Ground work involves guiding the animal through movement exercises in non-habitual ways. Together, body work and ground work are designed to create a calm, attentive, focused state of consciousness and bring feelings, habitual responses, and bodily states of awareness. In this state, the animal can use its mental and physical resources to reorganize its programming and develop more appropriate patterns and responses. TTouch has helped dogs suffering from barking and chewing, fear and shyness, car sickness, jumping up and leash-pulling, fear aggression, submissive urination, separation anxiety, arthritis, discomfort associated with hip dysplasia, and more. TTouch is easy to do and takes very little time to achieve results.
Sessions are one hour long, one week apart, for three weeks.
One of many alternative options available in veterinary health care, TTouch should never replace veterinary care. However, pet owners interested in holistic therapies for their pets and those who want to make a change in behavior or help relieve pain and discomfort may find it useful. Holistic therapies run the gamut from acupuncture to herbal remedies and flower essences to vitamin and mineral supplementation. The difficulty for veterinarians and pet owners alike is that this is a relatively new field in veterinary medicine and there is little hard evidence from scientific studies to assess the response of pets to these treatments. We recommend a blend of traditional and holistic treatments for pets.