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5 reasons to crate train your dog

12 Jul, 2016

In our house, crates are just another bed but they are also a safe, gentle way to resolve common problem behaviours.

Learn more about crate training at an “Introduction to Crate Training” session at Carseldine on Saturday 30th July, 10 – 11am. For more information please contact me

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Canine massage

What's the difference between canine massage & canine myofunctional therapy?

10 Jul, 2016

I often use the word “massage” and “myofunctional therapy” interchangeably. Massage is easier to say and generally better understood, but there is a subtle difference.

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Massage for stress and anxiety

Can massage calm anxious dogs?

07 Jul, 2016

In humans, stress is related to feelings of fear and anxiety which lead to increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system (flight or fight response) and activates the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and endocrine systems.
In dogs, physiological indicators of stress, such as the presence of certain neurotransmitters in the blood, mirror those in humans as do some behavioural reactions. (Beerda et al 1998, Lee et al 2011)

Massage can reduce stress reactions.

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