Canistherapy: dog therapists treat people

• Canistherapy: the essence and benefits of communicating with dogs
• What diseases treat dogs: indications and contraindications for canister therapy
• Canistherapy for children: testimonials, video

Canistherapy is very popularand a promising recreational direction in zoomedicine, in which the treatment of patients is carried out with the help of dogs.

Specially trained dog therapists help to significantly alleviate the condition of sick patients with neurological or psychological disorders and abnormalities.

Canistherapy: the essence and usefulness of communicating with dogs ^

Canistherapy is an unconventional psychotherapeutic method of treatment and rehabilitation, for which specially selected animals are used. The doctrine of how dogs are treated has arisen since the time of Hippocrates - this is evidenced by works of art, archaeological excavations and other surviving documents of the time.

Medical cynology is aimed at achieving the following goals:

• Development of positive emotional and mental abilities;
• Improve motor and impaired motor functions;
• Getting rid of fear, anxiety, tension, aggression, mistrust and distraction;
• Development of sociability and friendliness;
• Significant improvement in the physical condition of the patient.

Treatment with dog therapy is the direct observation and close contact of the patient through communication, feeding, playing and caring for these animals. For recreational purposes, therapists should have the following characteristics:

• No aggression;
• Increased communication, friendliness;
• No negative reaction to sudden movements or loud noises;
• Balanced character.

Dog therapy is acceptable not only for patients with psychological, emotional or neurological disorders, but also for elderly patients and people with disabilities( lack of vision, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, etc.).

Thanks to their dedication, friendliness, movement, touch, look, smell, color and breath, dogs treat people, improving their physical and emotional state, leading them out of severe depression and apathy, distracting from gloomy thoughts and loneliness.

What diseases treat dogs: indications and contraindications for canister therapy ^

Canis therapy is used for the following diseases:

• Severe emotional disorders( depression, insomnia, apathy);
• Hyperactivity;
• Autism, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy;
• Neuroses;
• Delayed mental or physical development;
• Attention, memory, behavior disorders;
• Diseases of the spinal cord or brain;
• Hearing and speech disorders;
• Muscular dystrophy.

However, in the presence of allergies to canine wool, open wounds, skin, infections or respiratory diseases, canister therapy is prohibited.

Canistherapy consists of the following treatment options:

1. Treatment-contact( dog-warmer), or canister therapy for chronic pain. The essence of this direction is that the dog lays down on the sore spot and heats it, after which the pain subsides;
2. Diagnostic direction of canistherapy, in which the alert dog is able to anticipate asthma attacks, epilepsy, a critical reduction in the level of blood sugar in the diabetic and other dangerous manifestations of diseases;
3. Serving the direction of canistherapy, in which dogs - assistants of the disabled( guides, auditory dogs, etc.) help the blind, hard of hearing, chained to a wheelchair and other people with disabilities;
4. Rehabilitation direction of canister. In this case, the dog significantly speeds up the process of recovery of patients by monitoring, communicating, playing games and walking with the animal.

Canistherapy in neuroses is that dogs treat depression, apathy, insomnia and neurasthenia in the following ways:

• Soothe the patient;
• Reduce aggression and relieve nervousness with nerve tension;
• Restores peace of mind and balance.

Canistherapy with dsp, autism, Alzheimer's disease, neuroses and other disorders or diseases uses the following dog breeds - labradors, hunting dogs, retriever, German shepherd and other breeds with positive traits.

However, for the treatment of patients may be involved and mongrel animals, if they have a natural relationship with a person, do not have aggression and meet all relevant requirements.

One of the following facts known to science clearly illustrates the fact whether the diseases of people's illness are treated:

• A six-year-old girl named Nastia, suffering from RDA disease, showed no interest in either the animal or the instructors at the beginning of canister therapy.
• After two and a half months of treatment, she began to show active interest and concern for the animal and to contact people.
• After several months of training in canistery, Nastia stopped experiencing difficulties in communication, became a sociable girl, showing a sincere interest in the world around her.

Canistherapy for children: feedback, video ^

Canistherapy for children with autism( RDA, early childhood autism) was especially widely used, where dogs, successfully acting on the psychoemotional condition, took sick patients out of the inner confined space, developed speech, helped to findsociability, emotionality and positive attitude to the world around us.

Canistherapy for children with cerebral palsy is one of the recommended methods where the dog acts as the main motivator for developing motor skills, attention, memory, and improve muscle tone in a sick child.

Canistery for rehabilitation, correction and adaptation of children with intellectual disabilities helps to remove feelings of inferiority,stabilize the emotional state, learn to show activity and interest, develop speech, attention and memory.

Numerous positive reviews about the treatment with canister therapy confirm the fact that dogs are really capable of significantly improving the condition of sick people. Small patients quickly begin to contact animals, show interest and care to them.

In addition, many have noted the fact that dogs are beginning to induce low-mobility or physical deviations of children to activity and movement, which contributes to the development of fine motor skills and the reduction of muscular dystrophy.