Hector's Clinical Canine Massage

Hector's Clinical Canine Massage I specialise in rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries and help provide chronic pain management for orthopaedic conditions in dogs.

Fully insured member of Canine Massage Guild and IAAT. Covering parts of Oxon, Berks, Wilts and Bucks.

17/09/2025

We'll be sharing loads of facts and busting lots of myths over the course of muscular health awareness month, helping you to understand the significant role of muscle in your dogs movement, behaviour and activity!

16/09/2025

Why does muscle get ignored when it comes to injury, slowing down and chronic pain management for our senior dogs with conditions like arthritis? Without muscle the dog would be unable to move (bones don't move themself you know!) So when it comes to 'mystery' pain with your dog, maybe its not so mystery after all.....

Canine Muscular Health Awareness Month🐶 In conjunction with the Canine Massage Guild, this initiative shines a light on ...
16/09/2025

Canine Muscular Health Awareness Month

🐶 In conjunction with the Canine Massage Guild, this initiative shines a light on muscular issues in dogs - problems that are often overlooked, misunderstood, misinterpreted, or not fully recognised within the wider field of canine care.
🐶 Muscular issues cause chronic pain, behavioural changes and finished quality of life.
🐶 Imagine if more dog owners and professionals knew more about it them..:.

🌏 Find out more at www.caninemuscularhealth.org

10/09/2025

⭐ H***H ⭐

Look at that face! H***h, our gorgeous 6-year-old Dogue de Bordeaux is on the search for his forever home. This gentle soul is looking for a calm home to relax in, preferably as the only dog but he is more than happy to have walking buddy's 😊

If you can give H***h his second chance, please register your interest! 💙

https://www.nawt.org.uk/rehoming/animal/11184/

10/09/2025

🐶🔒 Keeping Your Furry Friend Safe: Protect your Pup! 🔒🐶

It's every dog owner's worst nightmare to discover that their beloved companion has been stolen, leaving them in a constant state of uncertainty and worry.

We must do everything within our power to ensure the safety and security of our four-legged companions.

Here are some stats on dog theft and some essential tips to keep your dog safe!

I had such a great day volunteering here. When I am not doing clinical canine massage I work for a publishing company an...
06/09/2025

I had such a great day volunteering here. When I am not doing clinical canine massage I work for a publishing company and they give us a day to do volunteering. Of course I organised one working for our local animal shelter National Animal Welfare Trust Berkshire. It was great to meet some of the lovely animals here and also talk to them about the benefits of canine massage and offer my services to their lovely dogs 🐶❤️

20/08/2025

This October we are providing loads of free resources for dog owners and canine professionals to help raise awareness of one of the most under evaluated, rarely discussed, routinely missed, and often misdiagnosed areas of the dog....the muscular system.

Please like and share this page with people you know who care about their dogs health and longevity

18/08/2025

Complementary therapies for dogs are an increasingly important way to manage and resolve muscular issues, some therapies have even done clinical trials with universities to prove the effectiveness and case use for such therapies! Now there's forward thinking!

18/08/2025

Think arthritis is just about joints and cartilage? Think again...Muscles are involved too. As a weak joint becomes overloaded it will recruit extra support from muscles which result in primary and secondary areas of pain as well as habitual lines of tension and overcompensation, meaning its not just the affected joint its the whole body

15/07/2025

PLEASE SHARE! We’re looking for Ellie, who was lost today (Tuesday) between Abingdon and Culham.
She’s chipped and has a name tag, so if you find her please call her worried owner.
Ellie’s the only Elkhound in Abingdon. She has a very loud bark and curly white tail. She looks like small Husky and is very friendly.

Meet lovely Lur who is fast asleep after his massage 🖤🤍🤎🐶 Lur is a 5 year old English Setter who has been suffering with...
14/07/2025

Meet lovely Lur who is fast asleep after his massage 🖤🤍🤎

🐶 Lur is a 5 year old English Setter who has been suffering with lumbosacral pain and his owner reported he was not as spritely as usual
🐶 Lur’s vet suggested clinical canine massage so Lur’s owner booked him in with me
🐶 Lur is an active dog who does lots of running with his owner so she wants to keep him in tip top condition and pain free
🐶 Lur has responded well to his massages and now continues to have monthly maintenance massages to help identify and keep on top of any injuries or pain

📧 Please get in touch today to find out how clinical canine massage could help your dog [email protected]







I am proud to have done my 2 year in depth course with Canine Massage Therapy Centre and to be a member of Canine Massag...
09/07/2025

I am proud to have done my 2 year in depth course with Canine Massage Therapy Centre and to be a member of Canine Massage Guild. I also find it very worrying that people can claim to be a canine massage therapist after an online only course or worse, a weekend course!
I also do 25 hours CPD per year to keep my skills up to date and also learn new skills 📚 🖊️

As the Director of the Canine Massage Therapy Centre, Founder of the Canine Massage Guild and author of the 2 year Clinical Canine Massage Practitioner Programme as well as a specialist in this field for almost 20 years, I feel compelled to speak out about a growing concern in the industry.

The rise of quick massage courses, often delivered entirely online, is not just watering down standards, it’s putting dogs at risk as well as compromising the vulnerability of owners who are trying to do the right thing for their dog.

Many of the individuals teaching these courses have no real background in massage therapy themselves. Some offer certificates after just a few hours or days of theory, with no hands-on supervision, no case studies, and no assessments of clinical competency. Yet graduates are encouraged to call themselves "canine massage therapists" and can as its an unprotected title.

This means that:
• There are people working on dogs with no real understanding of anatomy, pathology, or safe techniques
• Students are being let loose on vulnerable dogs and owners without ever having been supervised in training or technique competency
• Owners are trusting their beloved dogs to therapists whose only experience may be watching a video
I’ve even come across individuals advertising massage services after just half a day of training or doing a day or 2 days training as part of another course.

This is not just disappointing, it’s dangerous and I am personally disgusted at the fraudsters who deliver these courses and at those who go on to call themselves therapists and dupe owners into thinking they are providing a real service.

At the Canine Massage Therapy Centre, our course takes over two years to complete, with extensive practical training, tutor supervision, and real casework. We also provide online theory lectures, student support sessions and tutorials online and these in no way are a substitute for the real work that happens in the classroom We work to ensure that our graduates that go on to become Canine Massage Guild members are skilled, safe, and accountable because we believe that dogs deserve nothing less.
As a professional, I am deeply distressed at what is happening in this unregulated space, and I believe that dog owners deserve transparency, not marketing fluff from so called ‘therapists’ who can’t recognise or assess for a muscular issue let alone treat one despite their fraudulent claims.

It should be about this point that most would expect I say sorry for this. I’m not sorry. If anything I think its about time I start speaking more about this. I can only be responsible for the therapists I and my team train but at the least its time to start making owners and other canine professionals and vets aware that not all massage courses and therapists have the same training.

I always say I’m a dog owner/guardian first and a professional second, so to all the dog owners out there I urge you to check your therapists credentials, ask how long they trained for, who with and in what disciplines, ask to see their certificate of pass and importantly ask to see their insurance. Don’t just jump in with the first person who says they are a therapist because it may be they are about to take your money and put your dog at risk.
People are now jumping on the canine massage bandwagon, students and so called trainers alike because they think it’s a fast and quick buck. Its not. Its hard work that comes with it a vast amount of responsibility to the dogs, owners, vets and other paraprofessionals we work with and from the side of a trainer, to the students we teach who’s lives we influence.

Time to start calling it out.

Find a real therapist who has trained with in person supervision, taken written and practical exams, has insurance and commits to CPD training by going to visit the Canine Massage Guild professional register.

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