How to Massage Dog Ears

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Mary with expertvillage.com. Today we're going to talk about the ears. Now unlike men where the way to their heart is through their stomach, the way to a dog's heart is through its ears. Why is that you might ask? It's very simple. Most people don't realize there are thirteen different muscles in each ear that works to pick them up, put them forward, put them back, so when you work these muscles, man, it's sort of like someone you know, just doing whatever you think is the best you like done in a massage. It is very calming, very relaxing for them and also a little trick if you've got a hyper dog, you fold the ears in half, you slowly go to the edge and then you pinch, this time fairly firmly between your thumb and your finger and what you're doing there is that you are giving the whole body a little jolt, a little jump start. It's one of the meridians of the energy in a dog."