Hello,

Belinda Joy Mason here, wanting to share my first success using Tui-na.

As you may or may not know, I do Animal Communicating at dog shows on the weekends. Yesterday was my first dog show since returning from the class of Certified Veterinary Tui-na of Chi Institute on Aug, 2004. I attended a German Shepherd Specialty. I only did a few Tui-na, but the first one I did was excellent.

This was an older male, Nick, (don't have my notes in front of me) who had been winning quite a bit in the past. He has a lot of titles and is I believe a Canadian and International champion. Lately, he had not been winning because of what the owner called a "happy tail". The GSH is supposed to have his tail hanging loosely down at the back of the legs when he moves. The owner reported that he had to really, really exercise the male in order to get him to stop this behavior. They wanted to do a reading (animal communication), but I knew that Tui-na was the answer.

I did the tongue and pulse (not very good at it--that should probably be my next class) and went from there...what I got was a Lung Qi deficiency which was supported by the owner saying that the dog has bad skin allergies. The owner refuses to drug his dog, so I might have him call and order some Chinese herbs from Dr. Xis' Jing Tang Herbal. ANYWAY---I did the first treatment and had the owner move the dog...the tail was immediately better and he wasn't holding it over to the right so much. Also the hot areas on the body were much cooler. I treated him some more and told the owner to let him rest in his crate as we had probably released some endorphins. Since this dog was going to be shown in best of breed, I wanted to see him again during the class right before the breed class which I did.

The GSH is a dog that is a herding dog and they are supposed to move very freely across the ground...the judge was very tough on the dogs in the heat and humidity and made them move a lot. He would put "Nick" up front and have his second choice running around the ring with him right behind Nick, next the judge would have them change their order around and watch them move again. Nick moved like a dream....let me add that Nick's chiropractor had adjusted him earlier in the day and did comment to me that he noticed he was moving even better after the Tui-na.

The success is that Nick WON BEST OF BREED...the owners were elated and since he will be going to the GSH national in 4 weeks, they have committed to having him come to me once a week until they leave. This was a great test for me because I wanted to see how a dog did once they were massaged. I also did some massage on several other dogs yesterday and the results were immediate!!! I am elated and the owners are very, very happy.

I am in the process of reviewing all of my TCVM, making notes that I can use to properly diagnose the problem while out at shows. I am totally convinced that this is a very powerful healing art and the exact thing that I needed to learn to better serve my Animal Communicating clients.

Thanks to all of you at Chi Institute for helping me learn this art...also to Dr. Xie who is truly a master of TCVM. A question--does Dr. Xie's book explain the tongue and pulse diagnosis so I can get better at it? I feel that it's so very important, maybe he should think about doing a cram course on it one weekend on this side of the planet!!!! Just a thought!!

Sincerely,

Belinda Joy Mason, DVM

Animal Communicator, "Tools for better understanding and communication with your pet", 15 years experience

Member: American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture, Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America, Southern California Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club, Los Encinos Kennel Club

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