• A good instruction manual for starting with EFT can be downloaded for free at http://dragonrising.com - Adventures In EFT Demo, and you can get the full Animal EFT protocol here on the site.

EFT works very well on animals. It can be used directly on the animals but most animals prefer not to be tapped on. Because of this, you can either use TAB (Touch and Breathe) a system whereby each point is simply held while the animal takes in a breath and lets it out, or do the tapping on yourself or on another person as proxy for the animal.

If you are doing it on another person as proxy for an animal, the person can be touching the animal but it is not necessary for the animal to be present or even in the same place, as the procedure works just as well at a distance (how far distant is immaterial).

• Most therapists working on animals prefer to do the tapping on themselves, either as the animal or on behalf of the animal's guardian.

For example, for a dog that is terrified of thunder you could start the procedure by making the set-up statement along the lines of: "I am Bonzo and even though I am terrified of loud noises I deeply and completely accept myself", or you could say "I am Sally (Bonzo's guardian) and even though Bonzo is terrified of loud noises I deeply and completely love and accept him". You can, of course, work on your own animals in much the same way and clearing your own problems around your animal's problems is often a very beneficial first step.

It is helpful to read as much as you can about the best ways of working with EFT , because, although some long-standing and apparently difficult problems can be cleared very quickly, other problems have many different aspects which would need working on to clear the problem completely and searching out aspects is not always simple. With animals, often the aspects of a problem can be the person's rather than the animal's.

Some suggestions for ways of carrying out EFT for animals, and as to how the guardian's problems are so often mirrored by the animal, can be found on www.irishwolfhounds.org/eft.htm

Tips on using EFT for human animal related problems can be found here:

• Pet Bereavement
• Communicating With Animals
• Training & Competing With Animals
• When Your Animal Friend Has A Problem Or Illness

Spirit Animal Net Recommends: Adventures In EFT