ATTITUDE
• Be grateful for the opportunity
• Be courteous and sensitive to your dog’s wishes
• Become of your own breathing as well as your dog’s breathing
• Develop a healing intent
• Making yourself time-rich

BENEFITS of Massage
– For your dog
• Increases energy, comfort, endurance, flexibility, range of motion, trust and bonding, circulation of blood and lymph, relaxation and body awareness

• Decreases pain, stress, tension, soreness, stiffness, anxiety and fear,
injury recovery time, inflammation and swelling and edema and recovery
time after surgery

– For you
• enhances your well being
• improves your relationship with your dog
• can discover potential problems early on
• learning new skills
• allows you to be present and mindful

CONNECTIONS
• Understanding your dog’s perspective
• Becoming highly sensitive to your dog’s communications and body language
• Fostering a positive and calm experience for you and your dog
• Learning and utilizing various massage techniques
• Learning a basic massage routine
• Having a clearer sense of your dog’s anatomy
• Making your dog happy
• Practice with pressure, speed and rhythm
• A simple relaxation routine