My Story

I recently retired and as I wondered what to do in this next phase of my life, I decided to follow one of my passions—working with animals.

Using this as motivation, I attended an Equissage class in Virginia, which only cemented my motivation in equine and canine massage. For the past year, I have massaged dogs that were near to crossing the Rainbow Bridge to those injured while being their silly selves. I have also massaged my retired Thoroughbred who, whenever stressed, backs into me wanting stress relief.

This feedback—my horse and the doggoes who get so excited when I begin a mini-massage is what I now thrive on—from the beautiful lab that received pain relief and blessed her owner with a few more weeks before passing to the dogs that I have distressed at the local animal shelter, I have been blessed.

I am appreciative of my equine and canine massaging gift and only wish to continue sharing my healing hands and heart. Animals are just like us; sometimes, they need that touch that helps them to relax.

My Approach

I fell into equine massage by accident. A horse that was boarding with me was hurting in its rear muscles. I began massaging him, and within a few days, he was doing much better. Since then, I have massaged a couple more horses not knowing exactly what I was doing, I just know that it worked.

When I retired, I signed up for a class with Equissage, and that is where a learned how to really apply my knowledge and make it work for both the animal and me. It was a scary but enlightening experience, which has led me in a direction that I did not think was possible. To feel the healing heat from the animal when I work out the tenseness, to see the animal lean into me for more relief, to watch an animal go from limping to walking normal, and in the best experience, giving an owner more time with their dying animal is priceless.

As with humans, animals get stressed out and need muscle relief from pain. That is what I do; I provide that relief with my healing hands.