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Animal Massage (massage for cats, dogs, horses and all animals)
Animal massage is becoming more popular. It is being used on animals that are competitive (dressage and eventing horses) and dogs and cats for enhancing health and treating injuries. There is some controversy over who is legally able to perform animal massage. Veterinarians often claim that they should have control over who performs the massage. They are asking for a certain level of knowledge of animal anatomy. While I don't disagree with someone having to know what is going on in an animal, I have some issues of what is being done around licensing. Here in WA to become a massage therapist for people, it requires that you have 500 hours of education. To massage animals, you need an extra 100 hours of education which means you need more hours of training to massage an animal than to massage a human! It just doesn't seem right to me. I would prefer seeing students in school having the option of selection animal massage classes instead of something else that they may not need or be interested in. To find out what you need to be licensed in your state to perform massage on animals you will need to check with your state board. Licensing requirements for animal massage therapists - International Association of Animal Massage and Bodywork (IAAMB) Animal Massage Schools- list of schools from IAAMB
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