Dog Massage to Loosen Muscles

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 of 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 a dog after surgery, how to loosen up dog muscles and massage a dog's gums. You will also learn how to keep a dog calm for a massage, and get tips on the benefits of dog massage, particularly on older dogs. So, show your pup how much you love him with the expert tips from this video series on dog massage.

Video Transcript

"In this segment, we're going to talk about how to loosen a dog's muscles through massage. We're going to start with the back. And what you want to do is get your finger on either side of the spine and you're going to do a little bit of friction by coming away from the spine and then giving about two pounds worth of pressure, depending on the size of the dog. If you have a dog under twenty pounds, you're going to use about one pound of pressure. And, if you have a dog over a hundred pounds, you can use a little bit more than two pounds of pressure. You want to make sure to get both sides of the muscle evenly. So make sure once you do one side, you do the other. The same as we move to the legs. You can do some wringing so, if you're on the front of the leg, you can take your hand and just wring up and down to help loosen any muscles that are tight and come all the way up through the shoulders and keep coming on back down. And this is creating heat into the muscles helping them to warm up and loosen. And on the back, the same thing. You can bring your dog into a standing position and come all the way around the thigh, being careful not to put too much pressure on the knee or onto the thin calcaneus muscle, so loosen your pressure. And, then as you come back up, you can get more deep as you go into the glut muscles."