Expanded Description:
This book teaches techniques that people can use to assist their dogs' end of life care. It discusses palliative Care, work by medical intuitives and animal massage practitioners.
There are instructions for Relaxation massage, Geriatric massage, ROM, range of motion, stretching, scratching, lymphatic drainage, unwinding, energy balancing, auric fascia, cupping, visualization, attaining heightened awareness, and thoughts on the death urge and euthanasia, death by lethal injection as a humane alternative to pain and decreased quality of life.
Also discussed are the hospice for dog's movement and grief counseling. The chapter on crying shows it to be cleansing and an important part of grieving. Stages of grief and signs of pet grieving, with sections on pet loss and children, grief counseling for surviving pets and their role in the animal massage profession are also included.
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