Massaging at SmartPak Bark Fest
Posted by lisa on Jul 20, 2008
Our internship phase has started and we kicked it off at the SmartPak event this weekend. It’s a beautiful store for dog and horse lovers. They have a catalog business and a unique service of packaging dog/horse food, meds and supplements in daily packs for freshness and proper measurement.
Mary Francis and I manned the table on Saturday and massaged about 14 dogs between us and met a lot of interesting people and their pups. My favorite was a 15 year old bull terrier named Coco that would have laid still for me for hours. Below is Jack the spaniel, who is, in fact, sitting completely in my lap.
People were very receptive to a free massage for their dog and so were most of the pups. I used Reiki to calm a young Portuguese Water Dog named Lily that wanted to sneak away and bark at Tara, the eldery Scottie, who Mary Francis was working on.
People were mostly surprised at how well their dogs settled into it. I think that, aside from the relaxation of massage, that the feeling of trained hands on them is novel and stimulates their curiosity. It might just be worth hanging out for a minute to see where this unusual experience is heading.
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That is just awesome. What a bunch of happy pups!! It will be worth seeing where your experience will take you!
Thanks! It’s all getting exciting now. Internships with vet/acupuncturist and with a trainer, agility shows… there are just so many directions open when your field is in it’s infancy! A lot of barriers to break down, too, but I think it will be worth it.
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