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Thinking of Changing Careers?
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NEW Course for KIDS
Dogs Kids PetMassage
by Jonathan Rudinger
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Join Our Research Project
Help us advance the practice of Pet massage by participating in our study.
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Member of The International Association of Animal Massage & Bodywork
And the Association
of Canine Water Therapy
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We have
facilitated over
100 Foundation workshops at the PetMassage™ Headquarters in Toledo. Students get lots of one-on-one instruction from the founder of PetMassage™, Jonathan Rudinger, plus valuable feedback and support from each other.
Increase the power of your touch:
Energy Work For Dogs, Accessing the Magnificent Body Language and Body Wisdom of the Dog
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Graduates of workshops and home study courses can now be found on our map. Click here to take a look!
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Students in the News.
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Welcome
Books, DVDs,
videos, charts and more...
a must for every pet-lover's library!
Welcome to PetMassage™
PetMassage™ Training and Research Institute has many facets from training students the professional aspects of canine massage, teaching dog owners to include PetMassage as part of the daily care of their pets, teaching children PetMassage™ animal handling and safety skills, and publishing books, DVDs and CDs under the name of PetMassage Books.
We welcome you to learn to PetMassage your own dogs, teach children PetMassage™ and provide the service of PetMassage™ for Dogs as your business.
Canine care specialists from all over the world learn PetMassage™ by participating in workshops at the PetMassage Training and Research Institute in Toledo, OH.
Thousands of dog care professionals and loving dog owners have already taken our PetMassage™ Workshops and used our instructional materials to learn to massage their own dogs.
You can too! Click here for a special message from the man who literally wrote the book on PetMassage™ - founder Jonathan Rudinger.
We offer training and materials for both our in-house workshops and home study.
At PetMassage™ we offer three hands-on workshops:
See our complete 2010-2011 Workshop Schedule
Our Certifications & Professional Associations
PetMassage™ LTD is approved by the:
- National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as continuing education provider #285813-00
- The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
- The Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP)
- The International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork/Association for Canine Water Therapy (IAAMB/ACWT)
We also have a great selection of adults & kids clothing, hats, mugs, magnets, calendars and more - available on CafePress
Learn at Home with the new PetMassage™ for the Family dog Program for Dog Guardians and Caregivers.
This program teaches the many benefits that massage offers, provides do's and don'ts in handling your dog and discusses the proper sequence and techniques you need to understand before attempting to massage your dog. It also gives the dog’s family members specific instructions for helping them with applications for the upper spine, the hips and other areas of the canine anatomy requiring a special touch. Click here for more info
New Books From PetMassage™
PetMassage for the Family Dog
PetMassage for the Family Dog, replaces the discontinued Effective Pet Massage for Dogs. It is an excellent introduction to PetMassage. This book is for you if you are an individual who is happiest when you are rubbing and scratching your dogs; and you know in your heart that you want to help them discover their optimal wellness and balance. With PetMassage for the Family Dog you will learn to create an ambient environment within your dog's body by combining skilled touch, compassion and active intention. An ambient inner environment is necessary for your dogs' physical and emotional balance and quality restorative healing.
With easy to follow instructions, abundant illustrations and a complete pictorial PetMassage demonstration, this is your guide to learning to massage your pet dog at home. Expand on the massage you already do intuitively, with the skills and theory of professional canine massage. This book is guaranteed to change the way you touch your dog. PetMassage for the Family Dog. 164 pages with index, glossary, photos, First Edition.
PetMassage for Dogs, Art and Essence of Canine Massage
PetMassage for Dogs, Art and Essence of Canine Massage offers the tools to begin or expand your canine massage practice. It is a more advanced text for students who have the intention of, or are already, practicing canine massage professionally. PetMassage for Dogs, Art and Essence of Canine Massage includes animal massage theory, vocabulary, hand and body skills, body and breath mechanics, canine behavior, how to observe canine reflexive responses to your movements, and much more. Each lesson validates the intuitively personal way you already have of interacting with dogs, while reshaping and expanding your set of professional skills and techniques.
PetMassage for Dogs, Art and Essence of Canine Massage is your preparation for PetMassage hands-on workshops, distance learning and PetMassage online courses.
TRANSITIONS: PetMassage Energy Work for the Aging & Dying . . . Dog
TRANSITIONS celebrates your dog's life ... and death. It is about helping. It is about being empowered. It is the story of the last days of Oskar the boxer, teaching assistant extraordinaire at the PetMassage™ School in Toledo Ohio.
The skills you will learn in this little book will help you support your dog during any transition in his/her life; the most difficult being the last one, the end of life. This is a book of hope and love that will comfort dog owners during times of grief and despair when we feel the most vulnerable and helpless.
Learn about the power of holding patterns, fascia, transition massage, alternative end of life care and assistance for dogs and their guardians.
There are sections on geriatric massage, relaxation massage, energy balancing, and using mudras to enhance the effects of snapping and the pain drain.
Learn many valuable bodywork techniques to use time and again and want to share with other pet owners.
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43623
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