It’s time to think about resolutions
Have you made up your mind to change your life? To create a business in which you can help animals and their owners? To make a difference in the vibrational energy of the planet by assisting animals and their people shift from fear, despair, pain, and negativity to joy, ease and actualization of the pursuit of the highest possible quality of life?
Learn PetMassage™
Learn PetMassage™ for Dogs to enhance your life and work. Affirmations are stated in a way that your goal is already completed. “I have completed my PetMassage™ Foundation workshop and have created a successful animal massage practice.” is much more powerful than “I want to enroll in a PetMassage workshop in 2011.” The second statement is not a valid affirmation. You can want something forever, without manifesting the action to make it so.
It is interesting to note that the two most sought after professions are veterinary medicine (it’s more difficult to get into vet school than medical school.) and PT, Physical Therapy. These are both long, difficult and expensive paths. Some universities are combining these two programs meeting the demand of students, and responding to the demands of animal guardians and their veterinary providers.
Many of our students have told us they would have liked to have been veterinarians but didn’t think they could be comfortable with blood and trauma and putting animals down. PetMassage™ offers a means of helping/assisting/facilitating dogs in a gentler, softer, non-invasive modality that, in its own way, also helps to restore balance, flexibility, circulation…in other words, body-mind-spirit wellness in dogs. The skills and practices students learn in our 7-day PetMassage™ Foundation workshop are compatible with every known form of animal healing and bodywork, including the newest innovations in veterinary medicine.
PetMassage™ teaches students to support the self-revelatory, self healing, intuitive abilities of dogs through the use of knowledgeable, compassionate touch, fascia releases, and the use of body-language communication. PetMassage™ workshops begin with validating the skills and life experiences students bring with them. Students learn specific PetMassage™ theory and techniques, practicing and refining their skills, hands-on, every day, with live dogs in the classroom. A module in the introduction to canine anatomy offers students a virtual understanding of the canine body beneath their fingers. A discussion of physiology systems from a Western medical model demonstrate how and why PetMassage™ has such powerful effects and influences. Concepts and variations of the practices of TCM are incorporated in PetMassage theory and practice. There are lively discussions about specific applications, contraindications, ethics, legal issues, scopes of practice, and marketing. The Foundation Workshop concludes with a full workshop review and final return demonstrations with instructor, Jonathan Rudinger, with personalized instruction and suggestions for further study.
These are a few of the benefits of PetMassage™ for Dogs
- Increases circulation of all the fluids in the body
- Increases flexibility
- Develops and maintains muscle tone
- Helps relieve the effects of stiffness and joint discomfort
- Enhances bonding, especially with new adoptees from shelters
- Helps dogs create and maintain a better quality of life
- “An essential of health care…like grooming, feeding and exercise.” –Healing Touch, Michael M. Fox, DVM
Start with the 7-day PetMassage™ Foundation workshop. What’s in it?
The Seven-Day PetMassage™ Foundation Workshop is an excellent beginning to your hands-on learning experience. We acknowledge that no one can become an “expert” at anything in just seven days. However, this course is a good preparation to become adept at the basic skills of PetMassage™. Learn to help your own dogs and your client’s dogs. Train to create your successful start-up PetMassage™ business. To prepare for this workshop, you will study the 2 Effective PetMassage™ for Dogs DVD’s and the Effective PetMassage™ for Dogs Manual, and 2 more books, Creating & Marketing Your Animal Massage Business and Dog Anatomy Coloring Atlas. These are all included in the fees for the workshop.
Along with your life experience, this is your foundation for the volume of information you will receive through (discussion style) lectures and individual, hands-on instruction working with dogs. We discuss, demonstrate, and practice and then you return-demonstrate your understanding and practice of PetMassage™ energy and body mechanics, PetMassage™ theory and techniques. Movement and breathing exercises expand your sensory and spiritual awareness and develop healthy body mechanics. The instruction is supportive, encouraging and geared to help you to discover and develop your own personal massage form. This course has been described as a personal development and enrichment class through the medium of canine bodywork. The 7-day PetMassage™ Foundation workshop includes modules on anatomy, physiology and canine behaviors, the physiological affect that PetMassage™ has on body systems, ethics and business marketing strategies. Also included is a field trip to the ASPCA to hone your skills while connecting with the dogs who are there in temporary residence. A Certificate of Completion for the Seven-day PetMassage™ for Dogs Foundation Workshop is awarded after we have received your take-home test and documentations of additional pro bono PetMassage sessions.
PetMassage™ workshops have small classes – between four and twelve students. They are about 30% lecture, 60% hands-on, 10% playing with dogs and 110% growth and enjoyment. Lectures and demonstrations use models, charts, other text references and the class syllabus.
Students are encouraged to bring dogs. In fact, for every 2 dogs you bring, we will take $25 off your workshop course fees. If you are unable to bring your own dog, other lucky canine volunteers are provided.
Workshops are scheduled, February – November, Sundays through Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All workshops are held at the PetMassage™ Ltd. School in Toledo, Ohio
Goals of the 7-day PetMassage™ Foundation Workshop
- Develop an understanding of the theory, techniques, vocabulary, culture and vision of PetMassage™
- Learn to understand and provide for diverse canine needs
- Learn basic dog anatomy & physiology
- Become aware of body mechanics for you and your K-9 clients
- Understand scope of practice, business ethics, marketing
When you feel you are ready for more in-depth training, take the 7-day Advanced. We’ve talked about the 5-day PetMassage WaterWorkTM in past newsletters. Since it incorporates an entirely different set of skills, there are no prerequisites and you can take the PetMassage WaterWorkTM before the PetMassage Foundation.
Find our updated workshop schedule, more information about the workshops and testimonials of students who have already completed them, online. Call now to reserve your space in our workshops.
Want to talk to someone who can answer your questions? Call us. Ask about any aspect of PetMassage that concerns you. We’ll help you in any way we can. With twelve years of experience and over 200 workshops, we know quite a lot about the subject. We’ll also snail mail the PetMassage™ Pet-a-log and Travel Information brochure, with all the information you’ll need to attend a workshop. Call us at 800-779-1001 or email info@petmassage.com.