Certification Requirements

Massage is a therapeutic modality and, in its therapeutic capacity, should only be practiced by trained and certified practitioners. 

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Community Series
for pet parents

Therapeutic massage is a healing modality applicable for all animal lifestyles and life-stages.  The Community Series is designed specifically for pet parents to learn massage to utilize for the own animal.  These courses do not provide certification as an animal massage therapist.  

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Practitioner Series
therapeutic animal massage certification

Our Practitioner Series classes are certified and regulated by the Colorado Department of Private Occupational ​Schools.  Completion of this series provides students with a certification in therapeutic animal massage. 

To practice as an animal massage therapist in Colorado, students must complete the following:

• Practitioner 01 - Introduction to Therapeutic Animal Massage
  
• Practitioner 02 - Body Mechanics & Practical Physiology

​To be eligible to sit for the NBCAAM board certification exam, students must ALSO complete the following:

• Practitioner 03 - Massage as a Therapeutic Modality
• Practitioner 04 - Business Concepts & Implementation

Only a basic massage certification (PRACT01 & PRACT02) is required to practice animal massage professionally in Colorado.  NBCAAM certification is not required.  However, we encourage all of our students to attempt NBCAAM certification. 

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Professional Series
continuing education & professional development

The key to being successful in any career is to never stop seeking new knowledge and skills. Our Professional Series enables those working in veterinary medicine and animal massage to continue to enhance their skills, discover new topics of interest and learn how to grow their business.

The classes in this series are designed for practitioners that have already earned their certification or hold another advanced degree i.e. veterinarians, technicians. 

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What makes our program special?

Our school's curriculum was designed specifically to train our
students in the medical and therapeutic aspects of animal massage in order to help them become part of the veterinary treatment team.  

Our certification courses cover anatomy, physiology, kinesiology and basic veterinary science in addition to focused, supervised hands-on massage practice.  We work to incorporate multi-modal models of learning from hands-on training to self-paced online classes in order to meet the needs of every student.

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Not only are our instructors experts in their fields - veterinarians, massage therapists, veterinary technicians & veterinary support personnel - they are passionate about sharing their expertise with you and building the field of animal massage.

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