Obviously all animals would be sensitive there becuase they have their brainstem there. When touched there it hurts and a headache is caused. Just wanted to show you! And great instructable! My dog is always hyper when someone comes in my house and then I use this technique and man! My dog is like asleep after! Thanx!
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ahhhh such a cute dog

One tip of advice:

Rub the dogs ears. It is one off the best was to relieve stress in dogs. Next time you go to the vet, watch him\her massage the dogs ears.

now im gonna try that

My dog is a long legged Jack Russel called Max... I might give him a massage, he's abit crackers.

aww hes soooooo cute!

cool. my dog is a female lab named daisy. she is way too smart! hope your dog is smart too! =D

It does work with cats as well. I found out by accident with my timid cat who loved it.

yeah I was watching Animal Planet and they were showing calming massages. I saw that you could do many long strokes from the forehead to the tail if you wanted.

slow firm strokes work really well....but that could apply to most things, couldn't it?

Scary vampire hand

My dog also love a massage. Another good place to try is the base of the tail where the hips end.

nice instructable and jack Russell. those are good dogs, my grandparents have one and hes great. +1

Nice job skate6566! I like your dog, it's very cute. +1 rating AND +1 vote.

Cool! I would recomend upload the video to youtube so it is easier to watch.