T-Touch - Handling Techniques for Sports Dogs
Sat, Mar 02
|TailWaggersK9Sport Dog Gym
The trial environment can be very different from the classroom, and while we train for it - there is always some anxiety. TTouch is an entire way of training, handling, and understanding animals and works to reduce anxiety with different techniques and exercises.
Time & Location
Mar 02, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST
TailWaggersK9Sport Dog Gym, 573 Lubitz Rd, Pembroke, ON K8A 6W6, Canada
About the event
Does anxiety plague your trialing career? Tellington T Touch is a form of bodywork using gentle, non-habitual movements with the intent of activating unused neural pathways to the brain. It is highly successful for helping people, horses and companion animals, recover function after injury, for improving athletic ability, for increasing physical and mental activities and reducing anxiety.
TTouch for the Sports Environment
There are many demands placed on the canine athlete while participating in Rally obedience, agility, scent work etc. Discover how TTouch can improve your pet’s performance in the trial ring. Learn mindful and forward-thinking techniques and exercises to help you and your dog with their anxiety around the trial environment. This workshop will focus on a variety of exercises/touches to lower anxiety and to improve your pet’s posture and balance.
The TTouch Method is not simply “training” a specific behaviour, but actually providing the animal with the education…