[PyrNet-L] Tellington Touch

[BCavins303@aol.com]

Yesterday when I went to Petsmart for dog food I found a copy of The
Tellington Touch.  I just wanted to send out to you a quotation that might
interest you all.  Linda Tellington Jones was raised on a farm in Edmonton.
"Life with the animals was an unself-conscious web of mutual support, survival
and pleasure.  It was only later, when I moved out into the world, that I
realized how far we humans have come from that connetedness.  It seemed to me
that we were distancing ourselves with increasingly dangerous results from our
common bond with other species, from our old intuitive recognition that we are
one with our fellow creatures, the same stuff of life, cell by cell, molecule
by miraculous molecule.  Over a period of time I realized that a big part of
the problem is our concept of animals as lesser beings.  As such, even when we
love them, we generally feel we must be dominant.  Often, in training them to
our purposes, we dont consider them indiviual creatures capable of a
surprising range of intellect and emotion.  Rather, we oftentimes believe that
animals learn only through repetition and force."

Mrs. Tellington first worked with horses and eventually came to use her
techniques on other animals including zoo animals and even snakes.  

It is interesting to note that one of her grandfathers worked as head trainer
in the 1001 horse stable under Czar Nicholas II and he played a signigicant
role in helping Mrs. Tellington learn how to use this hands on concept of
handling animals.

This is by no means being sent to anyone in order to insult anyone or to hurt
anyone's feelings.  I'm certainly no St. Francis, as several people have
accused me of trying to be, I'm just a very common person who has had
excellent results following a gentle means of training.

I just thought I would like to share this with you all.
Dave