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By Jenn Merritt CPDT-KA, is a Tellington TTouch Companion Animal Practitioner and owner of Blue Dog Creature Coaching in Efland, NC Excessive barking is one of the most common behavioral complaints that I hear from clients about their dogs. Barking to excess takes many forms, from simple attention-seeking barking to alert barking, to compulsive barking …
Get in TTouch with Your Puppy
By Adam Rogers DVM & TTouch Practitioner 1 First published in the TTEAM Connections Newsletter Everybody loves puppies! With their playful ways and cute appearance you can’t help but want to wrap them in cotton wool with many of the maternal feelings we have for our own children. However in all too short a length …
Get in TTouch with Your Puppy
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Part of any TTouch workshop is the initial introductions. What’s your name? Where are you from? What is your primary interest in animals? Do you have a life outside of animals? (Maybe/maybe not):) What are you goals? – all pretty standard questions that you would expect when getting to know a group. There is one …
By Edie-Jane Eaton (Tellington TTouch® Instructor) *This article was orginally published in the “TTEAM Connections” newsletter. While Edie-Jane focuses on horses in the text, this concept applies to all animals, including ourselves! It’s commonly accepted by Tellington TTouch® practitioners that when horses show resistance there’s always a reason – or several reasons. These reasons can …
If you’ve spent any time around riding horses, you have probably come across a horse who could be described as “girthy” or “cinchy”. A horse who is not comfortable with the saddling/girthing process may display their concern in number of ways, from the subtle -tension through the body, holding their breath, pawing the ground to …
By Toni Shelbourne Fireworks, thunder storms, gun shots. For many animals, these seemingly benign events can be sources of fear, anxiety and terror. Many people struggle to comfort their dog or cat when he is in the throes of a firework induced panic, you may feel helpless and torn. Helpless because you feel there is …
4th of July Blues – Helping Dogs & Cats with Firework Phobia Read More »
While many of us are sheltering at place at home and physically distancing ourselves from other people, this is a wonderful time to introduce some new ways of connecting with our 4 legged family members. One of the wonderful things about TTouch is that a little can go a long way. Just spending a minute …
* This article by Tellington TTouch Instructor Kathy Cascade first appeared in our quarterly newsletter in 2008. Editors note: While some of the specific exercises and techniques may have changed slightly – the approach and attitude towards helping animals overcome their fear in a positive, low-stress and empathetic way has not. Alf’s experience demonstrates …
From Fear to Feeling Safe: TTouch Transformations Read More »
The Balance Leash is one of the original Tellington TTouch leading tools for dogs and is one of the basic leading exercises taught at all of our workshops and online courses for dogs. It is a simple and easy to use technique and has the versatility to be used on the fly with virtually any …
The horses are hairy and the snow has arrived but we are most definitely looking forward to our summer season! If you have ever wanted to learn about our forward thinking, positive, and effective methods of working with horses and dogs, make 2020 the year! Animal guardians all over the world have discovered how …