Front feet are getting better, still just tapping with a spoon. The great thing is that this way I can do pretty much any thing to her and if her head stays down all is well. The highest value treat here is dehydrated beef heart. When I get a small bag from the freezer excitement reigns! The open baggie sits on one end for easy accessibility- by me LOL. I also start on the less sensitive back feet. Each time my dog allows relaxed handling she gets a reward.
For her front feet she has to offer me a paw and is rewarded before we proceed. I have been leading the dance and expecting her to follow. My last dog was never very motivated by food or play rewards. While he tolerated grooming with a combination of stoic resignation and passive resistance, it was certainly not something he agreed to participate in. Imagine a 60 pound poodle casually tucking all of he feet under himself at once, like a cat in meatloaf position.
I worked hard on desensitising mine to nail trimming when they were pups and for a while all was well. Poppy still considers it worth letting me do it in exchange for plenty of chicken, but Sophy now absolutely hates it. I think the problem is that she has pulled several nails, including pulling one dewclaw right off, and although they now appear nearly normal she finds having them manipulated at least uncomfortable and possibly painful.
Being Sophy she therefore screams at the mere thought… I have tried using a grinder instead of clippers, but her long hair gets in the way, and attempting to slip a sock over her paw led to even more screams. We have played toe tickling games, and she will let me tap and rub each nail without a murmur, but that is as far as I can go.
As the pain from overlong nails would be greater than the pain of trimming them a little I insist, and do manage to get them done the screams are always in anticipation — she hardly notices the actual snip , but I would love to be able to use a grinder. Does anyone have any ideas on managing long hair without needing to poke the nail through a sock hole?
Playing the Bucket Game in this context is at present a distant dream — given the choice she leaves the room and sits on the stairs, even when freeze dried chicken is on offer. I sympathise — I feel much the same about having to visit the dentist! I had not seen these videos before! So glad you posted this information!
Such a simple but brilliant technique, and the videos do a great job of explaining the details. Game changer!!! I had a crazy thought when pondering your question.
I know, sounds insane, and possibly might be, but once something is on cue it is easier to stop. Screamed with her? If all these ideas sound less than helpful, I blame an early hour and not enough tea. Gotta give him credit for effective passive resistance. Skip did something similar when I tried to groom his butt, although his version was rolling on his back, lolling his tongue and looking as adorable as possible. I started the bucket game on this too, and it worked great. But he loves treats, so it was easy.
But your question about building interest in play or treats is interesting. One quick thing I do is tease dogs with food—show it to them and them snatch it away. I do it 3 times and most dogs are eager to snarf the food up. For now, what does your dog love? Brilliant work Colleen! I too found I was playing a version of the bucket game and also using head down as a cue for me that M or S was ready. Something to look into for sure. You are right that food-oriented dogs need to be trained something—ie, look at bucket without diving in , or head on floor, or some other posture.
The lick mat has the advantage of needing little training, thanks for bringing it up. Like the performance pressure is just too much. So, we do a body handling Thing before going out. There are two blooming cherry trees in our front yard that are so gloriously beautiful I get mesmerized staring at them when I look outside. Please keep the flower pictures coming!
Rachel, so true about the bucket game being slower than just getting it done. Definitely takes time and patience. I use that for myself all the time desktop computer in study only used for writing, for example, never for doing this or email! All the way from here. Especially his voice! I love talking like I think dogs talk as individuals. Love the lick mat idea I should add that to the blog , and I have one other version that worked great last week: Take Border Collie outside, ask to lie down.
Begin brushing while cat walks up and goes nose to nose with now immobile, barely breathing, totally transfixed BC. I got his entire back end brushed out, and it was windy besides. Alex, so wise to remember, as you do, that reinforcement is defined by the receiver! Yay for you. I am also interested in learning how to build treat and play drive. Another popular option is to run This Blows in a relay format with each team member needing to complete the activity before the next team member starts.
Bucket Head can also be used as part of a challenge to be completed in a scavenger hunt, amazing Race or a multitude of other themed events. Activity Description. Ping-pong balls will be on a table adjacent to the playing area. Once game begins, contestant may grab only one ball at a time to bounce and attempt to catch.
Contestant must release a ball from the hand before grabbing another ball to throw. All balls must be thrown and caught behind the foul line. Contestant may not play the challenge from a kneeling or seated position. At our twice-weekly YMCA playgroup, not everyone talks to me. Some of them are nice, many are standoffish.
Some of the standoffish ones even go to the trouble of carrying extra, suspicious, mistrustful stares in their diaper bags that they drag out just for me. It started innocently enough. I was over to the side, playing a game of Bucket Head with my kids. Being naturally friendly, I shared our family game with them. At first it was just a couple of the bolder 3-year-olds. They, in turn, passed it on. Paid It Forward. In a flash, toddlers everywhere were playing Bucket Head. Playing it hard.
Like a campfire in a meth lab, it quickly got out of control.
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