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Amy Snow and Nancy Zidonis are the authors of animal acupressure texts, including The Well-Connected Dog: A Guide To Canine Acupressure and Acu-Cat: A Guide to Feline Acupressure.

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Canine Acupressure Techniques to Promote Healing

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Canine Acupressure to Calm High Energy Dogs

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Five Accupressure Points for Your Dog’s Health

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Treating Canine Compulsive Disorders With Acupressure Techniques

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Post-Operation Acupressure for Dysplastic Dogs

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Acupressure Improves Your Dog’s Digestion

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Acupressure Can Relieve Nausea

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A beautiful golden retriever puppy given as a Christmas gift.

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Dogs Should Not Be Gifts!

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I’ve given a few private lessons to a client who received an 8-week-old Golden Retriever puppy as a Christmas present. This man is retired, a recent graduate of cancer treatments, and lives alone. His young adult children apparently thought he needed a companion and bought him the puppy as a gift.

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