Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine

This course is open to the general public and to professional health care providers who are interested in using essential oils to complement their healing work on animals.

ALL ESSENTIAL OIL COURSES IN THIS SERIES ARE GREAT AS A STAND-ALONE. TAKE AS MANY AS YOU WANT,  OR TAKE ALL 12 AND APPLY FOR CERTIFICATION.

In this FREE mini-course, Instructor Cynthia McMullen of Alaska Institute of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture & Massage Therapy shares her own tips and information from several reputable resources about the safe and effective use of essential oils and hydrosols on animals.

I have used essential oils extensively in my Massage Therapy practice for more than 15 years, and while animals are not my specialty, I still wanted to offer a short course on using essential oils safely with pets since this is such an important topic for so many people who love their pets and think of them as family members.

This is a short introductory course that primarily focuses on the safe use of essential oils with dogs. The reputable resources used to help create this course recommend using hydrosols instead of essential oils with cats and other small creatures because essential oils are too strong for them.

EO 6C - Using Essential Oils Safely with Pets is full of valuable information that you will want to refer back to over and over again - and your pets will want you to refer back to it, too! It will teach you some of the BEST and SAFEST essential oils to use with your animals and some of the best ways to use those oils.

Essential oils and hydrosols can provide many health benefits to your pets. Here are just a few of those:

• Allergies
• Anxiety
• Bathing
• Cuts and scrapes
• Dirty or infected ears
• Insect bites
• Skin problems
  
  
  

Due to a special copyright permissions requirement, this is the ONLY course in this Essential Oil Series that does not offer a fully downloadable Complete Course Workbook. Although the entire downloadable Workbook is not available in this course, all of the individual Course Curriculum sections, except Section 2, can be downloaded.

Using Essential Oils Safely with Pets - Course Overview

In this course, you will learn:

• 7 important safety guidelines for using essential oils with animals
• Many benefits of using essential oils, with a focus on dogs
• The BEST essential oils to choose
• Essential oils to AVOID
• Why hydrosols are a better choice for some animals
• Cautions & considerations
• How to introduce essential oils to dogs
• Essential oil quantities for dogs
• An easy grooming spray recipe
• Other holistic treatment options for animals
• Several excellent resources for information about using essential oils and hydrosols with animals
• A wonderful (and completely optional) resource for purchasing safe, high-quality essential oils

For a more detailed list of course topics, check out the Workbook Table of Contents in the Course Curriculum section below. The Table of Contents can be viewed for FREE - along with the ENTIRE COURSE - by simply enrolling in the course. Just click on one of the bright pink enrollment buttons at the top or bottom of this page.