Holistic Canine Bodyworker Professional Program

$3,400.00

Holistic Canine Bodyworker Professional Program

$3,400.00

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6 Comprehensive Courses Included

Earn Multiple Professional Certifications

100% Online & Self-Paced

Hands-On Training with Instructor Feedback

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Massage
Certification

Kinesiology Tape Certification

Craniosacral
Therapy
Certification

ANMR
Body Alignment
Certification

Business
Course

Creating
Flow Course

Do I need previous canine bodywork experience to enroll?

No. The Canine Bodywork Professional Certification Bundle is designed to build your knowledge progressively, beginning with foundational concepts and developing into more advanced hands-on techniques. Previous professional bodywork experience is not required, although you will need regular access to dogs to complete practical assignments and case studies.

What courses are included in the program?

Your enrollment includes six courses: Canine Massage Certification, Canine Craniosacral Therapy Certification, Canine Kinesiology Taping Certification, Animal Neuromyofascial Release (ANMR) Certification, Creating Flow, and Business 101. 

 

Together, these courses provide a diverse foundation in hands-on canine bodywork as well as practitioner and business development.

Is the program completely online?

Yes. The educational portion of the program is completed online and at your own pace, allowing you to study from wherever you live. Because this is professional hands-on training, you will also practice techniques on dogs and complete the practical assignments, videos, and case studies required within the individual certification courses.

Will I receive a certification when I complete the program?

You can earn multiple professional certifications, rather than receiving only one general certificate for completing the program. Each certification course (massage, craniosacral therapy, kinesiology taping and ANMR) has its own educational and practical requirements that must be successfully completed. This allows you to graduate with credentials in multiple complementary canine bodywork modalities.

Professional Canine Education

Canine Bodywork Professional Certification Bundle

The Canine Bodywork Professional Certification Bundle is designed for students who want to build a strong, diverse foundation in professional canine bodywork rather than learning just one modality.

This comprehensive program brings together six complementary courses—Canine Massage, Canine Craniosacral Therapy, Canine Kinesiology Taping, Animal Neuromyofascial Release (ANMR), Creating Flow, and Business 101—to help you develop both your hands-on skills and the professional foundation needed to work with clients.

Build a Broader Professional Toolbox

Throughout your training, you’ll explore canine anatomy, palpation, massage and soft-tissue techniques, craniosacral work, kinesiology taping, neuromyofascial techniques, movement and body awareness, practitioner-animal connection, and professional practice.

Most importantly, you’ll begin learning to look beyond a single technique and consider the individual dog in front of you.

Flexible Online Learning with Hands-On Experience

The program combines online, self-paced education with hands-on practical work, assignments, case studies, and instructor feedback, allowing you to develop your skills while working with real dogs.

Student completing self-paced online canine bodywork education
Learn on Your Schedule

Self-Paced

Study around your own schedule and progress through the online coursework at a pace that works for your life.

Student practicing hands-on canine bodywork with a dog
Develop Real Skills

Hands-On

Practice your skills with real dogs as you develop palpation, technique, confidence, and practical experience.

Holistic Animal Studies instructor providing feedback and guidance
Support as You Progress

Instructor Feedback

Submit assignments and practical work for review and receive feedback designed to help you continue developing your skills.

Earn Multiple Professional Certifications

Rather than receiving only a general certificate for completing a bundle, you will work toward the individual professional certifications included in the program, giving you multiple credentials and a versatile toolbox of complementary modalities.

Whether you're preparing for a new career in canine bodywork or expanding an existing animal wellness practice, this bundle provides a comprehensive pathway for developing your knowledge, practical skills, confidence, and professional foundation.

Six courses. Multiple professional certifications. One comprehensive canine bodywork education.

Your Complete Curriculum

Six Courses. Multiple Professional Certifications.

Your $3,400 tuition includes six complementary courses designed to help you build a broader professional foundation in canine bodywork, practitioner development, and business.

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Canine Massage Certification

Build your foundation in professional canine bodywork through anatomy, palpation, assessment, and hands-on massage techniques. Learn how to evaluate the dog, work with major muscle groups, recognize areas of tension and compensation, and structure a thoughtful massage session.

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Canine Craniosacral Therapy Certification

Explore a gentler approach to bodywork through craniosacral and fascial techniques, assessment, subtle palpation, and release work. Develop greater sensitivity to the dog's responses while learning to consider the interconnected nature of the body.

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Canine Kinesiology Taping Certification

Learn taping principles, practical applications, safety, preparation, and technique. Discover how kinesiology tape can complement hands-on bodywork and provide support beyond the session itself for dogs with a variety of physical needs.

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Animal Neuromyofascial Release (ANMR) Certification

Learn Dr. Angel's specialized Animal Neuromyofascial Release technique, developed to address soft-tissue and neuromyofascial patterns while considering compensation, movement, posture, and the animal as a whole.

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Creating Flow

Develop greater practitioner awareness, observation, connection, and responsiveness. Learn to work with the individual dog in front of you rather than simply following a rigid sequence of techniques.

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Business 101

Learn how to begin turning your education into a professional practice through business foundations, client management, documentation, marketing, revenue streams, and professional considerations.

This is more than a collection of individual courses.
Together, these six programs help you develop a broader toolbox, stronger hands-on skills, and a more complete professional foundation for working with dogs and their owners.

Canine massage and bodywork training
Professional Certification

Certified Canine Myo-Manipulative Functional Therapist

Earned through successful completion of the Canine Massage Certification Course and its required practical work, assignments, examinations, and case studies.

Canine kinesiology taping
Professional Certification

Certified Canine Kinesiology Tape Practitioner

Earned through professional training in canine kinesiology taping, including taping principles, applications, safety, preparation, practical techniques, and hands-on assessment.

Canine craniosacral therapy
Professional Certification

Certified Canine Craniosacral Therapist

Earned after successfully completing the required education and practical work in canine craniosacral therapy, assessment, subtle palpation, fascial techniques, and release work.

Animal Neuro-Myofascial Release Technique with a dog
Multi-Species Professional Certification

Certified Animal Neuro-Myofascial Release Technique Practitioner

Learn Dr. Angel's specialized Animal Neuro-Myofascial Release Technique and develop another hands-on approach for recognizing and working with neuromyofascial restrictions and patterns of compensation.

Added benefit: ANMR training is not limited to dogs. The course covers application with other animal species as well.
Woman hugging a dog in a peaceful outdoor setting
A Broader Approach to Bodywork

Dogs Don't Arrive Labeled With the Modality They Need

One dog may present with muscular tension. Another may show compensatory movement patterns. Another may respond best to subtle fascial or craniosacral work. And sometimes what you discover through palpation and observation changes your original plan entirely.

That's why we believe professional bodyworkers benefit from learning more than one approach.

Rather than simply memorizing techniques, you'll develop a broader toolbox and learn to observe the dog, palpate the tissues, recognize patterns, consider the whole animal, and make thoughtful decisions about the work you provide.

The goal isn't to use every modality on every dog. It's to understand when—and why—you might choose one approach over another.

Find Your Path

Is This Program Right for You?

You don't need to already be a canine bodyworker to begin. This program is designed for people at different stages of their professional journey—from devoted dog owners exploring a new career to established practitioners ready to expand their skills.

Woman holding a dog during professional canine bodywork education
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Aspiring Canine Bodyworkers

If you're ready to turn your passion for dogs into professional skills, this program gives you a structured foundation in several complementary canine bodywork modalities.

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Dog Owners & Experienced Dog Handlers

Years spent living, training, competing, volunteering, or working with dogs can provide valuable experience. This program helps you build upon that background with structured education in anatomy, palpation, assessment, bodywork, and professional practice.

03

Canine Professionals

Trainers, groomers, rehabilitation professionals, veterinary support professionals, dog sport professionals, and others working with dogs can develop additional hands-on skills and a deeper understanding of the canine body.

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Existing Animal Bodyworkers

Already practicing massage or another animal wellness modality? Expand your professional toolbox with additional techniques and complementary approaches to canine bodywork.

What Do You Need to Get Started?

No previous professional bodywork experience is required. Your training begins with foundational education and progresses as you develop your knowledge and practical skills.

Because this is hands-on professional education, you will need regular access to dogs for practice and required practical work. You do not need to own a dog—you simply need reliable access to appropriate dogs as you progress through your training.

You don't have to know everything before you begin.

You need a willingness to learn, access to dogs, and a desire to develop the knowledge and hands-on skills needed to work with them thoughtfully and professionally.

Student Success Story

Building a Holistic Canine Bodywork Toolbox

Meet Denise and hear how her education in canine bodywork and holistic modalities has helped her develop a broad, integrated approach to supporting dogs.

In this student testimonial, Denise shares her journey through a wide range of canine bodywork and holistic healing courses with Holistic Animal Studies.

Her education has included Canine Massage, Acupressure, Cold Laser Therapy, Animal Neuromyofascial Release (ANMR), Craniosacral Therapy, Kinesiology Taping, Raindrop Therapy, and Aromatherapy, along with her background as a Reiki Master. She is also continuing her education through our Animal Communication Certification.

Denise's experience shows how multiple complementary modalities can come together to create a more adaptable and individualized approach to canine wellness.

Rather than relying on one technique for every dog, Denise has developed a diverse set of skills she can draw from based on the individual animal in front of her. She shares how these modalities can work together to support comfort, mobility, relaxation, and overall balance.

Her story also reflects the value of continued education. Each new modality adds another layer of understanding and gives practitioners additional options when working with dogs with different needs, personalities, histories, and responses to bodywork.

Why Denise's Story Matters

Denise didn't limit her education to a single modality. By studying massage, craniosacral therapy, kinesiology taping, ANMR, and other holistic approaches, she has developed a broader professional toolbox and a deeper understanding of how different techniques can complement one another.

That same philosophy is at the heart of the Canine Bodywork Professional Certification Bundle: helping students move beyond a one-technique approach and develop the knowledge, practical skills, and professional foundation needed to work thoughtfully with dogs and their owners.

Your education can become more powerful as your toolbox grows.

Build your skills. Explore complementary modalities. Learn to approach each dog as an individual.

Professional Recognition

Approved Professional Education

Holistic Animal Studies is proud to offer professional education recognized and approved through respected organizations within the massage, animal bodywork, and holistic animal wellness industries.

NCBTMB
Approved Continuing Education Provider
IAAMB
Professional Animal Massage & Bodywork Recognition
IAHAP
International Association of Holistic Animal Practitioners

Eligible to Pursue IAHAP Board Certification

Students who successfully complete the applicable Holistic Animal Studies canine bodywork training meet the educational requirements to apply to sit for the IAHAP Canine Bodywork Board Examination. Passing the independent IAHAP board examination provides graduates with an additional opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and pursue professional board certification.

Completion of a Holistic Animal Studies certification and IAHAP board certification are separate credentials. IAHAP maintains its own application, examination, fee, and passing requirements.

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Meet Dr. Angel

Dr. Angelique Barbara, MS, DC, is the founder of Holistic Animal Studies and brings a unique multidisciplinary perspective to animal bodywork education. With an academic background in Veterinary Science, Veterinary Pathobiology, and Chiropractic, along with a lifetime of hands-on experience with horses and other animals, Dr. Angel approaches bodywork through the lens of anatomy, biomechanics, movement, compensation, and whole-animal wellness. She is also the developer of Animal Neuromyofascial Release (ANMR) and has created numerous professional certification programs for animal practitioners. Her teaching philosophy goes beyond memorizing techniques, emphasizing palpation, observation, critical thinking, and understanding how different modalities can be thoughtfully integrated for the individual animal.

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Invest in Your Future

Invest in Your Professional Education

This program is more than a collection of online courses. It is an investment in professional skills, multiple certifications, and a body of knowledge you can continue using throughout your career.

Whether your goal is to build a canine bodywork practice, add new services to an existing business, or create another source of income working with dogs, your education can become the foundation for opportunities that extend far beyond the classroom.

Program Value

Save by Enrolling in the Complete Program

Purchased Individually
$3,800

Combined tuition when the six included courses are purchased separately.

Complete Program Tuition
$3,400

Enroll in the complete program and save $400.

A Professional Skill Set You Can Continue Using

Unlike a short-term purchase, professional education can continue providing value long after you complete the program. The skills you develop may become the foundation of a new canine bodywork business, expand the services you already offer, or create an additional source of income within an existing animal-related career.

Compared with many career-training pathways that require years of full-time study, campus attendance, and significantly higher tuition, this program offers a flexible way to develop specialized professional skills while continuing to work, care for your family, or maintain your existing career.

Putting Your Skills Into Practice

What Could Your Education Be Worth in Practice?

Session fees vary by location, practitioner experience, services offered, and local regulations. The examples below simply illustrate how gross professional service revenue can compare with the cost of your education.

At $100 per session
34 Sessions
would generate approximately $3,400 in gross session revenue.
At $125 per session
About 28 Sessions
would generate approximately $3,500 in gross session revenue.
At $150 per session
About 23 Sessions
would generate approximately $3,450 in gross session revenue.

These figures are hypothetical examples only and are not income guarantees. Actual session fees, client volume, business expenses, taxes, insurance costs, and legal scope requirements vary by practitioner and location.

Professional Education Without Putting Your Life on Hold

Many traditional career-training pathways require scheduled classroom attendance and a significant time and financial commitment. Holistic Animal Studies was designed to provide a more flexible path to specialized professional education.

Study Online
Learn from wherever you live.
Work at Your Own Pace
Build your education around your existing responsibilities.
Develop Hands-On Skills
Practice with real dogs as you progress.
Earn Multiple Credentials
Complete four professional certification programs.
Your Professional Future

Your education is an investment in skills you can carry forward for years.

Six courses. Four professional certifications. $3,400 complete program tuition.

Prefer to Start Smaller?

Choose Courses À La Carte

You do not have to enroll in the complete professional bundle to begin your education with Holistic Animal Studies.

If you prefer to begin with one modality at a time, you can start with Canine Massage, Canine Kinesiology Taping, or Animal Cold Laser Therapy and build your professional education as you progress.

Where should you begin? Canine Massage is the foundational course for students who plan to continue into our more advanced hands-on canine bodywork certifications. Many of these advanced certifications require completion of the Canine Massage Certification Course first.

Start À La Carte

Begin with Canine Massage, Canine Kinesiology Taping, or Animal Cold Laser Therapy. If your goal is to pursue additional canine bodywork certifications, we recommend beginning with Canine Massage.

Try a Free Preview

Not ready to commit? Explore our available free course previews to experience our teaching style and take a look inside the training before enrolling.

Explore Payment Plans

Prefer to spread your tuition over time? Visit our Holistic Animal Studies learning platform to explore available payment-plan options for your training.

Once you have completed the foundational Canine Massage Certification, you can continue expanding your professional toolbox with additional advanced bodywork certifications and complementary modalities.

Not sure whether to choose the complete bundle or begin à la carte?
There is no single path that works for everyone. Choose the option that best fits your goals, schedule, and budget.

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