Robert Berkelhammer

Single Pet Owners with Medical Conditions: Set Up a Communication Plan with Email, Phone Calls, or Remote Monitor Backup Imagine 56-year-old Mrs. Eunice Talladega, a single, widowed pet owner with a heart condition at home one day with her feline, Flounder, and her dog, Bingo. Its 2:45 PM and Eunice has eaten a late lunch. Bingo is comfortably asleep on the floor next to the easy chair Eunice is sitting in. Flounder the cat is taking a cat nap on Mrs. Talladega’s lap. Bingo’s

Are you a dog owner or pet professional walking dogs in suburban and urban areas through parking lots? The invention of quiet hybrid and electric vehicles has set up parking lot safety situations where dog walkers may not hear cars exiting parking spaces, or driving by. Many hybrids and electric vehicles are very quiet idling in neutral and when their transmission is in reverse or forward at low speeds. When the car driver and dog walker don't see or hear each other, danger c

(Rotating the Shoulder Back Using Muscles Named Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, Posterior Deltoid) Soft tissue pain and disability is one of the leading reasons people seek medical attention. Dog owners and professional dog walkers can learn better posture coordinating muscles from their feet to their heads. Posture coordination can maintain muscle-skeletal health by decreasing muscle group over use and under use. Overuse and under use of muscle groups may lead to fatigue, poor p

A banister is the structure on stairs formed by vertical uprights attached to a handrail. Most dog owners and professional dog walkers use the banister handrail for support on wet, snowy, or icy stairs. Dog walkers are safer using the banister vertical uprights in slippery rainy and winter conditions. Holding the vertical uprights rather than the railing affords a better grip with a pulling dog and slick footing. A grasping hand on a handrail can suffer grip slippage, easily