Articles in the Holistic Healing category
Complementary Remedies For Fido: An Overview of Alternative Canine Remedies
When it comes to your dog’s physical and behavioral health, there’s a lot to choose from besides trainers and traditional veterinarians. Complementary or alternative canine remedies are becoming more and more mainstream for health and behavioral issues.
For dogs that suffer from fear or anxiety, prescribed medication in conjunction with a sound positive training or behavior modification plan sometimes provides the best chance of success. Drugs aren’t always necessary and neither are complementary remedies. Positive training alone can do the trick. But some dogs need more than that; a complementary remedy along with training may be the best bet.
San Francisco's All Creatures Holistic Healing Network
Of course we all take our pets' heath seriously - we schedule them in for regular vet visits, and get them the medical treatment they need. But sometimes chronic conditions can be tricky to control with pills or injections, or your pet may suffer from things like depression that don't have a clear medical solution. Or perhaps you're just interested in learning how you can keep your pet healthy in a natural way, thus minimizing the frequency with which you have to put them through the trauma of a vet visit.
Wags 'N Wellness for the Bay Area Urban Dog
As humans, we're well accustomed now to the idea of wellness as a separate but supplementary idea to health. Being well is more than just not being sick - it has to do with combating the stress and complexity of living in a modern world.
Spotlight on Almudena Ortiz Cue, Dog Trainer & T-Touch Practitioner
One sunny afternoon in Berkeley, I had the pleasure of watching Almudena Ortiz Cué work a special kind of magic on an anxious stressed dog named Mack. Almudena, an alumna of the SF SPCA’s Academy for Dog Trainers, is an experienced staff dog trainer at Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) and owner/trainer of C.H.A.C.O. Dog Training. Now, she’s added T-Touch Practitioner to her impressive list of accomplishments – and that’s an achievement no other Bay Area dog trainer can claim
Happy Hounds Massage in San Francisco
I often hear people say that people shouldn't have dogs in the city – apartment living, confined spaces and all that. I have to say that most of the people I know who have dogs in the city – myself included – go out of their way to make sure their dogs are well taken care of, well stimulated, well exercised and, well, spoiled. Most of the city dogs I know have it better than many suburban canines I've met.
