ELEPHANT HUG (EH)

How: Interlace your fingers or a widely folded towel around the animal’s upper rib cage and work your way rhythmically up and down the trunk area. Add a slow lifting and releasing weight shift. Dog Breathe and release SLOWLY. During the lift the animal’s legs remain in contact with the ground.

Used For: Thoracic – Ribs and breathing mobility improvement and spinal motion.

Be Aware: This is a GREAT way to integrate the handler to help with an IPT session or as homework. Animals will actively assist by rounding their backs and self release, as their back dis-ease patterns decrease.

Extras SHELLING: Holding turtle shell in an X position. Gentle upward lift (DB) with gravity comfort and claws on ground awareness. Maintain conversational and visual permission patterns. Used for improved oxygenated nutrients and mobility to area hands cannot reach.

Precautions: trapping of fingers under shell near extremities

How: Place palm on the tail attachment (sacrum area) and AV. At the same time begin to PE tail positions. Up, down, in small circles. Gentle pulling relaxes the back and hips.

TAIL POWER (TP)

Used For: Full body relaxation, low back ache, postural maintenance, feels good. Opens and releases the entire body. This needs to be done gently and relaxed with a Dog

Breathe rhythm

Pay Attention: To the animal’s ‘look’.

Equus will begin to ‘drive’ by weight shifting forward. Release when the animal ‘tells’ you to…LISTEN…

Precautions: Elderly, inflamed arthritis, injury, non-anatomical, loose joints, animal is not in the mood…

 How: Begin with gentle circular motions with mild FS, AV and PE. Try this on your self so you are aware of the pressure comfort but the pet WILL let you know.

 Used For: This is a GREAT tool for flighty or feral animals that are not ready for “human contact”.

Mickey has neck and knee dis-ease. By keeping her back & hips ‘soft’ you can see how she now lays in full spinal extension. This is NOT a normal sleeping pattern of hers when her back and legs are bothersome! (one session…)