I wanted to let you know that I used Tellington Touch this weekend and had immediate results with it. I had tried some of the touches on my dogs while I was taking your class and they seemed to enjoy them. My girl particularly liked them; she seemed to sense that I was trying to communicate with her in a different manner, and she responded to and returned the intimacy. This past weekend we had a thunderstorm, first one we'd had in a long while. I have never known her to be upset over thunder but she was very unsettled and restless. After several unsuccessful attempts at calming her I tried the clouded leopard and lots of ear work, and within minutes she was resting and soon fell asleep. Thanks for the knowledge you shared with us. I see now how it can really be an asset to have this ability. Best of luck to you.
Lisa G.

Thanks so much for the very productive time you spent with Jake and us yesterday afternoon. You were informative and gave us methods we can easily use. Jake is still responding (even this morning!) to the command, click, and treat method. The tiny circling on his skin is just amazing. Earlier this morning he had an aggressive outburst as his big Lab friend, Caesar, walked by. Harry got him into his arms and did the circling; in seconds he was calmed and sleepy! I know we have many miles to go before this becomes our ordinary, everyday method of caring for Jake, but we are all greatly encouraged with the present results. We are truly grateful for your sharing these amazing methods with us. Thank you again.
Mary Ann W.

I have a Redbone puppy (8 weeks), who goes over excited and spins out control. If you crate her, she calms down and goes to sleep. Generally that is the problem, she gets too tired. She started the behavior when I came home Sunday. I started doing the clouded leopard. I noticed a slight change. She started grapping. I did the raccoon under her nose. She calmed down and went to sleep. I am finding that the llama and chimp are working well. I have added a homeopathic remedy that fit the picture, but I know it is the TTouch that is getting through.
Mary

I've had several occasions to work on Holly this week. We had a huge thunderstorm roll by on Monday, a smallish one on Tuesday, and another doozy on Wednesday. After the first big boom, Holly went into her "worry trance". I called her to me, she came reluctantly, but I picked her up and put her across my lap. I started TTouching her, slowly, gradually working from head to tail. Within a few minutes, she relaxed. I kept working. During the height of the storm, she lay down next to me and rested. She has been scared of storms for 2 years now (since she was 5), and this is the first time she has laid down during a storm. My husband is very impressed. I've started working on the other 2 whippets. The 13 year old male leans into it and loves it. The 12 year old female is not quite sure yet, but doesn't run away any more.
Kristy L.

Weill took Tuffy to his first show since I started working on him. We went to 2 shows last weekend and one more this past weekend. Last weekend I got him groomed and was sitting down to work on him before we went to the ring. He was happy and starting to relax. The person next to us put 3 Shelties in a x-pen where Tuffy could see them and Tuffy was getting "protective".
He was starting to get agitated and not paying attention to what I was doing. I put the Halti on him and took him for a walk to settle him down. At first he resisted it, he started to calm down, think more and pay attention to what I was doing. He settled down.
We went back to the motor home and I put the Halti away and we went to the ring. While waiting outside the ring to go in again, I did some work on him and he was very receptive to all of it. We went in the ring and he stood quietly to have the judge examine him and even did not balk when the judge looked in his mouth. It was like having a different dog in the ring with me.
We got the reserve placement but it was a better job than before. I could not have been more pleased with him. The next day we showed again and we didn't have the problems before the ring that I had on Saturday. Again I got a reserve and it wasn't due to his behavior.
This past Sunday I took him up to the show and worked on him some before and at the ring. He had a little bit of trouble just outside the ring which was caused by a bitch in season. When we got in the ring, he was a different dog again. This time we came away with a point toward his championship. He was just great and it was nice not having to fight him all the way.
Debbi M.

Just wanted to let you know how well TTouch can work on the coursing field. Two Ridgebacks, Betty and Bantu, collided on the field. They were running very fast. Since I know Bantu's folks, we immediately did Reiki and the remedy arnica. He did well.
Next day on elimination round, Betty was not running well. Bantu's owner went to Betty's owner, Judy, and told her that I do Reiki. She came to me, worried, Betty was going to run another round and she was not sure she should. I did Reiki, found the problem spot in the lumbar region. Reiki did not help much, except that Betty was worried about not running again. She was upset over the prospect.
I started doing TTouch on the area and moved her tail as you showed me. BANG every muscle relaxed and Betty got immediate relief. She ran again, a better run than the first, much better. Betty was very pleased with herself and I suggested strangely that Judy might want to learn TTouch. I told her I was very sure that CT had plenty of teaching practitioners! 
The TTouch technique is amazing. Our dog, Luke, came to us as a nine-month old stray with some very bad behavior habits. Through training we were able to correct most of them, but he still had a couple that we could not reverse. The worst was that he would grab a person's hand and "mouth" it or lick it at every opportunity. In a single TTouch session we were able to stop him from that annoying habit. In addition, he has been noticeably calmer and when he does get excitable, a gentle TTouch approach calms him down almost immediately.
Don S.

 I just wanted to let you know that the workshop was quite valuable to me.
First, I learned how to use some more techniques: the Halti and the Labyrinth, etc. I have the poles now for my own labyrinth -- just looking around for elastic to use to get the puppy conditioned for the Halti. I have decided to use those training methods regardless of what Schutzhund does. 
The second great benefit is that it helps me be clear about my assumptions about my animals. Specifically, I know now that I believe them to be sentient, intelligent, very sensitive and willing learning beings, who participate in soul as much as I do. Your questions about our assumptions helped me with that. I find that I am hardly able to tolerate harshness or violence to animals in the name of "training" and can only put up with it when it is none of my business -- and I am not sure when that might be any more.
Finally I think I got to know my boy, Bruno, a lot better. I have given up on any real intensive Schutzhund work on him, because that's not who he is. I don't want to force him, but help him find the channels for his proclivities that will reward and enrich us both. I guess I saw clearly how easily he just slipped into the gentle and supportive spirit of the workshop and in his very tentative and dependent nature. I can help him with his doubts, and I am pretty sure the direction may be more in companionship than in Schutzhund, although I know the two aren't mutually exclusive. At any rate, I got clarity on where he may go and on who he is now and how I want to deal with that.
Greg F.