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Eukanuba / Pet-n-You Carnival 2007

The day started like any other day. Lucky for us today unlike the event at the UPM the heavens did not decide to open it's doors and bless us with a shower. As like any dog event, many dog owners were out, enjoying the sunshine and as it was held at Central Park in Bandar Utama, there were dogs that jumped into the water and had a swim, at the same time cool themselves down on this humid day.
I had a stall set up beside PAWS Animal Shelter. People came asking about the service that I provide and also bought my dog friendly cookies. This time I had blueberry muffins on sale too plus carob chip brownies. I say dog friendly because it is for human consumption too. Despite informing people that it is also for humans, many fear to try. It is the human conditioning of the mind that makes people so dubious on trying it. Towards the end of the day, my cookies were all sold out.
I had the pleasure to meet a lot of other westies besides my two. They were just adorable. I did however have one downturn on the day, perhaps my male westie got up too early this morning because when he got the the event, he was growling at pretty much every dog that was in his path. It was as if he was on a war path! Luckily, I had my husband to help me out.
After a long half day, my dogs are now peacefully sleeping at home. Oblivous to anything around them. They're now in their own doggy dreamworld.

DOGATHON 12th August 2007

12th August holds the annual dogathon event at UPM. It started at 7am and ends at 2pm, or so we assume. However like all events that are held outdoors, it is dictated by weather. So by 12.30pm, dark clouds were looming over the horizon and approaching us fast. 10 minutes later, it started to drizzle. It is fortunate that by the time we got to the car, the heavens open and started to pour down! We were dry but not everyone was that lucky. It was obvious that the day ended wet. :)

Before the rain, the event was quite interesting. It was my first dogathon and I was volunteering behind the PAWS booth, offering up consultation for massage service and also the sale of my dog cookies. All proceeds went to PAWS. My husband and I plus our two dogs decided to take a quick walk round the event and we spotted a group of HUSKIES (a very popular breed these days), we even spotted a chihuahua pup which was TINY! (Pictured above.)There were dog agility event and a look a like event plus a whole host of contest. Unfortunately, not everything went to plan and price giving was cut short due to the rain.

As well, we cannot control the weather but at least we had fun. The next event, I will have a booth at ONE UTAMA, CENTRAL PARK on the 9th September 2007 promoting the massage and sale of some goodies for your K9s. So catch me there!

Canine Myofunctional therapy

Canine Myofunctional Therapy
What is it?

It is the manipulation of the dog's muscles, in layman's terms, dog massage. This can only be done by a qualified myofunctional therapist because, if a dog is massaged incorrectly, it could result in injury.

Why Dogs Need Massage

It may seem like a fancy and frivolous idea but the fact is that massage has so many physical and psychological benefits for your dog. You could almost call it essential of health care, like grooming, feeding and exercise.

Yes, you can argue that in the wild animals do not massage each other and hence becomes a pointless exercise The fact is, wild animals do engage in one form of massage - social grooming. For example, when a dog licks its offspring which facilitates the digestive process. It is well known that animals will not thrive because they do not have adequate physical contact with their mothers. Our dogs these days are so domesticated and most days are confined indoors lacks the much needed exercise and toning up. Therefore, massage will help to tone up the dog's muscle. Applying massage to an aged dog helps greatly in alleviating his /her degenerative disease that affects his/her hips. Abnormal body ailments and related imbalances can benefit greatly from massage.

Our dogs these days, through domestication have altered their structure and physiology Dogs that suffers from depression or have suffered a recent loss in the family, a massage helps to alleviate their state.

Pets learn to enjoy their massage so much that they will come back for more.

Benefits of massage
increase oxygen and blood flow
increases the flexibility
relaxes and calms nervous dogs
improves the behaviour of the dog
early detection of illness in the dog
improves the dogs overall health
as a stimulant to enhance postoperative recovery

Massage is therefore not limited to dogs who have got problems. Even canines that are in good health need a massage from everyday strains and stress. Even in simple play or failure to warm up could result in an injury. It must be pointed out that canine myofunctional therapy is not a replacement for seeing your vet when there is a physical problem in your dog.