Benefits of Dog Massage

Series Summary

Dogs can bring an infinite amount of joy and companionship into our lives. Coming home to a wagging tail and an eager smile creates a feeling love and happiness, and can make anyone feel needed as part of an intimate family. In fact, studies have show that having a pet can reduce stress, lower blood pressure and relieve depression. Whether your favorite activity to share with your puppy is a long walk in the park or just watching television on the couch together, it's important to show your dog just as much love as they show you.

In this free video series, our expert will demonstrate how to keep your dog healthy and happy with regular massages. You may think only people enjoy the feeling of a good massage, but dogs too, can benefit from the pain reducing, stress relief of massage. You will learn how to massage different parts of your dog's body, including their ears, paws, spine and legs. You will also learn how to keep a dog calm for a massage, how to use your fingertips in dog massage and how to massage older dogs. So, show your pup how much you love him with the expert tips from this video on dog massage.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Mary Norton. I do pet massage. I'm at www.petmassage.com and I'm here with expertvillage.com. We're going to talk today about dog massage. Pet massage, but we're going to use a dog so if you want to know why it's a good idea to learn pet massage, the basic answer I can give you is that it will help your animal and it will help your animal in the same way that a human massage helps you. The first thing is what is pet massage? Well, pet massage is exactly what it sounds like. It is taking the techniques that you use on human beings and adapting it for the physique of animals and you can do this on dogs, you can do it on cats, there's equine massage for horses but that is a whole different thing than using it for small animals. You could also probably use it for ferrets and other small animals too but we're going to work with a dog right now. The benefits as I said are basically the same as it is for human beings. You will help all of their internal organs, you will help their joints, their muscles, and help calm them if you happen to have a very nervous animal. "