First step, some stretching. You need treats for this, I used alfalfa cubes. You tease them around till their nose is almost up to their withers. Both directions. I should have had him untied here. I realized it and untied him, but the picture wasn't bad.
Next you tease them down to the ground then very quickly so they don't loose track of where the treat is you move around the back of their leg to between their legs and keep teasing them till their nose is way between their legs, they will bend at the knees some.
This one is the one that will put them to sleep. You have to bend their neck around towards you, and feel for the edge of thier shoulder. Then just press down into thow hollow, and move your hands up and down, with your fingers really pressing into the hollow.
Then you rub them allllll over, in circular motion, up and down legs, everywhere with the flat of your hands. You should be feeling for bumps, and hot spots, this also stimulates circulation.
Then with the tips of your fingers, moving from wither to hips, makeing clockwise circles massage their backs. There are two lines of muscles in their backs on both side. So you have to make two rows from their back bone down.
On their hips you use your fist, and kind of roll it in circles all over from the top of the hip to the leg, front and back.
This is and interesting part. You hold thier tail like I am in the picture, and using your thumb, press on the very tip of thier tail bone to the count of 10, release, press again to the count of 15,release, press again to the count of 20. You'll feel their tail relax after the first time, but by the end of the 20 count you then take thier tail and rotate it all around in big circles, this loosens up their whole back, you end by pushing the tail all the way straight up over their back.
Then you end with stretching their legs. On the front leg you pick up the foot and bend it at the knee and rotate it out and in. That loosens up the shoulder.When you pull the leg out straight make sure you keep it in line with their body. not pulling it out to the side. While holding it out rest your elbows on your knees.
The back leg, you pull forward hold a few seconds they pull it all the way out straight back, keep it in line, not pulling it out to the side. They will tend to pull away a bit but when they get use to it they like it.
Becky