You can help your dog be more comfortable with the care you need to give them.
This workshop is for anyone who wants to help their dog tolerate and even enjoy the kind of physical care that often makes dogs uncomfortable and even aggressive. IAABC outlines cooperative care in this article.
We care for our dogs to keep them happy and healthy. Sometimes they don’t tolerate that care easily or comfortably. We can help them be more at ease with this care.
Pax’e stands calmly waiting for her treat while I wash the muck from her feet. No restraint and no struggle!
You can enroll in this workshop to prevent your dog from developing handling issues, or you can enroll to fix handling issues your dog has (see limitations below).
This cooperative care workshop will teach you how to desensitize and counter condition your dog to accept and be comfortable with non-preferred body handling activities. Cooperative care can be –
- Brushing
- Combing
- Ear cleaning
- Nail trimming
- Teeth brushing
- Moderate upkeep between grooming
- Medication oral, injectable, topical, etc.
- Accepting equipment, like harnesses, muzzles, cones, etc.
- Having more successful vet visits
Yes – you might see the bucket game in this class. Thanks Chirag!
This workshop is four weeks and the first week is for humans only.
Enrollment is limited to the following:
- There are four spots for dog/human teams. The dogs need to be dog and stranger comfortable and have NO bite history.
- There are three spots for humans to audit without their dogs. These are for families whose dogs need help with cooperative care but are not dog and stranger comfortable, and/or have a bite history.
This is not a class on how to groom your dog.
The workshop fee is $280 for dog/handler teams and $250 for human-only auditors.
This class meets for an hour and attendees will bring their own supplies.