Dog Acupressure for Hip Dysplasia: Encircling Leap

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"The next point we're going to do is gallbladder 30, also called encircling leap. It's a partner point to gallbladder 29, and it's literally just the other side of that bone, the femur, the big bone. In these heavily muscled dogs like Cocoa, you go right behind that big muscle, and you'll feel the end of the femur, and then you find the point. Now you see Cocoa's lying down, and that's fine. If you want to actually find the point ahead of time, and then lay the dog down on their side you can do it that way and sometimes that's the easiest way to do that particular point. Like the point above it, it's one that you want to hold with a straight up and down motion, or straight up and down position. Push in fairly significantly; you actually want to feel some force there. And you can also do a light circular motion with the tip of your finger if the animal really likes it. And a lot of dogs will stay for this one. It's one that sort of is really good for general arthritis, as well. You'll see, we'll use it some of the other series, so it is a good point it again, it's the other side, okay, give me this one. It's the other side of the hipbone at the back side of the hipbone."