TTouch for You and Your Dog

I love You Tube. Finally, I get to see what this Tellington TTouch is all about. I've heard it's a wonderful way of touching your dog to help relieve tension and even heal emotional and physical conditions.

This demonstration shows the basic TTouch method that internationally respected animal expert, Linda Tellington-Jones has used with horses, dogs, cats, birds, and other companion animals.

According to her website,

"The intent of the TTouch is to activate the function of the cells and awaken cellular inteligence--a little like "turning on the electric lights of the body.

"The TTouch is done on the entire body, and each circular TTouch is complete within itself. Therefore it is not necessary to understand anatomy to be successful in speeding up the healing of injuries or ailments, or changing undesirable habits or behavior...

"TTouch helps to release tension and increase body awareness. This allows the animal to be handled without provoking typical fear responses."

I'm glad she used a horse on this video, that way we can really see what she's doing, and how she's doing it. No scruffy fur to get in the way.

I spent some time TTouch-ing with my dog Krystal. You'll not be surprised to hear that she took a breath just like that horse in the video. She then looked around and settled down for more relaxing TTouching.

I'm going to watch this You Tube video several more times and practice those soothing circular movements so they come naturally. This is one of those methods that feels like it's as good for me as it is for my dog--a way for us to increase our mutual respect and compassion.

If you're interested in learning more, Linda Tellington-Jones has a number of publications, including this DVD,The Tellington Touch for Happier, Healthier Dogs, and this book entitled Getting in TTouch With Your Dog.

(You can a second TTouch video on my next post, TTouch for Senior Dogs.)

Comments

[Barbara Swafford]

Hi Cousin Kaye,

This looks like a great method of massaging animals. I'll be back to watch the video again and they try it on our dogs. It must make them feel so good.

PS: Did you do any more on your genealogy? I did a little more, but haven't found a common relative yet. But I think we're cousins. Hehe!