Something for TOUGH Nails??
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Renee, if she's walking away then the dremel's too close. The entire point is to very slowly desensitize her to the dremel first while it's off. Some dogs will of course shut down or 'exit' (gotta love her confidence), if it's too close. In the middle of her eating her meals for example, try quietly setting it somewhere far enough away where she sees it but doesn't react.
Holding a dog down for any required handling only makes future handling worse. The long process of desensitizing can be painfully slow but for say one month of crazy patience, you get several years of stress free handling.
Hell, if we can get the lions to do it.......:rofl1:
Holding a dog down for any required handling only makes future handling worse. The long process of desensitizing can be painfully slow but for say one month of crazy patience, you get several years of stress free handling.
Hell, if we can get the lions to do it.......:rofl1:
Something tells me the lions are downright tractable compared to this bitch, lol!
The trick is going to be finding the reasoning that she'll buy. Sometimes . . . :wall: . . . well, what can I say? She IS my dog. I've often said that Bimmer is who I would be if I were a much better person, but Kharma is who I am.
The trick is going to be finding the reasoning that she'll buy. Sometimes . . . :wall: . . . well, what can I say? She IS my dog. I've often said that Bimmer is who I would be if I were a much better person, but Kharma is who I am.
That's a hoot, Linda. She climbed right up in my lap if I had a glass of wine
Doc, you'd crack up. If she sees me with a dremel or a pair of clippers even in my hand, she grunts, raises one eyebrow, gets up from wherever she is and stalks out of the room in a huff. I can call her back and get her to lie back down with much eye rolling, muttering under her breath and outright groaning (on her part) and tucking her feet up underneath her, cat style.
I'd probably be more effective if I could manage to NOT laugh and give her a hug and tell her "okay, I won't torment you."
Doc, you'd crack up. If she sees me with a dremel or a pair of clippers even in my hand, she grunts, raises one eyebrow, gets up from wherever she is and stalks out of the room in a huff. I can call her back and get her to lie back down with much eye rolling, muttering under her breath and outright groaning (on her part) and tucking her feet up underneath her, cat style.
I'd probably be more effective if I could manage to NOT laugh and give her a hug and tell her "okay, I won't torment you."