Canine Massage

[karen_amy]

I am brand new to this forum and am hoping that someone out there will be able to help me out.

At the moment I am human remedial massage therapist but would love to extend it to canine massage as well. I have had a look at the canine myofuntional therapy course and the canine massage through Australian School of Petcare Studies. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Petcare Studies massage course.

Feedback on either would be appreciated/

[Katdogs]

I suggest you contact Helen Nicholson and team at K9Physio, they are very professional and would be able to advise what courses are best accepted in the business.

[sas]

Probably the most in-depth is http://www.nctm.com.au/, you don't want to be doing any massage course that is only via correspondence because that hands-on skills is what you need. I personally saw the NCTM course as fairly basic and went off and did post grad studies elsewhere until I found skill set I was really happy with.

In the end, you need to decide what you want to achieve, is this just for you personally to work on your own dogs or is to create a business? That answer will shape where you go to from here.

You may like to also consider muscle release techniques such as:

Emmets: http://www.emmett4animals.com/

Bowen: http://www.smartbowen.com/the-team/

For owners, you can do an online course with Dogs in Motion in Melbourne: http://www.dogsinmot...for-pet-owners/ and of course there is also Youtube to learn different methods and techniques.

Edited October 18, 2016 by sas

[Katdogs]

Oh sorry SAS of course you're the massage expert - Helen's physio - d'oh!

[Jumabaar]

There are also a few online courses from the states that look quite good- but as SAS the downside is that there isn't any hands on. I think I would always suggest doing an in person massage course and then use online courses for further information and ideas. Getting ideas from different modalities and geographical regions will really broaden your thinking and make you a better practitioner.

[sas]

Oh sorry SAS of course you're the massage expert - Helen's physio - d'oh!

Physio involves quite a bit of massage :)

Edited October 18, 2016 by sas

[J...]

I am brand new to this forum and am hoping that someone out there will be able to help me out.

At the moment I am human remedial massage therapist but would love to extend it to canine massage as well. I have had a look at the canine myofuntional therapy course and the canine massage through Australian School of Petcare Studies. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Petcare Studies massage course.

Feedback on either would be appreciated/

I'm halfway through completing my Certificate in Canine Myofunctional Therapy at NCTM, I've done my in class work just need to knock over my assignment work. One of my class mates was also human qualified and switching over.

I enjoyed it but treating it as a base to go on with. I've looked at some of the other courses available and I felt the qualification was important as was the hands on work. Right now, I feel my next step is to get my hands on as many dogs as I possibly can before I take the next step, and further my own theory learning as there is plenty that I can add to from the course.

I'm very lucky to have someone that I use for my own dogs as a mentor of sorts (distance is the kicker!). She's been super helpful and is incredibly knowledgeable, but she's UK trained.