I have had the opportunity use EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) for animals, from dogs to cats, chickens, fish and birds.
I tap in exactly the same manner as I would if I was tapping for a human, the most important first step is to set the intention that this tapping is for the pet.
Something else I sometimes do with animals is to try to gain an awareness of where the energy is blocked, for this it will be easier if I give you and example of one instance: The Dog Who Was Not Walking Our family dog was not her usual self, not as energetic.
The first day I put it down to her just needing rest, we all have our off days.
The second day she was really not herself as she would normally do anything to play ball.
Later that evening we noticed that she was laying on her side, breathing heavily, her stomach was hard and she was in a lot of distress.
I was unable to find any vet at that time of night so I figured it was time to tap.
I did my usual tapping and after about 40 minutes I was not really seeing any change.
I was sitting about 3 meters away from her looking at her as I tapped and I then decided that I would move my hands over her body and stop when I came to a point where I felt blocked.
I did this and set the intention that if I hit resistance I would mentally see a blockage of energy and it would tell me that I had reached an area which needed releasing.
I Hit Resistance Immediately I started and almost immediately I felt that I hit resistance.
My mind wanted to say that it was not possible as I had not left her face, but I decided that I would go with it.
So I tapped for an overall release of blocked energy, pain, breathing etc..
and for each point I came to where I thought she ware blocked Every time I passed my hand over her body I starting at her nose and moved to a point of resistance.
This went on for almost 2 hours as I felt resistance every inch of the way over her body.
Each time I did two or three rounds of tapping I only moved another inch or so.
It was a very long process but if it was going to work then I was prepared to do whatever was necessary.
What happened next was remarkable.
I got to the point where I felt free energy all over her body until the last inch of her tail, after I tapped for that I was done.
I was exhausted from tapping and I knew there was not much more I could do.
Within 15 seconds of me stopping she stood up, walked to her water bowl, had a big drink and went and sat down.
All this time she had been laying on her side, and had not moved for several hours, now was laying in the normal manner with her eyes looking up at me.
The Dog That Beat The Odds The vet arrived the next morning and the first thing she said when both the dog and myself greeted her was, "obviously its not this dog, where is the sick dog".
After going over all the symptoms with the vet from the night before she expected to see a very sick dog, her next words were "I am surprised she made it through the night, and to be up walking around, dogs don't usually recover from that stage of this illness".
The vet already suspected the problem and a couple of tests confirmed she had pancreatitis.
This was just another example of the power of love and EFT.