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24.01.2022 Now available in Gunning Thursday afternoons and Yass Tuesday and Friday. Crookwell and Goulburn message for availability.#bowenforanimals #bowenfordogs #mobilityfor dogs#seniorpets #caninemobility #dogsport #therapyfordogs

23.01.2022 Laminitis a big problem in horses at the moment.

23.01.2022 This post explains exactly what I am experiencing when working with Horses something I don’t find as extensive when working on dogs. Horses seem to carry so much both physical and mentally.

22.01.2022 An alternative to Pet Rescue if your looking for a new family member. https://www.savour-life.com.au/adopt-a-dog/search-now/

21.01.2022 Ben’s certificate for Novice Trick Dog has arrived. I’m not sure he is as impressed as I am.#trickdog#kelberganimalservices #bowenforanimals#bowentherapyforanimals #therapiesforanimals

19.01.2022 Very interesting read. Finally an answer to what was the cause.

18.01.2022 Can recommend this puppy school.

18.01.2022 More on the Benefits of Equi-tape.

17.01.2022 We are available to assist your pets with winter injuries, arthritis and mobility issues. We are now a COVID safe Business and ask that clients adhere to the COVID principles.

17.01.2022 A reminder not to buy imported treats. Reading the labels is tricky but very important.

15.01.2022 The benefits of Vitamin C the recommended is Bio C for the antioxidants. https://breedingbusiness.com/vitamin-c-for-dogs/amp/

15.01.2022 Things to consider if your pet was early desexed. https://www.frontiersin.org//10.3389/fvets.2020.00388/full

15.01.2022 Warning We are investigating a number of consumer issues related to Ivory Coat. Moderate to severe reactions including vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, letharg...y, and dehydration. We are also investigating the death of a dog. It is inconclusive whether the product was the direct cause of death, but the product was subsequently fed at a later date to another family dog who suffered similar symptoms. If you have had issues with an Ivory Coat product please let us know. Manufacturer The Real Pet Food Company have been notified.

12.01.2022 Another brilliant day running Conditioning workshop at Kylie’s K9 Retreat. Thanks to Kellie Neville for making it happen! Looking forward to more conditioning s...essions next Saturday. If you’re interested in a 1:1 session to assess your dog for fitness & receive a mini program, book Saturday 15th August at https://dogfitbooking.setmore.com/bookappointment See more

12.01.2022 Wallys noseworks video. He had a full Bowen Session with Redlight Therapy mat the night before and he kept up with the young ones. Afterwards another session that evening with the Redlight Mat and was still prancing around the next day.

11.01.2022 Great Dog friendly Cafe in Bathurst.

11.01.2022 Spent the morning making a waterproof lead for Ben to save that soggy sandy lead problem on our camping and kayaking adventures. Rated clips to 240kg that don’t trap sand and grit plus extra loops to shorten on extend the length and as a quick and easy tie up.

11.01.2022 Great Day learning more on Canine Fitness with Frankie Aston from Agilityfit. #caninebowen #dogfitness#dogmobility

11.01.2022 A short read on the costs of owning a horse.

11.01.2022 Another great day at Noseworks. Three very tired dogs here tonight.

10.01.2022 For those people asking about how we’ll tape stays on. Here is an example of Equi Tape. It stays on dogs the best of the tapes I’ve tried as well.

09.01.2022 Just made a batch of low protein treats in the dehydrator for Wally who is showing the start of kidney issues.

08.01.2022 Are your Dogs finding it hard to get around during these cold months? Are your sport or show dogs a bit stiff or displaying a poor gait. Bowen Therapy can assist help with relaxing tight muscles, assisting rehab from injury and arthritic and older animals. #bowenforanimals #bowenfordogs #petmobility #olddogs #therapyfordogs #southerntablelands #southernhighlands #goulburnnsw #crookwellnsw #gunningnsw

08.01.2022 More information on the risks involved in neutering.

06.01.2022 A much better explanation of fascia with pics than I ever manage to give.

04.01.2022 My certificate for Kinesiology Taping arrived last week. Another modality to help keep our animals mobile.

02.01.2022 WHY IS MY HORSE SORE? This is a question I get asked a lot, especially when there seems to be no particular or outstanding reason why. As a therapist I always l...ook at a horse holistically and not just the affected area to try to uncover the issue or issues that could be causing the soreness. I have found in most cases of muscle soreness unless it is a trauma, injury or paddock slip, bad saddle fit etc that has happened, that it is usually a combination of a few things that causes muscle soreness and not just one individual thing. Like an onion with layers, one thing will build on another and it can sometimes be a process to strip everything back and get to the core again. Every single horse will have the first issue I have listed below, then add another 2 or 3 of the other problems mentioned to the scenario or maybe even more and you start to get the picture that something in the body is going to get sore or uncomfortable eventually. Some of these issues may only be very small or subtle or not much of problem if isolated on their own but start to add a few of these little things together and we start to create bigger problems unfortunately. We need to take all these into consideration when we are trying to determine why your horse is muscle sore with no glaringly obvious cause. Every athlete will have some level of soreness but it is how we manage it and look at every other aspect mentioned below to make sure our horses are as comfortable, healthy and sound as possible to give them a long and happy riding life. Have a read to see how many of the things could be affecting your horse if he is often sore or use this as a guide to help you if your horse becomes sore in the future. 1. Natural Asymmetry - every horse has this issue, full stop, no horse is balanced evenly over all 4 legs. Some are obviously more so than others but here is our very first base layer of things starting to happen in the body from day one creating tension and compensations. This will eventually start to show up at some stage in their life if not addressed with correct inhand and gymnastic/ridden training to supple and train the left and right sides of the body as evenly as possible. 2. Feet - unbalanced feet cause so many issues and strain through the body, please find yourself a good and knowledgeable farrier who is happy to discuss with you what is going on with your horses feet and give you a plan of how to get them back on track if things aren’t correct. Also find one who is happy to work with other equine professionals that care for your horse so everyone is on the same page and heading in the right direction for your horse. I can’t stress enough how much your horses hooves affect it’s entire body and please get them done regularly! Go out and really have a good look at your horses feet and find yourself a picture of a correctly aligned foot and compare, best thing you can do for yourself and your horse is to educate yourself on this subject. 3. Tack - ensure that every piece of gear or equipment you place on your horse fits it well, ill fitting saddles, bits, bridles, girths can do untold damage and stop your horses from performing correctly. Don’t use gadgets that hold and compress your horses head and neck in and make it hollow through the back and make the hind legs trail out behind. Get your saddles checked and fitted throughout the year and don’t assume one saddle fits all your horses, sadly they normally don’t. 4. Rider Skills and Imbalance - not every rider has the same skill set or level of knowledge which is totally fine, but please understand if you don’t have basic dressage training and are not schooling your horse to change these imbalances that you are riding a crooked and uneven horse and will not be showing it how to balance itself better so you will be increasing the chances of muscle soreness and possible strain or injury due to every horse having Issue number 1. If you wish to help your horse become more balanced find a good dressage coach that is all about the horses wellbeing and has a methodical, step by step, building block approach to help you train your horse correctly. We are also not symmetrical and have our own body issues and may lack core strength so our weight upon our horses back affects our horses way of going also, so try to be as fit as you can be and get yourself looked at every now and then too. 5. Diet - what a horse is or isn’t fed can affect their muscles, temperament and health. There are too many issues to discuss here, but things like grass affected horses, weight issues being over or under weight, lack of certain minerals or vitamins, can all affect our horses wellbeing and performance very much. Ensure your horse has a balanced diet with a good vitamin and mineral supplement, salt and good roughage available 24/7. Even foals need good nutrition from the day they are born, provide them a quality vitamin and mineral mix as they grow up to ensure healthy development and strong bones. 6. Conformation - some horses have various conformational issues that will affect their way of going and this will in turn affect their muscles, such a being croup high so the forehand is loaded even more than it should be putting extra strain through the front end muscles or a turned in hoof that puts strain on that side of the leg and shoulder more than the other. 7. Posture - some horses that are not ridden in a way that engages their core muscles can be slumped or hanging down between their scapula/shoulders and then will not use their back correctly. If your horses goes around with its head up in the air or flexed off this will become its normal way of going and bad posture creates sores muscles and loss of top line. Even if you are not inclined to do dressage training there are many exercises you can do from the ground to help improve posture and muscle soreness such a carrot stretches, tummy lifts and leg stretches to improve things for your horse. 8. Age - older horses can stiffen up more than younger horses and may need more time to warm up when ridden or may need to start on a joint supplement or injection to help them feel better and loosen them up. A stiff horse will restrict and contract it muscles creating soreness and become shorter striding or more shuffling in its movement. 9. Fitness Level - we can sometimes ask too much of our horses which contributes to causing sore muscles. If they have been out of work for a while we need to slowly build up muscle strength and cardio fitness again over a number of weeks. We can sometimes ride for a bit longer than we planned or teach new exercises or movements that use different muscle groups or over do the same thing. Young horses are also very weak and get muscle sore easily, riding on a softer surface than usual or on hilly terrain if they not used to it can all cause muscle soreness too. 10. Living Environment - conditions that horses live in can severely affect their muscles and general wellbeing. Your horse may be living on very uneven ground, or be on a steep slope or in muddy, slippery paddocks that will all have an bearing on his body and how it functions. Also if they are in a herd what is the pecking order, is he being bullied or a bully, again this can cause stress, tension and soreness. Are they a fence walker or running around a lot, these things can and do have an impact. It is not always possible to move your horse or change things especially if you are agisted but do have empathy for how your horse is in his living quarters as that is where they spend the majority of their time and try to make it as stress free and comfortable as possible for them. 11. Regular bodywork - if you haven’t had your horse treated by a professional bodyworker of any modality then it is truly worthwhile to start as they can identify issues and help to release muscle soreness and give you advice and a program to follow between visits to assist with keeping your horse maintained. Find a good qualified bodyworker who is willing to work alongside your vet, farrier and other bodyworkers you may use to have your horses best interest as their top priority. Look for someone who will tell you what they are doing as they treat your horse and explain what they are looking for or finding so you understand what is going on with your horse, don’t accept someone that turns up and just says yep he’s out and then only spend five minutes or so there and don’t even assess your horse properly, explain what was wrong or what they did, they are not doing either of you any favours. 12. Underlying issues - if you still have ongoing muscle soreness issues and have looked at each of the above mentioned topics and feel that they are not the main cause and that there could be more going on then please don’t hesitate to call your vet for an examination of your horse. Things like ulcers, sacroiliac issues, arthritis, pssm and overdue teeth also cause muscle soreness in horses and no amount of bodywork, correct riding or training will be enough to ease the discomfort until it is addressed. I hope this helps you to understand the many factors involved that could be causing muscle soreness and that it takes a team of committed professionals and owners to all work together to get your horse back to optimum performance and comfort.

02.01.2022 The connection of fascia and bodywork for both the horses and dogs.

01.01.2022 Here’s a handy reference to visualise overweight animals.

01.01.2022 Hoof F3 Would you have known that this hole full of rotting debris, bacteria and fungi was present behind this toe crack? If you are interested to learn more a...bout this, I have created videos on this dissection and they are being uploaded to my Patreon page. Or join me on Patreon on the tip jar tier, just to support my studies and help me with my expenses. I’d be so grateful. Thank you. For More info http://www.patreon.com/hoofstudies My supporter: Australian Farriers Conference https://www.australianfarriersconference.com.au

01.01.2022 To Castrate or Not To Castrate! For decades castration has been recommended routinely for young dogs as a cure for: Barking, lunging and reactivity at dogs or... people Dog-dog interaction challenges Humping, inappropriate toileting Adolescence (as if it needs curing like it’s a disease ) WARNING! What I’m about to discuss relates to castration and health and behaviour. This does NOT relate to overpopulation management. However, of note, in some countries, castration is considered a mutilation and these countries have less of an overpopulation issue than countries where it is routinely recommended, highlighting how intrinsic overpopulation is to societal beliefs around and respect for dogs. What actually happens when we castrate a dog? Well, to put it bluntly, the testicles get chopped off. What does this lead to? It completely removes the dog’s ability to reproduce. It removes a major source of testosterone; the Leydig cells that produce testosterone reside within the testicles and so experience a extracorporeal relocation too! Important to note here that I say a major source as the adrenal glands in both sexes as well as the ovaries in the bitch produce small quantities also. What consequence does this have? Importantly, testosterone is valuable as a hormone from a behaviour perspective. In multiple species, it has been demonstrated to be closely associated with confidence. Why is this protective against behaviour struggles? Well, behaviour struggles are often driven by lack of confidence, anxiety, fear and situational pessimism and certainly never the result of positive emotional states that testosterone would promote. There is absolutely no benefit to reducing an animal’s confidence when working on their behaviour. Confidence is never a bad thing! What the SCIENCE Says! In 2018, McGreevy et al published a study in Plos One (It’s open access so you can check it how here if you are feeling geeky: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5931473/), assessing how the length of time a dog maintained their gonads for influenced the risk of behaviour struggles. What did they find? The shorter the time they keep their gonads and, in turn, the sooner they lose most of their testosterone, the less likely the dogs’ owners were to report two behaviour struggles - howling when left alone and indoor urine marking. Oh! Easy! Question Answered! To theatre we go. Wait for it. The findings didn’t end there. The longer the dogs in the study (sample size of 6235) kept their gonads attached and, in turn, their testosterone, the less likely their owners were to report 26 (Yes, TWENTY SIX!) mostly unwelcome behaviour struggles!! AND 7 (yes, SEVEN!) of these behaviour struggles that were much less likely the longer a dog remained entire would be labelled as aggressive (including aggression directed towards people and other dogs). So let’s dive into the reasons why castration is often wrongly considered and wrongly recommended Barking, lunging and reactivity! This behaviour struggle is often driven by an underlying pessimism, dogs perceiving novelty in the environment (whether that be a human, another dog, a cat or a kangaroo!) to be something to worry about. Pessimism and lack of confidence are closely linked and so it is no surprise that castration doesn’t help this situation and often makes it worse as the McGreevy findings suggest! Dog-Dog interaction challenges! This refers to unpredictability in a dog’s interaction with another dog. It might be that your dog unpredictably snaps when having a nose-nose interaction. It might be that your dog stands over another dog and raises their hackles. It might be that your dog charges and barks at other dogs upon the approach. The thing is, a successful interaction can only occur with three skills: 1. Optimism, 2. Disengagement (seeing value in moving away from the interaction), 3. Calmness. Any weakness in these will lead to unpredictable (or very predictable!!) breaks in the chain. I’m sure we can all relate to a time in our lives where we’ve had a fail in one of these departments and had a bad interaction with someone (maybe a partner.) - it didn’t come from overconfidence, it came from all the rubbish that went on at the office that day and your sore back! Now I have a saying when it comes to dog behaviour and that is - If you want more of something, BUILD IT! Don’t attempt to squash something else to make it seem bigger! Success in’t about trying to correct, inhibit or STOP a behaviour. This is about growing the skills needed to behave effectively and go through the world feeling great! So again, castration has absolutely no place here and again often makes things worse! Humping and Inappropriate Toileting! These behaviours were long hailed as the ultimate in dogs disrespecting us and, therefore, by some twisted logic, if an animal is disrespecting you, you must chop off a body part, reduce their confidence, show them who is boss. Crazy right?! Of course not - in fact, these behaviours (just like the ones above) are just a couple of behaviours a dog might select from when feeling worried, anxious, scared or a little bit like I don’t know what to do here. Have you ever had an interaction with another human where you were nervous for whatever reason and you said something crazy or did something completely weird instead of just shaking their hand? Meet the canine equivalent: humping! Again this is driven by LACK of confidence, not overconfidence and so castration won’t make it better and might again make it worse! Inappropriate toileting and marking behaviours can be much the same, and so while research shows that castration might improve marking in the house in some instances, it can equally make it worse based on this and so, importantly, we should never do something irreversible when reversible (non-body-part-chopping) options exist. Adolescence! Adolescence is not a disease! In fact, none of this is a disease! These are not BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS! They’re DOG BEHAVIOUR! Adolescence is a period of development! It’s associated with structural brain, cognitive and hormonal changes. It’s a period that actively promotes conflict between the animal (human or canine) and their carer as an evolutionarily beneficial temperature check on the relationship (more on that another time maybe). What all the research agrees on in relation to human and canine adolescence is that confidence and relationship are key! The Asher et al 2020 study on canine adolescence found that conflict (in the form of ignoring a sit cue) was much reduced with increasing relationship between dog and owner. What do we take from this? Chopping off body parts will not help. Spend the time and money you were going to spend on castrating your dog and invest it in your relationship bank account instead - invest in positive interactions, games, play, whatever you and your dog love! Health Benefits of Castration Castration has also been recommended from a health standpoint, reducing the risk of a variety of diseases. However, the health benefits castration brings (such as prevention (and resolution of) benign prostatic hyperplasia) are only of significance after the age of 5 in most dogs when they become at increased risk of such. Equally, there’s early evidence to show that castration before one year of age could increase the risk of joint disease, cancer risk and allergic skin disease, further reinforcing the idea that early castration (if even at all) is not nor should not be a procedure that comes with a blanket recommendation for all young dogs. Reversible Options! Finally, we must consider if it is appropriate to give a blanket recommendation on anything that is irreversible and not completely benign when reversible options are available. Short-term implants have the same whole body effects as surgical removal of the testicles while still being reversible! These can act like a test drive of the new hormonal system where castration is being strongly considered without the fallout of an irreversible procedure. The Future! So, that’s the wrap on castration with a focus on behaviour and training! Whenever I talk about this, it often causes of a wave of remorse and grieving for the now lost testicles of your dog’s youth. BUT I work with people on a daily basis whose dogs have had their gonads inappropriately removed at some point and yet they are achieving amazing results and living the lives that they dreamt of when they got a dog in the first place. The first step they took was ditching the labels, the limiting beliefs and the story of how they arrived where they did. The second step they took is they took their dog-owning dream off the back burner and they made it a MUST. The reality is that castrated or not, you can unlock real-life results and amazing transformations with your dog with the right plan, the right tools, the right games and strategies! This is an opportunity to spread the word, save some gonads along the way and change the blanket advice for the better, so if you know someone who this might benefit, please share it far and wide :-)