Has anyone got any experience of this? Has it helped your dog? Are you a practioner?

I'd be really grateful for anyones views/opinions/experiences, etc as I don;t have any knowledge about this at all but have just been reading about it whilst viewing mekuti harnesses.

It seems that this may benefit our new dog who has a few problems (for which we will be seeing a behaviourist in the new year) & is quite excitabale at times, pulls on her lead and suffers from anxiety. Toby (our first dog) whilst is a happy, confident dog absolutely HATES the vets despite trying many trips there to try & overcome his anxiety (no treatment, just treats but he still won't let the vet near him).

But .... I'm a bit of an old cynic & am not sure if this is a proven technique or a load of hippy rubbish - sorry, I really don't mean to offend anyone but hope you know what I mean

Having only got my first dog in Jan '10 & recently getting our second I have little experience as a dog owner so can only go on what I've just read which does sound convincing .... but then so does alot of stuff on the internet so thought I'd ask here for some informed opinions.

Thanks!

Sorry no first hand experience but I know of someone who said it helped their dog. I know you can go on courses to train yourself too.

Hope you gets some help and advice, I'll look forward to hearing more about this

I think "the science bit" about the technique is highly dubious BUT I think it's worth a try and at least focusses you on spending some quality time with your dog. Most dogs would benefit from an increase in concentrated calm handling.

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ttouch was discovered by chance so there is no science behind it. If properly done is a godsend.
I have done an intro workshop and it was all I needed to get my dog over fireworks phobia, the worse he has done this year on the 5th of November was to jump on the sofa and sit close when before he would be a shaking mess.

He is also vet phobic, but I took him to a P3 ttouch practitioner and she gained his trust very quickly, he was unmuzzled and let her massage him everywhere, pull his tail, the lot. He was so much more relaxed and happy for several days after that and improved around dogs, too. Will def go back for more.

Def worth doing a workshop first with an approved practitioner to learn the basic touches and about pressure and the see some one for more specific issues.

It is also an incredible way of bonding.

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I read a previous post from you on another thread but after I originally posted this - typical, I should search first!!

I can't find anyone who is P3 near me so was thinking of maybe doing an intro course myself. How much was this? As you say it sounds like a good way of bonding as well

It was £50 for the intro, it lasted an afternoon. Dogs where welcome, but only easy going dogs as the ones there will have to be ok to be touched by people they don't know... my dog was out of the question, and in all fairness also at least one of the dogs there, a lab, that really did his best to disrupt the class.

The reason I chose the P3 practitioner is because she came highly recommended and my dog is really quite stressed at being touched by people he doesn't know therefore I needed some one with experience of possible reactive dogs. She is in Reading and the workshop was with a different one in Surrey, I live in London.

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lol Well the book I've read tries to explain the benefits with a pseudo-scientific explaination, which to be honest would have been better left out and replaced with "we don't know why it works but it does".

I'm not saying I don't think it works, I think it's probably highly effective but the explaination as to WHY it works was - in my opinion -bunkum.

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That's not a bad price! I'm not sure if it would be wise to take Roxy as she is very reactive around other dogs & I relly don't know how she'd be with someone she didn't know touching her. Will definitely look in to this though

I know what you mean about things like that, that's why I thought I'd ask as I read some explanation & was a bit put off by the waffle.

If she is reactive around dogs, in fact unless she is completely calm I wouldn't take her as she would at the very least be a distraction to you.

I think this is one area where practice makes better, it takes a little while to get to grip with it and I am very far from it, but what I can do now helps my dog. I don't care to know how it works, just when it works, it is very much a one to one with your dog, reading his body language all the time as he will tell you if you are doing it right or in the place

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She is having a few problems in the evening where she seems to tense & has (at first) attacked Toby for no apparent reason. We are consulting a behaviourist about this but I wondered if TTouch would also help with this. I think alot of it relates to either anxiety, jealousy & some form of resource guarding (maybe all three) but am trying to find techniques to manage this.

Things have improved massively over the past couple of weeks but want to ensure both dogs are as relaxed & calm as possible