Getting in TTouch with Your Dog: A Gentle Approach to Influencing Behavior, Health, and Performance

I had bought an earlier TTouch book and didn't get this one right away because I thought it would be a rehash of the material. But I finished the first book and I just wanted to read more even if it was the same material worded differently. Well, this book is a fantastic resource! The different TTouches are presented one-by-one, each one with its own 2-page spread and a recommendation of situations where they're appropriate. Lots of photos. In fact, the book is chock-full of full-color photos. I especially appreciate the section on the "playground for higher learning" -- the labyrinth, ladders, etc. There are some wording issues here and there ("whey" for "way") but not too many. Mostly this is an extremely well organized, informative resource for a dog owner. My own dog's behavior has transformed since using TTouch. I have had sessions with a practitioner. The biggest shift was after the third session but I saw clear improvement after just one session. My dog used to lunge at other dogs and at cats, pull on the leash, and snap at people. Now he will occasionally lunge at another dog or a cat but it's a couple of times per week where before it was a couple of times per walk. I expect it to become even less frequent as I recognize the preliminary signs and head the behavior off. But the biggest benefit is that TTouch is a way for me to be affectionate with my dog without him getting riled up. Before, I would pet him and he wouldn't want me to stop. And he'd become harder to handle on a walk if I petted him much. With TTouch he loves the physical touch, but when I'm done he's satisfied (he's not begging for more and not pushing his head under my hand). Plus, the more I do TTouch, the easier he is to walk. It's been life-changing in my household. This book is a great reference for me in keeping my TTouches as TTouches, and not veering off into regular petting (which makes my dog reactive and harder to handle).

As usual books by Linda Tellington-Jones are full of soul

Nice photos and directions for doing the various TTouch maneuvers. Goes over the history, each maneuver, various types of collars, harnesses and leashes, your mindset and then some agility type courses to enhance the comfort of your dog in its own body. At times, the translation (the book was written in German originally) is confusing and one has to guess at what was meant, but it isn't too often and doesn't detract from one getting what was intended to be conveyed except in one place. The beginning part was also a bit slow to get through for me, until one gets to the "meat" of the matter. I have worked with some of this on my own dog and have found that he LOVES the hair pull (no it isn't painful or cruel, it just sounds like it is). I will enjoy working with many of the maneuvers with my dog and will be trying it on my cats also. Will be ordering a double snap leash and I find I agree totally with the author on the use of the head halter. It was the only thing that worked with my large and very strong pulling dog. I use the Gentle Leader, it works better for my dog than the Halti harness.

I have noticed a wonderful change in my dog's behavior since beginning T-touch. I will caveat my review by stating that I took my dog for five T-touch sessions with a professional T-touch consultant and bought the book so I could begin to do T-touch on my own. My dog is a rescue dog with severe anxiety and T-touch in combination with a Thundershirt has been wonderful for him. He no longer paces back and forth, no longer chews on furniture and is just calmer. His body is not tense and his tail is much looser. I took him to the vet recently and they could not believe how calm he was in a busy environment. Walks are much easier and he is not as easily overstimulated when he sees people, other dogs or small animals. His trainers highly recommended T-touch and I would tell anybody who is skeptical to at least try it. It has made such a huge difference in my dog's life and I am finally beginning to feel that he is calm and in a much better state. With the T-touch consultant, we did about 45 minutes of T-touch one a week. I then supplemented with about 15-20 minutes each day. We no longer see the consultant and I continue to do about 15-20 minutes a day with him, usually while I am watching an evening TV show. My dog really responded well to the gum work and while it can be a little intimidating sticking you had in an excited dog's mouth, that touch instantly calmed him. The book is very well organized and talks about the effects of the different touches, including gum and tail touches. It includes pictures and detailed directions for each touch. I think I could have learned how to do T-touch on my own from this book if hadn't taken my dog to the consultant. The book also talks about different wraps you can use to calm your dog, as well as different leash configurations and halters to try.

The benefits my dog and I have gotten from this book in just about a week are astonishing. I had previously had an earlier version of the book and was put off by the names for T-Touches: animal names and such. When I bought this edition for the DogRead discussion, I read it and learned that those names had no deep meaning. The book was translated from German, the author teaches all over the world, and the names are just to try to keep it straight as to what touch is being referred to. Then I began to read! I learned some new ways to touch my dog that immediately created some lovely results. For example, he's a picky eater and it's important that he eat his meals on time, in particular one meal a day that contains medication. I was having lots of trouble getting him to eat that--until the first day I used T-Touch to get him to eat. Maybe three minutes of touches, following the instructions in the book, and he promptly ate. And now, every day since then. I am also working with a balanced leash technique I learned about in the book. It immediately worked! This is not a religion. It is a very good way to reach a dog. It enhances your communication with your dog, and helps you find where and how to touch the dog to help the dog with physical and emotional problems. It's loving your dog. It brings you and your dog into a closer relationship, and that has huge benefits for you both. I've been very involved in therapy dog work, and T-Touch, like therapy dog visits to people, has benefits that can't be "proven," but are definitely real.

If you have a dog(especially if you have a rescued dog!), this book is a must have. It's clear and easy to follow, and covers a variety of issues that dog owners often face. I'm a massage therapist, so I'd already done some work on my dogs. But when I adopted my first rescued Pap, this book was invaluable in helping her overcome her fears and definitely helped her body recover. When she died in my arms in December 2016 from a brain tumor, I was calming and comforting her with my touch. Well, both of us were being calmed, because even though I couldn't save her, I could offer her the comfort of my touch and love because of the techniques in this book. I often wonder if doing TTouch for her all the time I had her gave us a bit more time together.

Giving 3 stars for the highly overpriced padded presentation.The technique works... I use it to calm and relax all my animals now with good effect. But this book was a LOT of fluff -- the technique could easily be covered in a small pamphlet at a MUCH lower cost to consumer. I bought both books -- for dog and cat -- but I'd say just one would do the trick for either as it is basically the same technique.

I originally got this from my local library. My corgi has problems with one of her hips collapsing on her while she walks so in addition to acupuncture every other week I use the TTouch method on her everyday. Honestly, I'm no expert but her hip gave out on her 4 months ago and she's not getting worse. She can still walk on a rough surface (carpet or gravel) so I'm going to assume that what I'm doing is helping her. You can find videos on YouTube which demonstrate the method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOoXysJoPYw It looks a little voodoo but dang, my dog loves it. I guess it's like I feel when I get a massage. Plus I'm exercising her muscles and keeping them moving and stretched so that's half the battle. This book is a great way to start if you're up to a full time fight for your dog's mobility.

Nice book, easy to follow and wonderful for you pets

Great for all animal professionals and owners.

Superb book. It is very easy to read and follow. My old GSP saw a practitioner once a month to address his arthritis and it was wonderful. He so enjoyed the sessions. I have just purchased the book for my hormone riddled teenage dog. First session was a huge success, just using the very basic Abalone TTouch to start with. He loved it and the bond was immediate. He is now crashed out on a beanbag in doggy bliss! Love the whole concept and it is so nice to purchase a book which gives you step by step guidance. I thoroughly recommend this book. Thank you Linda!

toll geschrieben und prima erklärt 😃👍🏼 kann es empfehlen

Very helpful for those who are participants in the Practitioners Course. 専門的にTタッチについて学びたい人に最適です。ある程度の英語力が必要です。