
What is T-Touch?
Tellington T-Touch offers a gentle approach to training and caring for your pets. The technique was created by animal expert Linda Tellington-Jones, PhD (Hon) and is centered on mutual respect between animals and people.
When it comes to working with dogs, T-Touch is a great method for improving behavior, performance and health and upping the learning abilities of our pets. It also strengthens the bond between people and their animals.
T-Touch includes four elements that combine to create great positive change in your dog:
Gentle body work • Movement exercise • Specific equipment • Positive intention
T-Touch helps with many issues. Some of the areas in which you can see improvement:
Excessive barking & chewing • Leash-pulling • Jumping • Aggression • Fear/shyness • Grooming resistance • Excitability • Motion sickness • Aging symptoms
So, who is Lucie Leclerc?
Lucie is a senior T-Touch trainer in North America and the only french-speaking practitioner on the continent. Shehas loved animals since she was a toddler in Canada. She took Equine Studies in Quebec and received a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Lucie discovered T-Touch while researching her dog’s health issues. She began training as a T-Touch student and went on to become an advanced teacher, sharing her knowledgewithanimal lovers everywhere. Lucie looks for solutions and possibilities rather than just focusing on problems and loves to see animals reach their full potential with the Tellington method.
T-Touch Training
Lucie Leclerc is visiting Wondercide'shome base of Austin, Texas to teach a T-Touch Practitioner Certification Program focused on T-Touchwith dogs, cats and other companion animals. Tonight we attended the intro session, where Lucie demonstrated T-Touch on adoptable petsat Austin Animal Center. She showedhow circular touches that move the skin ina circle-and-a-quarter can help the nervous system learn about itself and teach animals to become more self-aware.
Babs the Adoptable Dog


Some T-Touch Techniques for Dogs

- Use the back of your hand for shy dogs.
- Try T-Touch on the mouth of an animal you trust: dogs can hold a lot of tension in their mouths when they are stressed, so you can do circular motions where the inside of the cheek meets the top of the gums.
- Ear work (circular motions or slides) can help dogs with jaw, throat, and shoulder stiffness.
- T-Touch on the forehead can give dogs a feeling of un-wrinkling a furrowed brow and offer relief.
- A light stomach lift toward the spine, then letting the dog's belly sponge back out will encourage deeper breathing.
Lyle the Adoptable Cat

T-Touch forCats
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For a scared cat, open the cover of their hardcarrier and slide a towel under the top, but over the cat. You can remove the cover without frightening the cat and begin T-Touch exercises through the towel if necessary.
- Try whisker slides and hair slides that create traction without pulling (for animals that are hard to groom, it can be a game-changer).
- Try a pearling technique on a cat's tail.
- Stomach lifts can help with constipation.
- Wraps (as shown in the photo above) make the body aware of its own tension and can help improve posture dramatically.
- Try other tool like feathers and paintbrushes for alternative touches.
Jersey theAdoptableRabbit

