canine massage at pets store

[shopaholic95]

My mom's friend owms a pet store and the just started offering grooming. As part of it they towl and rub the dogs down. She said many of the dogs seem to like this and was wondering if we could do a real massage on the dogs. My question is what does it take to do this. Do you need a special permit? or establishment license? or insurance?

 

[Ves]

many states only permit animals to be massage by or under the supervision of a licensed vet.

 

[texaschick200670]

If things are still the same, animal massage is allowed in Florida. A recent law has lumped it under animal husbandry, or something like that.

Although there aren't any guidelines or educational requirement to practice, I would recommend searching out a hands-on course or enrolling in human massage school and then pursue canine massage from there. In my opnion, you won't get nearly the benefit from a home-study course alone, or even a week long hands-on course.

If time, money and life circumstance are of the essence then check out canine massage programs. There aren't any hands-on courses in Florida that I'm aware of (doesn't mean they don't exist, I'm just not aware...I lived & practiced there for many years). There is at least one home-study...it used to be the first step in taking their program, then the hands-on portion came after that but I don't know what they're doing now - Massage Awareness in south Florida. If you don't mind traveling there are hands-on courses throughout the country.

Check out these threads:

http://www.massageplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=892

http://www.massageplanet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3028

Good luck!

 

[inoffensive nickname]

Thansk for the help

 

[cadisneygirl]

I forgot to mention that ABMP provides coverage for animal massage with proof of certification from a program (any program that issues a certificate). At one point, I had checked with AMTA and they also provide coverage.