
Massage - Acupressure
End of Life Pet Doula
Unleashing your pet’s optimal health is our core focus
Massage and Acupressure are powerful tools that can provide benefits to canines and felines of all breeds and life stages
We serve working, competition, and companion animals
Benefits of Massage and Acupressure include;
• Maintenance of overall health and well-being
• Relieves
- muscle and joint pain and stiffness
- muscular tension and spasms
• Stimulates
- release of endorphins
- parasympathetic nervous system and reduces anxiety and stress
- flushing of toxins and metabolic waste from the body
• Improves
- mobility
- vitality
- circulation
- immune system
- muscle tone
- digestion (intake of nutrients and elimination)
- respiration
- condition of skin and coat
End of Life Pet Doula services provide emotional support, advocacy, and practical resources and guidance throughout the end of life journey and beyond.
We offer End of Life Pet Doula services to all families and all animals.
Benefits of End of Life Pet Doula support include;
• Emotional support to animals and their families navigating the complex emotions surrounding illness, the dying process, death, and grief
• Practical guidance with comfort care planning, quality of life care, and bereavement planning
• Advocate your wishes for you and your animal along the end of life journey and provide a space to explore questions and options you may not otherwise have the opportunity to consider
• Connection to resources such as; veterinary services, grief counseling, spiritual care services, and community support groups
• Provide companionship and comfort to the dying animal and their loved ones
• Help reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed and improve the quality of life for everyone involved
• Help reduce anxiety and promote loving presence for everyone involved
Amanda Lance is a trained Small Animal Massage and Acupressure Professional (SAMP) and End of Life Pet Doula.
She received her certifications through the Northwest School of Animal Massage and the University of New England.
Using the techniques of therapeutic animal massage and acupressure she empowers the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of animals, and encourages the relationship between animals, guardians, and healthcare providers.