| We may have made our pets dependent of a | | | | sessions with several rewards, so that he develop |
| comfortable life, in which the master takes them | | | | a conditional instinct of pleasure specifically in |
| out for casual walks and feeds them on | | | | these times. The first activity is the brushing of |
| command, after having cuddled them behind their | | | | his mean "fangs", to maintain their health and that |
| giddy ears, but a natural instinct for self-grooming | | | | of the gums too. The muzzle of the dog is |
| will never be gone, and the proud owner should | | | | another sensitive area so pat him gently and |
| sustain this instinct. This process is a daily and a | | | | caress the nose and when he pulls up his lip, you |
| weekly one, so dog grooming training is necessary | | | | will be able to position the toothbrush. Make him |
| in order to make it easier for the pet and for you | | | | feel good during this by enhancing his self-esteem, |
| too. As funny as a bubble bath may seem to our | | | | speaking to him slowly and soothingly and offering |
| kids, your furry friend may find it strangely | | | | him a reward: you shouldn't be surprised if this |
| irritating, unless you follow some simple training | | | | training hint will enable you to brush his teeth |
| guidelines to make him go through the ordeal of | | | | often and even turn it into a spa for your pet, an |
| grooming: from clipping his toenails, brushing his | | | | enjoyable one. |
| fangs, to smoothing that cute rich fur of his, or | | | | If you desire to clip the nails, the identical gentle |
| sleek glossy hide with a welcomed bath. That is | | | | behavior and treats are required, except that you |
| the reason why dog grooming training sessions | | | | have to touch his paws and to press them to see |
| are required, and the good news is you don't | | | | clearly the nails: it is not a particular pleasant thing |
| have to have a PhD or a BD for this; you do | | | | for your furry friend so be patient and persistent: |
| need some special tools, rewards to motivate the | | | | the time you are investing in the dog grooming |
| pet and the persistence of your school teacher | | | | training will be recovered soon, when he will sit |
| when telling you about logarithms. The result will | | | | calmly every time you want to perform the task |
| be a satisfying one, though, and your dog will be | | | | a bit faster. The brushing of the pet's coat of fur |
| fit to walk on a cat walk! | | | | is definitely not that difficult or disagreeable, like |
| A Dawdling Process | | | | brushing his teeth or clipping his toenails, to some |
| There are these few main activities that are | | | | extent. However, when delicate areas such as his |
| compulsory when speaking of a dog grooming | | | | back end or tail are involved, things have to be |
| training session: the brushing of his teeth, the | | | | taken slow: make him comfortable first, when |
| clipping of his nails so as not to scratch that | | | | touching these parts of his body, give him |
| beautiful leather arm chair you just bought or to | | | | rewards, speak soothingly to him, pat him |
| gather germs that make him prone to diseases | | | | carefully and in the end he will lighten up and allow |
| and taking care in every possible way of his fur, | | | | you to act there as well: operate with slow |
| less or more existent, depending on the breed: | | | | strokes of the brush in the back side and at the |
| the coat of a groomed dog must be glossy, | | | | tail to obtain an ideal grooming where it is |
| healthy and resistant. In order to do this, you will | | | | genuinely needed. |
| imminently annoy the dog by touching him in | | | | As it has been said, rewards and persistence are |
| forbidden places: his aggressiveness might be | | | | the main ingredients to performing a proper dog |
| aroused and he may act strangely every time | | | | grooming training, achieving both a better |
| the process recurs. The most important thing is | | | | relationship between you and the dog, and make |
| not to hurry up, dawdle here and there, with | | | | it a more enjoyable task with the permission of |
| smooth caresses and sprinkle the dog grooming | | | | your pet. |