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from
the pages of
Seattle Magazine
April 2003 - The Pet Issue
Editor's
Note
It appears
Puget
Sound
animal lovers can't get or do enough for their
pets. We could have filled this entire issue from cover to cover with
pet vendors, shops and services, but we only had so much room. Luckily,
we've got a website. Inside www.seattlemagazine.com,
you'll find more of the pet story, including services for birds and
exotic animals, health insurance and local pet friendly apartments.
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 Best
Bets For
Your Best Friend
From psychics and portrait artists to
trainers and treats, we've got 150 great ways to pamper your pets.
by Beth Luce
...and from page 33
Alternative
Health Care Practitioners
 There's
more than one way to cure a cat. Alternative treatments are emerging as
part of a holistic approach to taking care of pets.
Sara
Light-Waller, LMP, SAMP, LAMP (massage practitioner)
206.633.2592
www.seattlehorsehealer.com/dog_opener.htm
seattlehorsehealer@yahoo.com
A licensed massage practitioner for both small and large animals (and
people), Light-Waller works most often with horses and dogs, but she's
also massaged cats, ferrets, goats, and snakes. "They're one big
muscle," she says about the snake, and a cramped muscle could be
bad news for its digestive functions. Light-Waller uses a technique that
is a combination of Swedish massage, shiatsu, myofascial release,
acupressure and energy work. Massage helps to speed healing, increase
flexibility, build muscle tone and increase circulation. Light-Waller
also practices acutonics, which employs special tuning forks placed on
the animal's body to permeate muscles. The forks are calibrated
differently than musical tuning forks and are especially useful when an
animal is hurt and won't allow a deep-muscle massage. Light-Waller
teaches animal massage to professionals as well as people interested in
massaging their own pets at Brenneke School of Massage (206.282.1233)
and Discover-U (206.365.0400). Check Light-Waller's website for upcoming
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