"TTouch® Walking in Balance" is so much more than Leash Walking (but it will help with that, too!)

Seminar Title: Tellington TTouch® Techniques: Walking in Balance with Your Dog
Speaker: Lori Stevens, SAMP

Who will benefit from this seminar?

Professionals and pet owners who:

• experience shoulder, neck, back, or hand pain from walking dogs
• want more dog walking tools and techniques for themselves or to help their clients with
• have dogs who pull, even occasionally
• want their dog to be in physical, mental, and emotional balance
• wonder if the equipment they are using fits well and is as effective as it could be
• want to know more about TTouch^® methods

Seminar Description: TTouch® is a gentle, positive method of bodywork and movement based on more than three decades of results with dogs, horses, and many other animals, including zoo animals. TTouch® is also effectively used with people. TTouch® provides a powerful set of tools and techniques that improve an animal’s behavior, performance, and health. It also enhances the relationship between animals and their human companions.

In this 1-day workshop you will be introduced to positive tools and techniques to help you walk more effectively and in balance with your dog or your clients' dogs. If you are a dog professional, you will have more tools to help your clients with. We will cover:

• TTouch body work to help your dog on walks
• TTouch wrapping techniques that can help with walking
• Body and leash cues that influence how our dogs walk with us
• Body positioning, both ours and our dog
• Tension patterns and other problems from leash pulling
• How to achieve your own balance and your dog's while walking and what to look for
• Leash techniques and configurations, e.g. communicating more effectively with your dog through a leash
• Using the power of TTouch walking techniques, e.g. Two Points of Contact
• Equipment: Harness fit and leashes and how to use equipment effectively and without force
• How to influence change in your walking relationship
• Balanced movement exercises through a TTouch course
• Other tools and techniques for walking with your dog

About the Seminar Speaker:

Lori Stevens is a Guild Certified Tellington TTouch^®Practitioner for companion animals (dogs, cats, birds, etc.). She is also certified in Canine Massage by the National Board of Certification for Animal Acupressure & Massage and in Small Animal Rehabilitation Massage.

Lori has a positive and gentle approach to dog training and she continually strives to better understand the interactions among animal behavior, performance, learning, and health. She has an established companion animal practice offering private sessions and workshops. Lori’s experience and approach are holistic and one of respect for animals as teachers. See SeattleTTouch.com for more information about Lori and her work.