Healing, Horses & Humans

by Cabrera Wellness | Feb 19, 2018 | Acupressure, Equine

The team at Cabrera Wellness is committed to providing holistic services to San Diego animals, helping them to improve and maintain balance and well-being throughout their lives. That’s why in recent weeks we have partnered with Audrey Reynolds and her non-profit...

The Three Pillars of Health

by Cabrera Wellness | Aug 22, 2017 | Canine, Health & Wellness

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Karen Becker from HealthyPets.Mercola.com story: These 3 Pillars Hold Your Pet’s Life and Longevity in Highest Esteem: The following three pillars form the foundation for your pet’s health, quality of life and...

The equine ability to read human emotion through sound and touch is exquisite

by Cabrera Wellness | Aug 11, 2017 | Equine

Horses can read human emotions, too, often in uncannily accurate ways; alerting us to our sadness or nervousness, sometimes before we’ve even consciously registered it. As Herman Melville wrote in Redburn, “No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and...

The popularity of physical therapy for dogs has been steadily growing since its introduction in the U.S. in the 1990s

by Cabrera Wellness | Jun 19, 2017 | Canine, Health & Wellness

The following is a post from www.healthypets.mercola.com by Dr. Karen Becker: Canine physical therapy became commonplace in Europe in the 1980s and interest here in the U.S. started to grow in the 1990s. As many of you who read here regularly know, I’m a huge...

Summer Is Here … Lots Of Running, Jumping and Playing. If Your Dog Gets Injured After A Jump Or Rough Play It May Be An FCE

by Cabrera Wellness | Jun 2, 2017 | Acupressure, Canine, Health & Wellness

So you are out tossing a frisbee with your pup and he lands funny, or your little dog jumps off the couch and tweaks his back, or your pup is competing in Fly ball and takes an awkward spring of the board and doesn’t want to finish the course… It could be just a...

If Your Pup Is Graying Prematurely? Fear Or Stress May Be A Factor

by Cabrera Wellness | May 24, 2017 | Canine, Health & Wellness

A recent study examined the premature graying of dogs in the U.S. The researchers concluded that fearfulness, anxiety and impulsivity are significant factors in dogs that begin to go gray around the muzzle between the ages of 2 and 4. So from a TCM (Traditional...

What’s Up With the Butt Sniffin’?

by Cabrera Wellness | May 23, 2017 | Behavior & Training, Canine

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A Look at Animal Gaits

by Cabrera Wellness | May 20, 2017 | Behavior & Training, Canine

Thank you, Stephen Cunnane, for creating this awesome animation! Animal Gaits for Animators from Stephen Cunnane on Vimeo. Animals walk weird… who knew?! This animated video helps breakdown animal gaits for animators, artists, or any old fan of studying...

So, Your Dog Stinks

by A.J. Cabrera | May 18, 2017 | Canine, Grooming

As Summer approaches, so does the all too familiar stank of the North County’s striped friend, Mephitis Mephitis. It’s so bad ya’ gotta say it twice! A female’s skunk gestation period averages 66 days, and with the skunk’s breeding season usually ending in April, we...

If Your Pup Is Grooming Obsessively Or Licking Their Paws, It May Be A Digestive Issue

by Cabrera Wellness | Apr 10, 2017 | Behavior & Training, Canine, Equine, Grooming, Health & Wellness, Nutrition

Is your dog licking and over grooming? It may be a behavioral issue, or it may actually  be a sign that something  is upsetting his or her digestive track.   This is definitely something you want to get checked out by your vet, so you can address it accordingly. It...