Puppy & Brushing
With my first dog I failed miserably. As a result I was taking her to groomers and they shaved here seasonally. With my new puppy (11 weeks yesterday), I refuse to give up, too early to give up. I tried to brush her, but all she wants is to play with the brush. Any tips on how to make your puppy like routine brushing? Shell I allow her to play with brush first? Thank you! |
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| read about puppy grooming in "sticky" post on the top. Thank you! But still, interested about playing with brush. Or... tons of treats should be used as a distraction? |
| Get another brush. One for you and one for her. Vance |
| Start off by only puttting her on the table for about 5-10 moinutes at a time. Go over her lightly with the brush or even with the back of the brush. Try to get her to lay sown, at least on her tummy, for a bit. Gradualluy increase the time on the table & the laying down to get to where she lays on her side. End the senssions on a positive note but also on your terms, not hers. The key is patience, moving slowly & doing this daily until she gets the hang of it. Make it a postive experience for both of you. |
Like Marilyn says  Do it nicely, but you are the one in control. Don't stop the session with puppy struggling. Stop when she's well behaved, even if it's a really short session. It's more about learning to behave than getting some actual grooming done. And put her on the table often, even several times a day. Short, sweet and effective! No brush chewing, no hand chewing. No pulling feet away. You can distract with little treats. Even having a 2nd person as the treat dispenser if you really are having trouble in the beginning. This is so important of a skill, you want to make it a part of their life really young. If done properly, you both will find this a nice way to spend time for many years to come. |
| So my remark was meant to be funny. With Zoey, what I did was act like the table is the best thing in the world, using a high pitched voice to get her up there. Once there, I laid her down and just pet her for a few minutes. this calms her and allows me to decide what I'm doing first. Once she's calm and relaxed, I slowly started brushing areas that i knew she liked being rubbed or scratched like her chest and belly. This made her really like where she was. Bit by bit we'd move to those places not on her hit list for a short time; go back to her chest and belly for a while and just keep going back and forth. After the second time grooming, she was a pro. Now she happily approaches the table and is always a dream to groom. Wanda got Caitlyn started out good on the table and I'm just continuing it. Occasionally she'll not want to be there but we work through it using the method I did with Zoey. So far so good. I always like to groom when Jen is around as she's a great calming tool for both dogs. She'll just stand there ans lightly scratch where they like it and I can brush all day. This way, everyone wins; I get the brushing done, Jens gets quality time with the dogs and they get a non-stop belly rub! What could be better. This is the best for doing the nails and pad fur trimming too... We always finish with both dogs with HUGE amounts of praise and hugs and kisses. Vance |
Vance wrote: So my remark was meant to be funny. Vance I knew you meant it as a joke.  I added it in my comment, as it's something Bond is working through right now. |
| Good advice here!! I put my puppy on the table everyday beginning the day he arrived. He is so used to it now. I would say to him, you're a sheepdog, this is your life.... like he could actually understands what I was saying! LOL |
Lisa&Brian wrote: Good advice here!! I put my puppy on the table everyday beginning the day he arrived. He is so used to it now. I would say to him, you're a sheepdog, this is your life.... like he could actually understands what I was saying! LOL LOL - I say the exact thing to my guys!! It worked 5 years ago for Chewie...so I'm doing and saying the same thing with Bond! |
| on table then bushing lightly, giving treats>>> I found small cubes of cheese as a treat and asking for puppy kisses it takes a bit of time but it is worth it    |
| For us it was just not giving in. We would just make Kenny get brushed...he is SOOOO much better now and only gets irritated when we brush near his sanitary parts or near his paws on his back legs. Either way, just keep doing it and get a nice brush. It will pay off. You just have to make them realize this is part of life and they can't do anything about it. Also, our breeder said to never let them up until you have completed brushing and make sure it's very calm when you do. |
| I did start to use a baby soft brush when Esher and Cloud was about 4/5 days old, just gentle brushing , |
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