Leaps and Bounds Canine Massage Therapy

07/01/2026

Another little success story from the end of last year is the gorgeous Tasha, who is a 10 year old, red border collie. Look at her little face in the second photo 🥰

Tasha suffered a spinal embolism a little while back and her brilliant mum wanted to see if massage therapy could make any difference for her as she was struggling with weakness and instability in her hind legs.

Tasha was amazing for her treatments and…the best result!!-
🐾 before massage when we completed the ‘knuckling over test’, to test her hind limb proprioception and she wasn’t able to correct her right hind. After 3 treatments she was successfully and consistently able to correct that leg instantly 🙌🏼
This is huge as it shows restored feeling (proprioception) in that right hind leg for Tasha.

She also saw benefits like:
🐾 returning to agility and was faster and running clear rounds.
🐾 not suffering any stiffness or lameness after activities like agility.
🐾 being able to enjoy longer walks again.
🐾 walking at a faster pace and showing much more strength through her hind legs.
🐾 her tail is sitting in a higher and happier position now.

I couldn’t be more happy for Tasha and her mum and thanks to her for being open to trying massage to see what benefits it could bring 🤍🐾

20/12/2025

I had a wonderful couple of weekends working with these gorgeous flyball dogs at their training sessions.

As these dogs are athletes and competitive at what they do I did muscular health checks for them to identify if there were any areas of potential concern and their wonderful owners listened to me talk about the benefits of canine massage therapy, activities of daily living and the 5 principles of pain (links at the bottom).

All dogs and owners were such a pleasure to work with and it was fascinating for me to watch them at work. Thank you for having me 😊🤍🐾

Activities of Daily Living (bottom of page):
https://www.leapsandboundscaninemassage.com/faqs

5 Principles of Pain:
https://www.k9-massageguild.co.uk/the-5-principles-of-pain/

Eclipse Flyball Club

20/12/2025

This is the very handsome Ranger, a 7 y/o German Shepherd. Rangers brilliant mum got in touch as a former vet nurse and current hydrotherapist, as she was certain he was suffering with a condition called gracilis myopathy (find out more about this at the bottom).

Ranger is a total star, and settled straight into his first massage treatment and was snoring away 🥰

What’s even better is Ranger’s soft tissues have responded amazingly well to massage with the majority of the tension in his Gracilis muscles clearing in just one treatment!

Ranger is noticing improvements like….
🐾 better quality sleep and being able to enter deep sleep now and even dreaming 😴
🐾 he can now get onto the sofa and up and down the stairs with greater ease 🛋️
🐾 he is much better in himself after his massage treatments “is bouncing around like tigger” 🐯

I couldn’t be more happy for Ranger and his wonderful mum who always does the best for him, even thermotherapy between treatments (last photo 🥰) 🤍🐾

What is Gracilis Myopathy?

https://www.k9-massageguild.co.uk/gracilis-myopathy/

09/12/2025

Next up is this little fire cracker, Spike the 3 year old working cocker spaniel 🤍

Spike has suspected luxating patella, had gone completely lame and was limping during his gait assessments with me. The soft tissues in his lower back and hind legs were incredibly unhappy and I seriously had my work cut out in returning them to a healthy state!

But after just 3 treatments all his injuries have been resolved, Spike is moving so much better and with more ease, his posture is vastly improved and he hasn’t suffered anymore bouts of limping or lameness since🤞🏼

I will see him again in 2 months to check how everything has faired for him with a break in treatment and a slow reintroduction to his dog sports. Well done to Spike and to mum for managing him so well 👏🏼🤍🐾

09/12/2025

I met wonderful Teddy the springer spaniel who is lightning fast at flyball!

His pawrents had noticed that he was lame after getting out of the car and was limping for the rest of the day.

I assessed him and discovered he had torn a muscle in his shoulder girdle. Teddy’s pawrents were spot on following the advice about adequate rest and rehabbing him with some heat therapy 👏🏼

After just 2 massage treatments Teddy’s scar tissue was remodelled and surrounding injuries that had popped up due to compensation for that tear were resolved and he was ready to go back to being the fastest flyball springer around!

Bearing in mind Teddy is a go, go, go dog, it was wonderful to see him relax into his massage like this 🥰🤍🐾

08/12/2025

🤍🫶🏼 lovely little Henry 🐾

05/12/2025

Lots of new doggys have come on board with Leaps & Bounds recently, so all their posts will be coming soon…

But I wanted to start with one of the biggest characters I have ever come across, in the smallest of packages! Lady Vivienne, a Pekingese X Dachshund X GSD was rescued by her wonderful pawrents and they were looking for massage to support her with osteoarthritis in her twilight years.

Lady Vivienne knew her mind was a sassy little individual but also the sweetest girl, so I felt incredibly humbled that she was able to settle into her massages and saw the benefits straight away.

Thank you to her pawrents for trusting me with their baby girl, I became incredibly fond of her in a very short space of time 🤍🐾

05/12/2025

Gorgeous Mist is an 8 year old, red merle border collie who enjoys training and competing in agility with her mum.

Mist’s mum got in touch in the hope that massage therapy will help to keep Mist’s soft tissues in the best health, allowing her to continue enjoying and excelling at agility. She is also keen for massage to help safe guard Mist’s body for the future with all the wonderful activities she enjoys - of which massage can do both! 🥰

Well done mum for being so aware of how to support Mist’s body, helping to keep her in the best shape possible 👏🏼 🤍🐾

11/11/2025

I’m super proud to say that for the past 6 months I’ve been volunteering for at , giving free massages to all the hard working dogs that are in training to become the most important part of someone’s life who is dealing with vision impairment.

Here are some of the wonderful dogs I have been working with, a number of which who have already ‘graduated’ and are making a huge difference to their new persons life 🫶🏼🤍

Thank you to some of my wonderful clients who have already donated items for the Guide Dogs. If anyone has any of the following items that their pups no longer want or need, I know the Guide Dogs would always be grateful for them:
🐾 Large toys (soft and hard wearing)
🐾 Licki Mats
🐾 Kongs
🐾 Towels
🐾 Large bowls

03/11/2025

Massage has yielded great results for Poppy… but I think my favourite is that she is more affectionate and likes to join her mum on the sofa where she didn’t before 🫶🏼

Wonderful Poppy now has maintenance massages after first having treatment to resolve an injury that left her screaming in pain and holding her leg up.

Since she started having massage therapy this injury has not reoccurred, she hasn’t suffered any lameness and has gone back to enjoying her active life.

I feel so honoured that Poppy ‘let me in’, as she was more than a little unsure about the whole process at the start. But now she greets me with lots of love and is just the best girl during her treatments 🤍🐾

Ginette Dickson

03/11/2025

Recently I had the pleasure of working with Ruby the Staffie X Kelpie (we think!) who had been suffering with intermittent lameness.

Ruby has been rescued and can be a little unsure in new situations, but with her wonderful pawrents support and with calm and healing energy from me, Ruby was able to settle like this in her first treatment! Wow 🤩

After a few more treatments I was able to resolve the source of her lameness; a number of grade 2 strains in her hind leg and back, as well as compensatory tension that had accrued due to these injuries.

I’m so pleased to say that she has had no lameness or even limping since massage started and both her mum and agility trainer can’t believe how much faster she is now….

A huge shout out to her wonderful pawrents for trusting in massage and me and for following my guidance to the letter, all to support the lovely Ruby - what a sweetheart she is 🤍🐾

17/10/2025

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Thank you to for their coverage of Canine Muscular Health Awareness Month!