Fox Hollow Animal Hospital – Tip of the Week (Massaging your dog’s head)
hi my name is dr. Ross Anderson and I
work at Fox Hollow Animal Hospital and I
must get asked at least 29 times per day
how do I get my dog the most effective
head massage and so we’re going to talk
about it on today’s tip of the week so
the first thing you’re going to want to
do is obtain a dog now preferably we do
that legally or with permission now any
dog will do now sometimes if we want to
make sure that we have the most
effective massage we want to use things
like tools
now when I say tools I don’t mean pliers
or screwdrivers because that would hurt
the dog it would also hurt my soul but
instead we’re talking about things like
this now this can be used very very well
and effectively notice how it causes
that yawn that yawn means that you’re
doing a really good job so keep going
for the yawn Fox Hollow Animal Hospital
this is Ross speaking now often times
you don’t always have to use a
premeditated and pre-planned massage
protocol sometimes it actually works
more effective to have surprise massages
and they quite enjoying that now you
might be wondering dr. Ross what if I
don’t have a dog well don’t worry I have
a solution you might have luck trying a
feline which is a cat now cats you don’t
have a cat you could try your neighbor
they might have a cat if they don’t have
a cat
then you might try looking online but I
want to tell you that cats respond
almost as well to tools like we had
chatted before but we use the other side
to massage cats sometimes cats want to
feel like they’re king and this looks
like a crown as you can see he’s very
delighted and pleased with this
often times he’ll pay extra is my belly
hanging out again now sometimes if
you’ve got a cute puppy to work with and
you’re 6 foot 5 tall it’s not always
best to be on a seated or on the floor
with your massage process so getting
them elevated can really facilitate the
process and make them feel more
comfortable and help yourself out I call
this one the behind the back chin
scratch extraordinaire sometimes if you
have nice scruff and stubble like me
that my wife hates you can use that as
well
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