Training
Teaching a Chin Rest: The Most Useful Trick You Are Not Teaching
A chin rest gives your dog a way to say yes to being handled. It makes ear drops, eye checks, grooming and vet visits dramatically easier, and takes a week…
Tag: handling
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Training
Teaching a Dog to Accept Grooming
Most dogs who hate brushing were hurt by it once. Here is how to build, or rebuild, a dog who lies still for it.
Dog Care
Home Grooming: A Realistic Routine
What to do daily, weekly and monthly, and how to build a dog who tolerates all of it. Includes affiliate links.
Training
Cooperative Care: Teaching a Dog to Consent to Handling
Vet visits, nail trims and ear drops go better when the dog has a way to say no. Here is the chin rest, the bucket game, and how consent-based handling…
Dog Care
Nail Trimming Without the Wrestling Match
If nail trims are a fight in your house, the problem is not the clippers. Here is how to rebuild it from scratch — and why overgrown nails genuinely hurt.