I took Dandy to his first
TTouch session and it far exceeded my expectations! The practioner is also a positive based dog trainer so we
kinda got a 2 for 1 deal which was cool. She spent the session building trust with Dandy, letting him move at his pace. We do have homework to work on his confidence - this includes working towards putting "eye contact" on cue. Also using treat/retreat to relive pressure and to reinforce Dandy wanting to come to us for contact. On the touch side we will work up to doing slides (gently stroking) his ears, mouth and whiskers. We are also petting/stroking him with the back of our hands.
On the car ride home Dandy fell asleep and over the past couple of days we have seen a visual difference in him feeling more at ease. Way to go Dandy, we are all moving in the right direction! Here's Dandy relaxing after his
TTouch session as you can see he's relaxed and stretching out. More often than not, he's usually curled up on a ball or in a rigid not so comfortable looking position. We are looking to more relaxed days for sweet Dandy boy.
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