Friday, December 11, 2009

Canine Massage Therapy

I was getting my hair cut today. My hairstylist has been cutting my hair for years, so we usually chitchat about things going on in our lives. Today, she mentioned an additional career that she wanted to try, which involved going to Canine Massage Therapy School.

I paused, wondering if I heard her correctly. And I thought, did a Mr. and Mrs. Canine open a massage therapy school, or was there a school to teach massage therapy for canines? So I asked.

And yes, she wants to learn massage therapy for canines. Again I paused, wondering just how tense could a dog's life be. Do they get knotted muscles from the stress of laying around the house all day? Do they complain all day about their backs hurting because they "slept wrong?"

It was explained to me that this massage therapy was for rehabilitation, not relaxation. So, in the future if you have a dog who needs to rehab from a surgery or injury, I might have a specialist I can recommend.

2 comments:

dg said...

Might have her get certified in canine acupuncture while she's at at... There is a whole branch of small-animal "non traditional" medicine.

Animal rehab - things like water treadmills, swim therapy = big bucks.

Amy (Clark Cooper) Shepherd said...

I guess I'm okay with all that as there is no specializations in animal "happy endings"... Yuk!