In this issue -— October 24, 2007
 Linda is Upcoming Guest on Equine Teleseminar!
Using TTouch to Help Shelter Animals
Quick, Simple, Easy and Beneficial! - Ear Slides
Join Linda at a Training in 2007 or 2008
Opportunities to Build a Foundation in TTouch
Opportunities to TTEAM Up with Your Horse
 Linda is Upcoming Guest on Equine Teleseminar!
 EquineTeleseminar.net will feature Linda in a live interview on November 28.
The live interview with host Patricia Reszetylo will take place on Wednesday, November 28 at 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain and 5pm Pacific time. Visit Equine Teleseminar online and sign up to talk to Linda during the interview!
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Using TTouch to Help Shelter Animals
 People often write or send emails describing their experiences with the Tellington TTouch and how it has helped them and their animal companions.
We recently received this from a woman sharing how TTouch has helped a shelter cat named Duchess.
My story involves a three year-old shelter cat named Duchess. She had been a stray and she's a real sweety but a classic scardy-cat. When anyone approached her cage she would burrow into her deep bed and hide her face. She held her rigid body in a tight little ball and when you could see her eyes they were wild with fear.
I approached her slowly and gradually with very short TTouch sessions of 5-10 minutes. Being the little lady she is she never made a sound nor tried to bite or scratch me. A real break-through came on the third visit when her eyes became soft and she began to lean her face into my touches. We dispensed with her "security blanket" - her bed - which was traumatic, I'm sure, and replaced it with flat bedding. By the fifth visit another break-through came when she went onto her side and relaxed and stretched her legs into some gentle Leopard Touches.
Duchess will now "hop" timidly around her cage. I'm looking forward to going back and introducing her to some new environments, experiences, flooring surfaces, etc. She will make someone a wonderful gentle and loving pet. It has given me immense pleasure to connect with her and to be a part of her progress.
There's nothing like a success of this kind to inspire one to keep touching, touching, touching!
Bonnie Sanders
Learn how to help shelter cats and other animals:
For cats
Getting in TTouch With Your Cat: A Gentle Approach to Influencing Behavior and Health by Linda Tellington-Jones. Linda shows how the TTouch Method can help cats adapt to new environments, calm timid or nervous cats, and correct aggressive behavior like biting, scratching, and fighting. The book also illustrates the physiological benefits of TTouch and how it helps to ease pain and stress caused by arthritis, carsickness, digestive problems, and other disorders.
For Dogs
Getting in TTouch with Your Dog: An Easy, Gentle Way to Better Health and Behavior by Linda Tellington-Jones with Gudrun Braun. This book not only offers a positive, no-force approach to training, but also much, much more!? Using the TTouches, Leading Exercises and the Confidence Course, a dog?s performance and health are improved, common behavior issues are solved and physical problems are positively influenced.
For Horses
The Ultimate Horse Behavior and Training Book: Enlightened and Revolutionary Solutions for the 21st Century by Linda Tellington-Jones with Bobbie Lieberman. Foreword by John Lyons. Introduction by Susan Harding, Publisher of EQUUS. This book offers effective, humane solutions to all your behavior and training questions.
For All Animals
The Tellington-Touch: A Breakthrough Technique to Train and Care for Your Favorite Animal by Linda Tellington-Jones with Sybil Taylor. Covering a wide variety of animals, including domestic and zoo animals, this is a wonderful definitive book for learning the Tellington-Touch and an intriguing account of Linda's experiences from around the world.
Quick, Simple, Easy and Beneficial! - Ear Slides
 by Stacy Lewis, TTouch Practitioner Level 2
In this article, Stacy shares the story of Digger, a pit bull/boston terrier mix who was lulled to sleep with Ear Slides at DoggiePalooza!
At a recent dog festival, a woman from Underdog Rescue rushed past me with a crate - housing a tiny puppy who was shaking from over stimulation, anxiety and being cold. I couldn't resist. "Could I hold him and help settle him down for a little bit?" I asked, as she stopped and eagerly handed me this little pup named "Digger" who was up for adoption.
As I took Digger close into my fleece jacket, I began to stroke his ears gently - from the base of the ear to the tip - making sure to eventually stroke all of the ear. As I did this, his body temperature began to rise, his shaking began to subside and he began to relax into my arms more. Within less than 5 minutes of doing a couple of very simple circular TTouches and Ear Slides, this once freezing cold, shaking pup was sound asleep inside my jacket. We were both in heaven.
Ear Slides are just one of many TTouches that we use to help relax animals so they can think and make better choices. If you're interested in learning how you can learn how to do TTouches for yourself and your pets, give me a call!
Until then, practice some gentle Ear Slides on your pets!
About Stacy Lewis
Stacy Lewis is the Creature Teacher with Dancing Porcupine LLC and is a Level 2 Certified Tellington TTouch Practitioner for Companion Animals, Shamanic Practitioner and Animal Communicator. She is a sought after clinician and public speaker and her work has been published in Twin Cities Dog magazine, Essential Wellness, Minnetonka Magazine and The Edge newspaper in Minnesota. Stacy has also appeared on the national ESPN2 show, Makeover: Hunt Dog Edition, KFAI and AnimalWise Radio, Fox News, and was a keynote speaker at the First Annual International Association of Animal Massage and Bodyworkers Conference.
Stacy is the author of JAVA: The True Story of a Shelter Dog Who Rescued a Woman - a true account of the trials, tribulations and incredible triumphs of her work with her dog, Java. Drawing from her twelve years of experience in teaching children, animals and adults, her book showcases the mindset and methods needed to work with challenging creatures successfully.
Java is an accomplished teacher, student, dancer, and warrior. She is an exuberant Plott Hound with the wisdom of a sage and the spirit of a puppy. She is the dog who led Stacy to where she is today, and vice versa. Stacy and Java make their home where their heart is. Together.
Stacy Lewis
Level 2 Tellington TTouch Practitioner for Companion Animals
Shamanic Practitioner
Animal Communicator
612-817-4473
stacy@DancingPorcupine.com
www.DancingPorcupine.com
Join Linda at a Training in 2007 or 2008
 Work personally with Linda Tellington-Jones at a training in Texas, Hawaii, Virginia or Massachusetts!
Linda will be teaching the following trainings:
Six-day TTEAM Training with Horses
(The first day, Saturday, is open to the public)
Austin area, Texas
November 3-8, 2007
TTouch-for-You and Your Horse
Kona, Hawaii
January 20-26, 2008
TTouch-for-You
Application of Tellington TTouch for people!
Kona, Hawaii
February 10-16, 2008
Six-day TTEAM Training
with Horses
Midddleburg, Virginia
April 30 - May 5, 2008
Five-day TTEAM Training
with Horses
Conway, Massachusetts
Date to be announced
Register for a training or call 866-4-TTouch for more information.
Opportunities to Build a Foundation in TTouch
 A week-long Foundation Training gives you the opportunity to learn and practice the basic principles of the Tellington TTouch for Companion Animals.
In the Introductory session to this dynamic TTouch training and learning system, you will explore and acquire some of the TTouch techniques you can use to help dogs, cats and other animal companions. Using these techniques will enable you to enhance your relationship with all animals.
TTouch Foundation Training
Kanab, Utah at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
February 16-20, 2008
TTouch Foundation Training
New York City, New York
March 8-12, 2008
TTouch Foundation Training
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
June 8-13, 2008
TTouch Foundation Training
Kanab, Utah at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
June 25-29, 2008
TTouch Foundation Training
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
October 5-10, 2008
One and Two-day Practitioner Workshops
Visit our Location Calendar to find a one- or two-day workshop near you!
Register for a training or call 866-4-TTouch for more information.
If these events are not timely for you or too far away, please visit our Calendar arranged by geographic location. We hope there is an event that will be just right for you!
Opportunities to TTEAM Up with Your Horse
 Join horse people from all over country at a TTEAM training for horses!
At a workshop you can learn about the TTEAM training approach that encourages optimal performance and health and presents solutions to common behavioral and physical problems. TTEAM horses demonstrate marked improvement in athletic skills and increased willingness and ability to perform. Not only does the horse benefit, but also a deeper rapport grows between horse and rider because of increased understanding and more effective communication.
Linda’s sister, Robyn Hood, TTEAM and TTouch Instructor and Editor of the TTEAM Connections Newsletter has the following trainings:
Five-day TTEAM Training
Davidson (Charlotte area), North Carolina
February 17-21, 2008
Starting Young Horses - the 19th Annual Event at Bitterroot Ranch
Dubois, Wyoming
June 9-14, 2008
Instructor Edie Jane Eaton will teach the following trainings:
Three-day TTEAM Training
Kanab, Utah at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
November 16-18, 2007
Register for a training or call 866-4-TTouch for more information.
If these events are not timely for you or too far away, please visit our Calendar arranged by geographic location. We hope there is an event that will be just right for you!
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