem putting
the dog on the table. When I start off the massage,
I go over the toll entire body. I do different
strokes to feel for any warmth. If they have any
warm spots in their body, might him information in their body,
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which you know, can come from anything from jumping on
the couch to jumping off the couch to you know, if.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
They're very active dogs like.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
I have a Border Colling mix that runs like crazy
and has a lot of storm muscles from that. I mean,
people don't realize how many how sore muscles can come
about with dogs. They're very active, they're very athletic. Lot
of dogs are into agility, fly ball, those type of things,
and they don't realize the body can get really sore
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and I can feel it by you know, just going
on the body. If I do feel like an extremely
hot area, it might be something that you know, the
dog might need to go to the vetinarian to see,
you know, what's going on with it. I don't diagnose
in any of my treatments. If I feel something that's off,
I tell them that, you know, you might want to
go check it and go to the vetinarian check it
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out right, but I alon't want to make sure I'm
clear with it. Vetinary medicine and massage kind of go
hand in hand, so that's it's base. So I go
over the whole entire body, make sure you know what
parts of the body might need to be worked on.
After I do that, I do some skin rolling techniques
to move the blood through the body. Because if a body,
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if the dog has an injury and is limping on
the leg, the blood is not going to the area
and it doesn't speed up the healing process. That actually
massage actually speeds up the healing process by bringing the lymph,
the white blood cells, all the nutrition to help aid
and healing the area and also for our for dogs,
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it also helps for increasing the endorphins to you know,
help with the pain that might have. So so after
I do that, I do some skin rolling and then
on the back I do some accuate pressure with it,
uh to you know. When I'm doing it, any part
of the body that has like a little value in
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it has an acupressure point, so.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
A value in it a val valley, I'm sorry, so
like an elbow, side of a knee. Okay, just so understand.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
Okay, yeah, so you know, any little you know, indentation
in the bones has a little ACU pressure point, so
I touch up on a lot of them. Inside the
ears is a good spot for a dog because tips
of the ears actually calms a dog down. Inside the
ear has a lot of acupressure points. If you just
want to do some circles around the ear, yeah, it
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actually helps for the kidney, the liver, all the major ordance.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
Simon, my dog, Simon, I like, take my pad on
my finger, just go like a drunken sailor. I'm sorry,
go ahead, Jennifer.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
No, not a problem.
Speaker 9 (27:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
And so you know, I do some acupressure when I'm
when I'm done with skin rolling, I'm trying to it's
kind of funny not doing.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
It actually, yeah, not having a dog in front of you.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
Yeah. And after I do that, I work on the legs.
I kind of do some spun techniques compressions which is
called and you can press the air the blood down
to the tips of the feet. And after I'm done
with that, trying to think what do I do? Oh,
I do some range of motion also with it a lot.
(28:16):
Like range emotion helps bring the blood to the areas too.
If they're not using the area, the blood's not getting
to as much, right.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
So it and it could be simple as something as
maybe one toe is not being touched on like they're
putting pressure on the others yep, yep, and.
Speaker 5 (28:34):
So you know, and also it helps for flexibility, like
you know what, dogs that do agility need to be flexibility.
And also like even I'm just starting to get into
learning how to do some stretching with my massage. I mean,
I do, I do a little bit stretching with the
range of motion. But there's actually a really good book,
Stretch of Dog Healthy, that actually touches a lot on stretching.
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You know, there's a lot of injuries nowadays. Yes, there's
a lot of dogs pulling acls.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
You hear it a lot.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
If you stretch your dog before they go on aerobic workout,
if they're going to do something like agility, or if
they're going to go to a playgroup and you're taking
them to the dog park, if you just do a
simple stretching with them, they're less likely to.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Pull them also, right, just like with humans, stretching before
you work out or after it.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
I mean, I take my dog jogging. In before I
take her jogging, I do a stretching routine, and now
she will just stretch on her own. I'm going to
go with a run, and she'll like take a bow
down and.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Then then she'll jump up.
Speaker 5 (29:32):
I mean she'll stretch and with her arms up in
the air. She'll stretch with me, and she absolutely loves it.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
That's great, now.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Jennifer, how often do you usually recommend that a dog
get a maussage? I know it could vary.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
It varies, like you said, depending on you know, the condition.
Usually if if it's a dog that has severing like anxiety,
as in they they're terrified of any stranger coming to
their house. I recommended it twice a week because I
didn't want a full week, because you had to. I
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had to have it closer together so they wouldn't remember me.
You know, if if it's something with pain, My clients
say the you know, massage lasts for three days. So
if it's depending on how much they can afford. If
you can afford it, then twice a week if you
if you if you can't, then you can afford it
once a week. Then that's that's good also, and.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
What's the typical cost of a massage and like how
long is that for?
Speaker 5 (30:34):
Okay, typical cost is I do a thirty minute massage
for thirty dollars. That's good and you know that includes
you know, all the stuff I said earlier with you know,
the ecuy pressure, the you know the you know, just
the basic going over the body and you know, doing
the skin rolling and getting the blood moving and through
it so well.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Jennifer, we really appreciate that you came on the Paper
Pooch today. We enjoyed talking to you about how we
can pamper our dogs with that massage. And we want
to make sure that everybody knows how to get a
hold of you. They can find you at Gentle Pause
petmassage dot com and your phone number is two four
eight nine to nine zero one, two zero three. Thank
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you again, thank you. You know, another option, VICKI, is
learning how to massage your dog at home. You know,
it's not going to be quite the same as having
a professional do this, but you know, in between visits
perhaps or if you can't afford to get it done
on a regular basis.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
It's a good way to know your dog's body too. Right,
we talked about the home home health checks a few
episodes back. I think this could be incorporated very nicely
with that, and it would be a positive experience for
your dog.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
You know, of course you pamper them.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
The more the better, right, that's right.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Well. One idea that I have to learning how to
do this at home is a DVD that I purchased
and it's called a Positive Strokes. It's an easy to
learn guide to give your pet the best massage ever,
and it's made by Pause that Matter Production. It's a
short video or DVD. It's about sixteen minutes. The cost
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of this was pretty reasonable. It was definitely under twenty dollars.
I don't remember exactly how much. But it's very nice
because it gives you a step by step instruction on
how to give your dog a massage. And they start
off also saying that times when you should not massage
your dog again, it's a good idea to contact your
vet just to make sure it's okay to start a
(32:31):
massage therapy. But here are some suggestions on when to
not massage your dog is if it's had a fracture
or spraining. Of any kind if it has a cancerous lesion,
a fever, you don't want to And then also just
to note that they say to try to wait at
least an hour after your dog is eight, probably because
if you're gonna be working anywhere near the stomach, you
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don't want to get it twisted at all. And you know,
have the we absolutely some of the tips for the
what they call a Whiskers to Tail guide. The book
is called Dog Massage by Mary Jean Baldner, and again
that's the Whiskers to Tail Guide. Some of the tips
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that they have.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Never try a dog massage on an unfamiliar dog. Good
point massage, massage in a comfortable place. Never force massage
on a dog if you're not in a good mood.
Don't massage your dog. You know they feel everything through
our fingers, through that leash, through our unspoken words, all
(33:37):
the nine directions signals. No oils, creams or lotions are necessary,
just your clean hands and pressure is the key. Do
not press too deeply. Never press deeply on your dog's stomach.
You can easily damage internal organs.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah, some of the ways that you might want to
first approach your dog to massage them for the first time.
I'm you know, probably just initiate contact with your voice.
Of course they're familiar with you, so, but still just
to let them know what you're about to do. Maybe
drop your hand to their eye level or a little
bit lower, slowly bring your hand around closer to the
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dog kind of recognizes and accepts your touch before you
continue too much, check for any kind of unfriendly feedback,
which we'll go into a little bit more later, and
basically just do like a non threatening body part first
that you touch, maybe like a shoulder or something like that.
This book gives you a very detailed basically tips on
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some of the hand positions on massaging, the motions and
very specific techniques to use from head to tail in
which part of the body is best to use certain
techniques and hand positions.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
It's so important, Christine. You know we talked earlier about
how when we get a massage, and maybe it's a
deep tissue massage, they really get in our muscles. But
with my dogs, when they've had a massage, I notice
that they've not put on that much pressure. It's more softer.
See what the dog accepts, what the dog likes, how
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they're responding to the person giving the massage. So it's
real important. You know, we've pet our dogs all the time,
but we don't massage our dogs all the time. So
we're looking for those signals that they are enjoying it
and want us to continue. And you know, you don't
have to start everything. You don't have to do a
whole pet massage at once. Start with a little massage
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maybe at their shoulders, and you know, part on a
good note so that you're successful with that instead of
pushing maybe farther than your dog wants to go.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
And some of the unfriendly feedback is if your dog's
teeth is touching your skin, that's a bad idea, that's
the book says, even if it is your dog. Of
course they kind of growling, if what they're calling pasturing,
like holding their breasts and holding still, if their ears
are flattened back, even if their eyebrows are moving up
and down kind of in a weird way. If you
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feel their body tents, especially the neck, and the dog
is like really trying to pull away from you, move
away from you. What they also call like whale eyes,
which is their head turned and the dog is looking
at you from the corner of the eye, exposing the
majority of the white part.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
The doodles are called whale eyes. It's true because when
you look at a whale in the side, all you
see is that white And.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
Then just any you know, unusual or negative type of
reaction that you're getting that's not normal for your dog
is some of the ways that they say, you know,
that's the expense of panting.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
Yeah, you know, if dog's stressed, they really pant a lot.
So something Just you know your pets and you know
that you know your ultimate goal is to pamper your
poach in the best way. Past will give them a massage.
We'll just watch for those signals. You know, it's really important.
We know that you know your pets. We trust that
you are going to make it an enjoyable experience for them.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
Yeah, and that's actually all the time we have for today.
We appreciate you listening and stay tuned next week.
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more than just petting your pet. We're gonna talk about
some of the benefits of canine massage. We're going to
talk about the different techniques. We have a special guest today,
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Welcome back to the Pampered Pooch. Our Pamper Pooch of
the Week is Carly. Carly is a lasso apso who
is around three and a half years old. Her nickname
is Sugar. It's like one of my daughters.
Speaker 9 (03:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Carly's arrival story is is that her mom, Janice, found
Carly on pet Finder. Janis was looking for a dog
that was older and trained. She was able to talk
on the phone to the lady that was fostering her.
The lady fosterion explained that Carly was very shy in
a puppy moll survivor. She was paper trained. The foster
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mom said that Carl was from an Amish puppy mill
in Ohio and they're one of the worst puppy mose
Princess is actually from a Amish puppy moulin, Ohio and
basically like the dogs either fight, fleet or freeze, and
Carly was one that was kind of freezing. She was
one of the worst cases that they had seen. The
fashion moman had her for about two weeks to make
(04:13):
sure she was a good fit. Actually, they had They
had Janice have her for about two weeks make sure
she was a good fit. And around that time, it
was around Christmas, it was very cold and snowy, and
by Christmas Day, Carly was warming up to them and smiling,
which is very good for puppy molon dog. That's some
pretty good progress. The last seven months since they've had Carly,
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she's become very much adapted to their world. She's exploring
and you know, really come to be a loved pet.
She's gone from hiding in the corner when someone comes
to visit to greeting them with a sniff and a
smile and a wagon tail. She barks when the doorbell rings.
I get that a lot too. I think you do too, Vickie.
(04:57):
She's gotten very used to everyday sounds around the house
out jumping out of her skin, and that's you know,
really important for a puppy mill dog. She's learned to
walk with a leash and loves to explore the neighborhood
parks and even likes to see some of the mild
manner dogs around.
Speaker 8 (05:11):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
She's very fascinated with the water holes and will take
a drink, you know, from the water holes, which I'm
sure is pretty fun for the dog. She's had to
learn how to jump down the steps into the family
room and has learned how to climb the stairs or
she I'm sorry, she hasn't learned how to climb the
stairs yet or jump in the car. But I understand
that the.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
One for puppy mill dogs. Stairs and grass are so tricky.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yeah, we've had Louis for over a year now, by
almost a year and a half, and he can jump
over like one stair up onto a second stair, but
that's it, and he won't actually walk up like the
whole stairs, and there's definitely no jumping in the car
for him. Yeah, so that's, you know, something they're still
(05:56):
working on. But it sounds like she's made a lot
of progress and they've got lots of time. They say,
no hurry at all.
Speaker 9 (06:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
So mccarle's likes. She likes to be outside. She likes
to be brushed with a nice long massage. She likes
just hanging out with her owners. Her favorite dog Toway.
She likes a large stuffed frog with long legs that
sounds pretty cute, and her favorite food is chicken flavored
canned food. Her favorite activity is going to the park
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and her best trigger command she just learned how to
sit again, very good for.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Huge yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
And some of the ways that she's pampered. They buy
specialty treats and they use a soft dog bend on
a booster seat in the car so she can see
how when she's driving like it. You use VICKI, So
that is Carly. She is our pampered pooch of the
week and our product of the week is the Total
Pet Health Vibrating Pet Massager. This will be something nice
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you can use a home. If a dog isn't the
kind of dog it'll be a little bit freaked out
by the vibration sounds. It's really cute. It's in the
shape of a bone. It's scott on the bottom like
soft little bristles. Basically that you can massage a dog with.
Your dog should like the soothing action of this handheld massage.
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It'll help relieve sore muscles, relax some tension. It can
even stimulate oil glands for healthier skin and coat. It's
got a somewhat quiet motor. If your dog's not again
super nervous and doesn't mind the noise otherwise, it's really
nice if fits well in your hand. It provides a
way to kind of strengthen your bond with your dog
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as well. And you can pretty much find this anywhere
online if you just look up the Total Pet Health
Vibrating Pet Massage. And it requires one double a battery
which is not included, so you want to make sure
and get that. But again, it's very nice. I've got
one of these at home. It is the Total Pet
Health Vibrating Pet Massage. Check it out. Today we are
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talking about canine massage. You know, you might ask yourself,
you know, what is a canine massage? Yes, I pet
my dog all the time, isn't that the same? Well, no,
actually it's not. A massage is basically touched with intention
and purpose, and it's like a hands on manipulation of
the body's soft tissues to create blood circulation and relaxed muscles.
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And if you've ever had a massage yourself, you're gonna
know that a massage and somebody touching you feels completely.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Different, right exactly.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
And some of the benefits of massaging your dog is
that it stimulates the blood foe relaxes muscles, increases flexibility
and mobility, increase energy.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
It boosts the immune system, It reduces stress and anxiety,
It enhances the healing process, and it builds trust. And
you know what, Christine, several of the pet massages that
my dogs have had, do you know, all of the
people that are certified and pet massage tell me unlike
when we go and they really work on our muscles.
(08:56):
With pet massage, it's a much lighter touch. And this
bill trust is really true because maybe a dog has
been abused or had a bad situation, They've got to
build trust with that dog and teach them that that
kind of hands on is a good feeling.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, and separation anxiety, it's probably good for them to
realize that there's another human that, yes, they can trust.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
There's a lot of benefits.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Absolutely, And before we go any further, I just want
to mention make sure to talk to your vet before
you begin a massage treatment, either at home or with
a masseusee. It's just a good idea to make sure
that it's okay with your dog's health.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Some of the different massage techniques we're going to talk
about as this week's episode of the pampered pooches. On
pat massage, there are several different systems and modalities. When
you're doing massage, you're going to someone that's certified. One
of the systems is the Lang System Massage. You can
find this at www Dot dogmassage dot com. The Lang
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System was created by Joanne lang Aster, certified massage therapist
with over nineteen years experience. What she does is Joanne's
system considers the entire animal, not just a specific area
of soreness. And Joanne believes that you need to understand
the overall balance and structure when looking at the animal,
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how they move, if they're week in one area, et cetera.
She also saw a need to create a method that
would proactively address future issues a dog might face, as
well as correct difficulties the dog may be having. It's
a unique combination of standards and recommendations as well as
physical instruction. That's the Laying System massage.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
They also have the Tellington Touch or a lot of
people might call it the t touch, and you can
find that at www dot TTouch dot com. And the
Tellington Touch is a method that's pretty much based on
a circular movements of the fingers and hands all over
the body. The intent of the T touch is to
activate the function of the cells and awakened cellular intelligence.
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It's a little like turning on the electric lights of
the body, if you will. Some of the Tellington touch
is basically like a specialized approach to care and training
of our animal companions. It's been developed by internationally recognized
animal experts. Her name actually that did this is Linda
Tellington Jones. That's thus the name.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Of T touch.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
She is has a PhD. And this method has been
based on cooperation and respect, offers a positive approach to training.
It can improve performance and health and present solutions to
common behavioral and physical problems. It also helps establish a
deeper report between humans and animals through increased understanding and
more effective communication, like we were talking about before, all
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the trust building. So that is the Tellington T touch,
and they use it in a lot of different cases
that we've mentioned before. Specifically like they can help with
a leash pulling, jumping up, excessive barking, and chewing. It's
a lot of behavioral issues that their method also will help.
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We also have the acupressure.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Acupressure is a little bit different than acupuncture. They do
have acupuncture for animals. That's through a licensed traditional Chinese
medical acupuncturists, but this uses needles. Acupressure, which is what
we're talking about today, uses no needles, and even the
owner of the dog can perform acupressure and massages without risk.
(12:37):
If you're working on an acupressure point, it may be painful,
but they'll let the owner know and is our guests
will tell us later. There are certain acupressure points in
the body can acupressure can help with canine arthritis, skin problems,
immune stimulation and support, and even digestive problems. So that's
acupressure for our pets.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
They also have the Contrare Health Method. It's a healing
touch for animals and you can find that at www.
Dot Healing Touch for spelled out fr animals dot com
and like an abbreviation of it you might hear out
there is a HTA. It's a biofilled energy medicine modality
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and it combines philosophies, techniques and applications to promote energy
balance and healing of our animals. The program pretty much
introduces holistic concepts to assist with injuries you know, illness, surgeries,
et cetera. It helps with behavioral problems as well and
stress related issues. They pretty much work this technique by
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releasing endorphins to establish a deeper relaxation than state of being.
It allows the body to function at a greater level.
By allowing the muscles to relax, the circulation is increased
and it sends more oxygen to those muscles, more nutrients
and hormones into the body to support the healing. So
you can go online and find out a little bit
(14:02):
more about what exactly that technique entails, but that's a
different approach to some of the other techniques that they
have out there, So that is our techniques. One thing
that you might want to do when you are looking
for a KNI massage therapist is you might want to
check out the International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork.
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You can find them at www dot i A a
MB dot org. That was I A A M b
asiboy dot org, and there's a a few different places
out there. You can also look for the National Board
of Certification for Animal Acupressure Massage. That's at www dot
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n b C a a M dot org.
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This is the Pamber Pooch. We've got Christine and Vicki
and we have a very special guest today, Jennifer Tromboli.
My pronouncing it correctly, Jennifer Trauma tromly ayas okay. And
you are the founder of gentle Plause Pet Massage, which
you opened in two thousand and six. Is at correct?
Speaker 5 (18:28):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Yeah, you're in the Detroit area, Yes, you know. Tell
us a little bit about yourself, your business and how
you got into canine massage.
Speaker 5 (18:37):
How I started out. I actually went to college for
something completely different. I was a recreational therapist. I got
certified in it. I worked in nursing homes, post entry places,
a bunch of our places, and it just wasn't for me.
I've always loved animals. I've always been a dog lover.
Dogs kind of took to me as a kid. My
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neighbors used to, you know, work for bens that was
going to be a vet tech or a vet and
then I went away to college and did something completely different.
So when I just when I decided that being an
activity director of recreational therapist was not in my cards,
I decided to start researching a little bit, seeing what
kind of you know, careers are out there worth working
(19:20):
with animals. And I did consider vet tech and I
did go to school for a little bit with that,
but I decided that I didn't really like how dogs
didn't want to come up to me or cats they
ran straight away from me, and so I wanted to
still help them and I wanted them to be excited
to see me. So I started researching a little bit
(19:41):
more and found pat massage on online and started doing
some more research and found out that you know, it
helps dogs as much as it helps for humans. It
works kind of the same way, has a lot of
the same benefits very nice.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
And so you've been doing this for you know, three
years now, and you'd like working with you know, canon massage.
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Oh I love it, I mean pet massage. I here,
I have so many stories. So people, you know, calm
me up after they got like a massage for their
older dog. That's not chasing squirrels anymore. Like I saw
my dog chase a squirrel.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
I was just shocked afterwards.
Speaker 5 (20:21):
Or I saw my dog climb the stairs and my
dog couldn't climb the stairs beforehand. So you know, massage
does increase the orphans, so that does help, you know,
with I just love seeing the benefits from it.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
And you know, Jennifer, she gave us a demo last week, VICKI.
She worked mostly on Emmy and then a little bit
on each of my other three dogs. And Princess the
shy dog is you know, Yes, when Jennifer came in
today to record, Princess ran up to her, gave her
a look, and then ran away, which is really good
for just one meeting with Princess. So you know that
(20:57):
must you know, be a good testament to what you
do with animals.
Speaker 5 (21:01):
Yes, you know a lot of people say to me,
you know, how can you tell your dog the dog
likes her? How can you tell where the dog needs
work on or how the dog needs work on? And
the dogs will tell you. I mean, my dogs that
come to me on a regular basis will back their
areas up to me. If their back hip is bothering them,
(21:21):
they'll they'll put their hip towards me. And you know,
I just kind of watch for their body language and
they will tell you. And you know, for shy dogs,
I've had numerous shy dogs. You know, the owners were like,
I don't think you can ever touch my dog. And
I come over a couple of times, and you know,
eventually they'll come up to me and let me do
you know, a massage on them, and you know it's
(21:44):
just a really rewarding job.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
Well you can tell Jennifer that just by what you
say about how the dogs tell you. I think you
have to be a really in touch person and really
paying attention to their body language because that's how they communicate.
Thing is nonverbal. You know. I think about how many
times we miss what our dogs are saying or our
cats are saying, just because we're not cued into them.
(22:08):
So the fact that you do that, it's really amazing.
And that the dogs tell you. I think they'll always
tell us. We just don't always get it.
Speaker 5 (22:16):
Yeah, that's exactly right. I mean, people say, oh, my
dog likes is you know, back end rubbed, and I'm
just like, probably have some summer muscles back there. You know,
it's trying to get to trying to tell you that hey,
you know, and you know, when I'm massaging a dog,
I'm kind of watching them. I don't want to, you know,
(22:36):
dogs don't like to be looked at, so I kind
of in the corner my eye keep an eye out
for any like facial expressions that they're kind of like, okay,
I'm nervous or this kind of hurts. So that way,
you know, it will keep me safe and I'll also
keep the dogs safe too.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
We're so glad to have Jennifer with us today. She's
does massages on dogs and cats, pets. I'm sure you've
done a lot of dogs and cats, and I'm not
sure if you've done anything else.
Speaker 5 (23:04):
I have only done I've done a couple of cats.
Dogs are my specialty.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Because cats, I've always been a dog person. Yeah, cats
are lovely and everything, but they can tell that I
don't understand.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
It was those.
Speaker 5 (23:19):
Dogs, so they you know, and a lot of cats
like their owners to touch them. In my experience, right
instead of you know, some stranger. I mean, if there's
someone that's truly a cat person, you know, and they
get in to the business, maybe they have a little
bit better luck. Right, Because I'm just dogs only.
Speaker 3 (23:39):
That's great. I never thought about that. But you know
cats are like sometimes they don't let their owners hardly
pick them up.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Yeah, yeah, so well good.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Can you tell us, Jennifer, what a typical massage would
be like, Like if I brought one of my bishonds
to you for the first time, how would that go?
Speaker 5 (23:55):
Okay, for smaller dogs, I'd have them on the table.
I do have a warming pad for them, so you know,
warmth does comfort them, and especially in the winter time,
they might be a little bit cold, so it kind
of warms them, like kind of warms them up and
they then they and it's like a bed, so it's
not like they're going to a vet or going to
you know, a groomer or anything like that. The table
(24:16):
that I do have has a different texture to it
than a grooming table, so that way the dogs won't
think that they're going to the groom. They might think
they're going to the groomer, but then like five minutes
into it, they calm down there like, Okay, this is
not so bad. They're not going to cut my hair.
So so basically I put the dog. I actually asked
(24:37):
the owner first to put the dog on the table
because they don't know me that yet. Once they get
to know me, you know, I have no problem putting
the dog on the table. When I start off the massage,
I go over the toll entire body. I do different
strokes to feel for any warmth. If they have any
warm spots in their body, might him information in their body,
(24:58):
which you know, can come from anything from jumping on
the couch to jumping off the couch to you know, if.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
They're very active dogs like.
Speaker 5 (25:08):
I have a Border Colling mix that runs like crazy
and has a lot of storm muscles from that. I mean,
people don't realize how many how sore muscles can come
about with dogs. They're very active, they're very athletic. Lot
of dogs are into agility, fly ball, those type of things,
and they don't realize the body can get really sore
(25:29):
and I can feel it by you know, just going
on the body. If I do feel like an extremely
hot area, it might be something that you know, the
dog might need to go to the vetinarian to see,
you know, what's going on with it. I don't diagnose
in any of my treatments. If I feel something that's off,
I tell them that, you know, you might want to
go check it and go to the vetinarian check it
(25:49):
out right, but I alon't want to make sure I'm
clear with it. Vetinary medicine and massage kind of go
hand in hand, so that's it's base. So I go
over the whole entire body, make sure you know what
parts of the body might need to be worked on.
After I do that, I do some skin rolling techniques
to move the blood through the body. Because if a body,
(26:12):
if the dog has an injury and is limping on
the leg, the blood is not going to the area
and it doesn't speed up the healing process. That actually
massage actually speeds up the healing process by bringing the lymph,
the white blood cells, all the nutrition to help aid
and healing the area and also for our for dogs,
(26:33):
it also helps for increasing the endorphins to you know,
help with the pain that might have. So so after
I do that, I do some skin rolling and then
on the back I do some accuate pressure with it,
uh to you know. When I'm doing it, any part
of the body that has like a little value in
(26:54):
it has an acupressure point, so.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
A value in it a val valley, I'm sorry, so
like an elbow, side of a knee. Okay, just so understand.
Speaker 5 (27:05):
Okay, yeah, so you know, any little you know, indentation
in the bones has a little ACU pressure point, so
I touch up on a lot of them. Inside the
ears is a good spot for a dog because tips
of the ears actually calms a dog down. Inside the
ear has a lot of acupressure points. If you just
want to do some circles around the ear, yeah, it
(27:27):
actually helps for the kidney, the liver, all the major ordance.
Speaker 3 (27:32):
Simon, my dog, Simon, I like, take my pad on
my finger, just go like a drunken sailor. I'm sorry,
go ahead, Jennifer.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
No, not a problem.
Speaker 9 (27:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
And so you know, I do some acupressure when I'm
when I'm done with skin rolling, I'm trying to it's
kind of funny not doing.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
It actually, yeah, not having a dog in front of you.
Speaker 5 (27:53):
Yeah. And after I do that, I work on the legs.
I kind of do some spun techniques compressions which is
called and you can press the air the blood down
to the tips of the feet. And after I'm done
with that, trying to think what do I do? Oh,
I do some range of motion also with it a lot.
(28:16):
Like range emotion helps bring the blood to the areas too.
If they're not using the area, the blood's not getting
to as much, right.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
So it and it could be simple as something as
maybe one toe is not being touched on like they're
putting pressure on the others yep, yep, and.
Speaker 5 (28:34):
So you know, and also it helps for flexibility, like
you know what, dogs that do agility need to be flexibility.
And also like even I'm just starting to get into
learning how to do some stretching with my massage. I mean,
I do, I do a little bit stretching with the
range of motion. But there's actually a really good book,
Stretch of Dog Healthy, that actually touches a lot on stretching.
(28:57):
You know, there's a lot of injuries nowadays. Yes, there's
a lot of dogs pulling acls.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
You hear it a lot.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
If you stretch your dog before they go on aerobic workout,
if they're going to do something like agility, or if
they're going to go to a playgroup and you're taking
them to the dog park, if you just do a
simple stretching with them, they're less likely to.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Pull them also, right, just like with humans, stretching before
you work out or after it.
Speaker 5 (29:20):
I mean, I take my dog jogging. In before I
take her jogging, I do a stretching routine, and now
she will just stretch on her own. I'm going to
go with a run, and she'll like take a bow
down and.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
Then then she'll jump up.
Speaker 5 (29:32):
I mean she'll stretch and with her arms up in
the air. She'll stretch with me, and she absolutely loves it.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
That's great, now.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
Jennifer, how often do you usually recommend that a dog
get a maussage? I know it could vary.
Speaker 5 (29:45):
It varies, like you said, depending on you know, the condition.
Usually if if it's a dog that has severing like anxiety,
as in they they're terrified of any stranger coming to
their house. I recommended it twice a week because I
didn't want a full week, because you had to. I
(30:08):
had to have it closer together so they wouldn't remember me.
You know, if if it's something with pain, My clients
say the you know, massage lasts for three days. So
if it's depending on how much they can afford. If
you can afford it, then twice a week if you
if you if you can't, then you can afford it
once a week. Then that's that's good also, and.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
What's the typical cost of a massage and like how
long is that for?
Speaker 5 (30:34):
Okay, typical cost is I do a thirty minute massage
for thirty dollars. That's good and you know that includes
you know, all the stuff I said earlier with you know,
the ecuy pressure, the you know the you know, just
the basic going over the body and you know, doing
the skin rolling and getting the blood moving and through
it so well.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
Jennifer, we really appreciate that you came on the Paper
Pooch today. We enjoyed talking to you about how we
can pamper our dogs with that massage. And we want
to make sure that everybody knows how to get a
hold of you. They can find you at Gentle Pause
petmassage dot com and your phone number is two four
eight nine to nine zero one, two zero three. Thank
(31:19):
you again, thank you. You know, another option, VICKI, is
learning how to massage your dog at home. You know,
it's not going to be quite the same as having
a professional do this, but you know, in between visits
perhaps or if you can't afford to get it done
on a regular basis.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
It's a good way to know your dog's body too. Right,
we talked about the home home health checks a few
episodes back. I think this could be incorporated very nicely
with that, and it would be a positive experience for
your dog.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
You know, of course you pamper them.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
The more the better, right, that's right.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
Well. One idea that I have to learning how to
do this at home is a DVD that I purchased
and it's called a Positive Strokes. It's an easy to
learn guide to give your pet the best massage ever,
and it's made by Pause that Matter Production. It's a
short video or DVD. It's about sixteen minutes. The cost
(32:11):
of this was pretty reasonable. It was definitely under twenty dollars.
I don't remember exactly how much. But it's very nice
because it gives you a step by step instruction on
how to give your dog a massage. And they start
off also saying that times when you should not massage
your dog again, it's a good idea to contact your
vet just to make sure it's okay to start a
(32:31):
massage therapy. But here are some suggestions on when to
not massage your dog is if it's had a fracture
or spraining. Of any kind if it has a cancerous lesion,
a fever, you don't want to And then also just
to note that they say to try to wait at
least an hour after your dog is eight, probably because
if you're gonna be working anywhere near the stomach, you
(32:54):
don't want to get it twisted at all. And you know,
have the we absolutely some of the tips for the
what they call a Whiskers to Tail guide. The book
is called Dog Massage by Mary Jean Baldner, and again
that's the Whiskers to Tail Guide. Some of the tips
(33:14):
that they have.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
Never try a dog massage on an unfamiliar dog. Good
point massage, massage in a comfortable place. Never force massage
on a dog if you're not in a good mood.
Don't massage your dog. You know they feel everything through
our fingers, through that leash, through our unspoken words, all
(33:37):
the nine directions signals. No oils, creams or lotions are necessary,
just your clean hands and pressure is the key. Do
not press too deeply. Never press deeply on your dog's stomach.
You can easily damage internal organs.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Yeah, some of the ways that you might want to
first approach your dog to massage them for the first time.
I'm you know, probably just initiate contact with your voice.
Of course they're familiar with you, so, but still just
to let them know what you're about to do. Maybe
drop your hand to their eye level or a little
bit lower, slowly bring your hand around closer to the
(34:16):
dog kind of recognizes and accepts your touch before you
continue too much, check for any kind of unfriendly feedback,
which we'll go into a little bit more later, and
basically just do like a non threatening body part first
that you touch, maybe like a shoulder or something like that.
This book gives you a very detailed basically tips on
(34:37):
some of the hand positions on massaging, the motions and
very specific techniques to use from head to tail in
which part of the body is best to use certain
techniques and hand positions.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
It's so important, Christine. You know we talked earlier about
how when we get a massage, and maybe it's a
deep tissue massage, they really get in our muscles. But
with my dogs, when they've had a massage, I notice
that they've not put on that much pressure. It's more softer.
See what the dog accepts, what the dog likes, how
(35:14):
they're responding to the person giving the massage. So it's
real important. You know, we've pet our dogs all the time,
but we don't massage our dogs all the time. So
we're looking for those signals that they are enjoying it
and want us to continue. And you know, you don't
have to start everything. You don't have to do a
whole pet massage at once. Start with a little massage
(35:37):
maybe at their shoulders, and you know, part on a
good note so that you're successful with that instead of
pushing maybe farther than your dog wants to go.
Speaker 2 (35:49):
And some of the unfriendly feedback is if your dog's
teeth is touching your skin, that's a bad idea, that's
the book says, even if it is your dog. Of
course they kind of growling, if what they're calling pasturing,
like holding their breasts and holding still, if their ears
are flattened back, even if their eyebrows are moving up
and down kind of in a weird way. If you
(36:09):
feel their body tents, especially the neck, and the dog
is like really trying to pull away from you, move
away from you. What they also call like whale eyes,
which is their head turned and the dog is looking
at you from the corner of the eye, exposing the
majority of the white part.
Speaker 3 (36:25):
The doodles are called whale eyes. It's true because when
you look at a whale in the side, all you
see is that white And.
Speaker 2 (36:31):
Then just any you know, unusual or negative type of
reaction that you're getting that's not normal for your dog
is some of the ways that they say, you know,
that's the expense of panting.
Speaker 3 (36:42):
Yeah, you know, if dog's stressed, they really pant a lot.
So something Just you know your pets and you know
that you know your ultimate goal is to pamper your
poach in the best way. Past will give them a massage.
We'll just watch for those signals. You know, it's really important.
We know that you know your pets. We trust that
you are going to make it an enjoyable experience for them.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
Yeah, and that's actually all the time we have for today.
We appreciate you listening and stay tuned next week.
Speaker 4 (37:11):
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