Dog Massage for Stress & Anxiety

Video Transcript

"In this clip we're going to talk about how to relieve stress and anxiety in your dog through a massage. Now there's acupressure points all throughout the back of the dog's neck, right in the occipital ridge and by bringing your fingers in and giving about one to two pounds worth of pressure, a lot of times they will lean their heads right into your fingers. And you can follow through this motion into their necks. And just give a great pull on either side of the necks, stretching out these muscles and follow back up through to the occipital ridge. You can use your fingers, your thumbs, your forefingers and this is going to help relieve any stress or tension you're going to be getting the acupressure points that are around the occipital ridge to help relax them. One other point that's great for relaxation is on their paws. And if you come right below their wrist, and just massage in an up and down motion. This a lot of times will help to relieve any tension and stress that they're having. Again, this has to do with acupressure points. They are just helping to relax your dog and make them feel more comfortable. And lastly, you can always come up through the ears and just massage the tips of the ears. And again, having to do with the acupressure points, you're helping to relax and calm them."