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I had the pleasure of attending a symposium at the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy (CAO). For the week following, I visited the school and was honoured to spend a bit of time with the founder and principle, Rob Johnston. As we have both practiced osteopathy in our own countries, each other’s countries and across the […]

A man enters the Doctor’s office and walks up to the receptionist, who inquires, “May I help you?”  “Yes”, he answered, “I have shingles.”  The receptionist replied, “Just take a seat, someone will be with you in a minute.”  After sitting for nearly a half hour, a nurse emerged and told the man, “Come with […]

“When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog any more, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.” —Rudyard Kipling Dogs have been a constant companion to mankind for thousands of years. […]

Horses regularly trained with ground work are more relaxed when ridden A recent study of dressage horses in Germany that looked at rein length and tension revealed a surprising finding: horses who were regularly trained in ground work/in-hand  work had lower heart rates during ridden work than all of the other participating horses. This wasn’t what […]