Canine Massage & Equine Massage
Welcome To The Vital Horse & Hound
Our goal at The Vital Horse & Hound is to help your animals live their best lives. Your animals are family and a key ingredient to a happy, healthy life. They are our teachers, our exercise partners, our best friends. Their wellbeing is of the utmost importance to us. We will utilize our skills in bodywork to help make sure your animals are feeling their best physically, we offer neurofeedback services to encourage balance mentally, plus we will do our best to guide you to trusted practitioners that can help further your animals journey to wellness.
Canine Massage & Equine Massage
Welcome To The Vital Horse & Hound
Our goal at The Vital Horse & Hound is to help your animals live their best lives. Your animals are family and a key ingredient to a happy, healthy life. They are our teachers, our exercise partners, our best friends. Their wellbeing is of the utmost importance to us. We will utilize our skills in bodywork to help make sure your animals are feeling their best physically, we offer neurofeedback services to encourage balance mentally, plus we will do our best to guide you to trusted practitioners that can help further your animals journey to wellness.
Canine & Equine Bodywork Services
Starting at $150.00 – Equine Massage
Starting at $75.00 – Canine Massage
Starting at $30.00 – Kinesiology Taping
Starting at $240 – 60 Minute Virtual Pet Massage Lesson
Set up your camera & get your pet ready to enjoy your time together in a new way! Lillian Arena, Animal Massage Therapist, will walk you through techniques for massaging your pet in private one-on-one lessons.
Starting at $50.00 – Consultation
See Our 1st Time Free Consultation Special Offer!
Gift Certificates
Discounted Gift Certificates
This one is for your fur-babies! Use GIFT20 at checkout and we will apply a 10% off gift certificates $50 and up, 20% off gift certificates $150 and up.
Virtual Pet Massage Lesson Gift Certificates
Set up your camera & get your pet ready to enjoy your time together in a new way! Lil will walk you through techniques for massaging one area of your choosing in a private one-on-one lesson. Lessons can be taken with a dog, horse, or kitty. You may send a video of your pet’s movement & a write-up about what you would like to discuss in advance to get the most out of your session.
What Is Canine & Equine Bodywork?
Why animal bodywork? Lil saw massage as a way to ease the horses’ job and help extend their careers through caring touch. As she developed her craft, Lil found that building a relationship with an animal through bodywork wasn’t just a way to encourage relaxation, but also a vital part of an animal’s wellness program. It is a way to support training techniques and to build communication between animals and their people.
A skilled practitioner that handles your animal frequently is often able to help you stay ahead of ailments that may cause inconvenient delays to your horse’s training program. Are you trying to build muscle or correct poor training habits? Frequent bodywork is an excellent way to correct the tightness that can prevent your horse from fully becoming the athlete she is meant to be. It allows the horse to give the practitioner consistent feedback about imbalances or ailments that horses need their riders and trainers to be aware of. It will also help your horse be more comfortable as the muscles correctly develop for the work you would like her to do.
Bodywork techniques are also able to aid in certain training aspects. For example, when positive reinforcement is your preferred method of training, but a task (such as nail clipping) has put your animal over threshold leaving him mentally not in a state where he can take a food treat; acupressure points or massage techniques can be an enormous help in relieving the stress of a situation. Using massage in this manner is not a quick fix, however, it is a very effective aid given the right amount of time (the amount of time is always determined by the animal).
Equine Massage
Horses have a unique job. They not only carry us but do their best to correct any imbalances we have…
Canine Massage
Massage techniques can be used to help ease a dog’s pain pre-surgery & can be used to help increase...
My goal with my horse Abel is to keep him comfortable and enjoying his work. Lily’s services have kept him moving freely and fluidly during his dressage and jumping riders. He is relaxed, focused, and comfortable in his skin! I’ve noticed an improved range of motion and flexibility since keeping with a regular, therapeutic program with Lily. He always falls into a deep state of relaxation during sessions, which tells me how much he enjoys time with “Aunt Lil!” I would recommend integrating The Vital Horse and Hound into part of your horses’ overall wellness routine.
Lilly and her massage therapy has been amazing for my senior horse Elvis. I can tell if he hasn’t had a session with her in a few days. He’s really stiff and moving slowly. Not eating as well and in general not as comfortable as I would like for him to be. So I now keep him on a regular schedule with her. It makes his life better! Thanks Lilly!!
Lillian is incredible. Her dedication to and focus on rescue animals, is inspiring. Both of our rescues had behavioral challenges and Lillian made a significant impact. Better than any trainer out there!
My horse loves Lil’s therapeutic work. She dotes on all of the animals that she comes in contact with and they show their appreciation of her time, touch, and attention!
Comment: Thank you! You have such a great crew. It’s always my pleasure to work with them.
