For a very good guide to all sorts of dog training processes and dog behavior challenges, I use and recommend Clickertraining ...that link goes to the description of this terrific ebook you download immediately, wherever you are! -- Rosana

Energy Healing for Dogs, by Nicole Wilde, is on my short list of books to buy. I am a big fan of Nicole’s DVD, Train Your Dog, which she made with Laura Bourhenne – that link takes you to my review of it.

So I was delighted to find out about this new book.

I still remember my mother-in-law sending our aging Rhodesian Ridgeback, Cider, Reiki healing from 1000 miles away, some 15 years ago. Cider got somewhat better, and I figured it could have been the Reiki. I’ve also written here on this site about my experiences with the TTouch for dogs, so this new book would be right up my alley.

Here is part of the blurb about the book from Dogwise:

Anyone can learn energy healing, and this book makes it simple. You’ll get clear explanations backed by scientific studies, step-by-step exercises, and plenty of photographs. With a bit of practice, you will soon be channeling life force energy through your hands to dogs. You’ll learn to “scan” for problem areas; relieve joint pain; reduce inflammation; heal emotional issues with the “heart-centered” technique; learn about special considerations for working with shelter dogs; and more. There is an entire chapter dedicated to commonly asked questions, and another on do-it-yourself energy experiments you can try right away.

Imagine a gentle, non-invasive healing method that can address pain, injury, and illness; speed recovery after surgery; and have remarkable effects on fear, anxiety, aggression, depression, and trauma. Energy healing can do all this and more! It works by stimulating the body’s natural ability to heal itself, and can assist dogs in resolving a myriad of physical, emotional, and even mental issues. Energy healing will not cause harm, has no side effects, and can be used in conjunction with other holistic therapies or conventional medical treatments. Done on a regular basis, this safe, effective practice can help to keep dogs healthy and well-balanced.

Energy healing is simple, natural, and free, and is one of the best gifts you can give yourself and the dogs you love.

Specifics such as working with pain and inflammation, maintaining balance, working with shelter dogs and even how to work with dying animals will give the reader both the inspiration and courage to explore energy healing.

Sounds great, doesn’t it? Readers, if you use energy healing, do comment below.

You can get Energy Healing for Dogs at Dogwise.

Physical therapy for dogs? Sure, they definitely can get stiff and sore. And with the increase in popularity of agility and other active dog sports, they can have injuries that need some intelligent care.

Kudos to Dogwise Publishing for continuing to bring out such an excellent variety of dog books! Click on the book cover to go to Dogwise and find out more.

Or browse the book’s back cover right here. Most of it, anyway.

Recently I added a page to this blog… It’s Dog House Training, and you can get to it from that link of course but also, it is now one of the tabs at the top of every page.

There are already a lot of dog housetraining  pages on the site and there is a whole category you can get to by looking at the long list of categories in the sidebar and picking out Housetraining / Dog Potty Training.

I added the page because I really think dog house training is very important. It always has been, but in these economic times, it is one of the best things you can do for any puppy in your life — or any adult dog, for that matter.

Puppies who go potty on the living room carpet aren’t appreciated much, and it gets worse as the pup becomes a teenager and an adult dog. People sometimes just give up in despair. Next stop for the dog? The local overcrowded dog shelter.

Well, it’s always been the case that dogs that aren’t house trained make up a significant percentage of dogs at shelters, and it’s always been true that dog owners do not usually admit to the shelter staff that they are giving up the dog because of what it does to the floors.

It’s even more important now that you house train any dog that you can because there are so many excellent dogs being given up to shelters due to the difficult economic situations of their owners. At the same time, adoptions must be somewhat down. You can figure out the rest of the story. Sadly.

Why is this llama training video on a dog training website? Read on.

My husband and I used to raise llamas in the mountains outside Ashland, Oregon. We bred them, took people on day hikes with them,  and created books and videos about them. We always had dogs too but there was about a decade when I lived and breathed llamas. Read the rest of this entry