This is a reprint of the original 2009 printing. It's a fact. Massage helps your dog be healthier and happier! This book will help you understand the many benefits of canine massage and bodywork. Learn basic massage techniques to support the physical and emotional wellness of the dogs you love. What will dog owners learn in this book? Detect problem areas more easily - Valuable tools to provide basic pain relief - Aid healing to help their own animals - Six ways that massage works and why - Simple step-by-step techniques using beautiful color photographs - How to identify your animal's stress and dysfunction - Learn to improve your touch skills - Tips on finding and working with a professional Find out why dog owners use this book to help support their animals' well-being. Start it today! As a Veterinary Spinal Manipulative Therapist (chiropractor), I feel it is important for animal owners to do follow-up massages at home after my treatments. The Dog Lover's Guide to Massage and The Horse Lover's Guide to Massage are perfect guides. Both books show owners how to proceed safely while providing very beneficial therapy. Using the massage techniques in this book will give owners a better awareness of what is going on with their dog's or horse's body. By following the change in the soft tissues and muscles, they will likely notice areas of heat, pain, or swelling very early. A perceptive owner can bring an animal's problem to the attention of a veterinarian much sooner. This way the animal can be treated much more easily than if the problem had been brewing for months before being noticed. Megan Ayrault is a gifted massage therapist; I have seen the benefits of her work firsthand.... and she conveys the same calm, patient, healing intention to the readers of her books. As an equine and canine veterinarian, chiropractor, and acupuncturist, I would love for all of my clients to have the education that Megan's animal massage books provide! --~Dr. Kari De Leeuw DVM, VSMT, CVA Equine Holisitc Sports Medicine, Moss Beach, CA If you have a dog, if you know someone with a dog, or if you are thinking of getting a dog... you need The Dog Lover s Guide to Massage: What Your Dog Wants You to Know. Concise, compassionate and comprehensive insight into how massage can help you help your pet. --~Lola Michelin, Founder and Director Northwest School of Animal Massage, Fall City, WA Megan's books are a wonderful resource for every animal lover! The massage information is easy to follow and the Basic Techniques with Anatomy Connections are invaluable and will help enhance your understanding of your animal's overall health and well-being. --~Kim Bauer, Lead Instructor of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute Animal Ease Therapies, LLC, Parkdale, OR If you have a dog, if you know someone with a dog, or if you are thinking of getting a dog... you need The Dog Lover s Guide to Massage: What Your Dog Wants You to Know. Concise, compassionate and comprehensive insight into how massage can help you help your pet. --~Lola Michelin, Founder and Director Northwest School of Animal Massage, Fall City, WA Megan's books are a wonderful resource for every animal lover! The massage information is easy to follow and the Basic Techniques with Anatomy Connections are invaluable and will help enhance your understanding of your animal's overall health and well-being. --~Kim Bauer, Lead Instructor of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute Animal Ease Therapies, LLC, Parkdale, OR If you have a dog, if you know someone with a dog, or if you are thinking of getting a dog... you need The Dog Lover s Guide to Massage: What Your Dog Wants You to Know. Concise, compassionate and comprehensive insight into how massage can help you help your pet. --~Lola Michelin, Founder and Director Northwest School of Animal Massage, Fall City, WA Megan's books are a wonderful resource for every animal lover! The massage information is easy to follow and the Basic Techniques with Anatomy Connections are invaluable and will help enhance your understanding of your animal's overall health and well-being. --~Kim Bauer, Lead Instructor of Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute Animal Ease Therapies, LLC, Parkdale, OR Megan Ayrault is a Licensed Massage Practitioner for animals and people, and a professional educator with a Master's degree in teaching from Seattle University. Prior to her current bodywork career, Megan worked with horses, including teaching therapeutic riding for children and adults with disabilities, and has taught elementary, secondary, and adult education. The many paths of her professional and personal background interconnect in her private practice, in her teaching with the Northwest School of Animal Massage, and in the creation of the All About Animal Massage website and book series. Together with her colleagues, Megan is dedicated to inspiring and supporting all animal lovers in discovering the benefits of massage and bodywork for the ani