Updates On 22nd Jul 2013

Dogs don’t naturally enjoy being handled in certain ways, e.g. nail trims and ear cleaning. However, we can make things easier by helping them grow accustomed to being groomed. The first step of the learning process is always for your dog to form a positive and rewarding association with what it’s not instinctively comfortable with.

Read http://www.cheerfuldogs.com/Documents/CheerfulDogsPositiveCERPuttingGoodIntoBad.pdf to find out more on how to put the “good” into something “bad”. The article focuses on how to get your dog to be comfortable with having eye-drops applied on a regular basis. There’s sure to be some nuggets of information in there that can be applied to other scenarios too!

Thank you Kang Nee for sharing another training tip with us!

Kang Nee is a certified professional dog trainer who works with us to help the dogs in our shelter increase their chances of finding a good forever home. Visit her website at http://cheerfuldogs.com/ to find out more on how to train dogs the kind (and right) way

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