Webinar
Understanding the Personalities of Aging Dogs with Traditional Chinese Medicine's 5 Element Theory
The Five Element Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a fun and helpful tool for understanding your old dog's personality, needs, and wants. It will also cue you into specific behaviors and possible maladies that your elder dog may display. This technique provides a fresh view of how to really see your elder dog and how to create harmony and an adaptive forever home environment for their senior years. As this ancient healing approach was originally created for humans and adapted for animals, you may also see shades of your own “elements” as we navigate our way through this fun and intriguing topic. These perspectives will help us understand how both the elder dog and we human caregivers deal with change, relationships, and aging.
Elizabeth Johnson, EEBW, CMFT, has been working to promote the health and wellness of small, large, and exotic animals as well as wildlife for more than 30 years. She has done equine and canine bodywork and rehabilitation on competitive and companion animals; managed and solved nutritional issues and environmental effects; and used complementary modalities to partner with veterinary medicine providers. She works from a place of deep clinical understanding, empathy, and compassion to find the "health" of each animal while promoting well-being in the physical, spiritual, and emotional realms of all involved. She is a TEDx speaker, author, animal empath, mentor, and joyful dog lover.
Elizabeth also co-teaches with her veterinarian husband, Dr. Mark Johnson. They own a progressive company dedicated to teaching and advising wildlife and animal welfare professionals throughout the US and internationally to bring care, honor, and respect to animals whether they are free-ranging, captive, or feral. This instruction includes compassionate handling techniques, self-awareness, and animal awareness.
