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Dremel (Nail Care) Introduction How-To (Osa 8 weeks) (Patreon)

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2021-03-07 12:45:04
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Hey everyone - in this unabridged training video of our first and second dremel training encounter I show you all the steps I did with Osa to be able to successfully dremmel her nails without fuss.

This is something I’ll practice a few times a week going forward to make sure that nail care/body handling is always non-conflict for myself, vets, her trainer and eventually her handler. Starting slow and moving at the dog’s pace is critical. Feel free to ask questions! Hope you’re all having a great weekend!

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Osa Dremmel Introduction (8 weeks)

Osa 8 Weeks Old - first and second exposure

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Earth2Wendy

Just a comment for Dan regarding re-training an adult dog with nail handling phobia: we used every step Laura described here in order to desensitize and counter conditionin (DS&C) to the sight, then sound and feel of the butt of the vibrating Dremel, also in order to DS&C to reaching for and touching paws & nails. Then we added DS&C to touching the tip of the dremel *without* the sandpaper on it to my dog’s nails, then, finally, we added reverse luring (I think that’s the right term?) in the form of a tube of liver paste on the floor in front of my dog’s face (with him lying down). He was allowed to look at it, smell it, etc but not touch it (I covered it with my hand if necessary whenever he tried), then I fed liver paste off the tip of a butter knife for every nail I Dremeled—initially even just partially. The only time the liver paste came out (I kept it in the freezer and thawed it for nail trims) was when doing nail trims. So am just adding here the idea of reverse luring (if I’m using the term correctly) as another idea to try, to all that is described here. This was for an adult that was terribly phobic. So obviously much more work went into desensitizing to the Dremel than necessary when starting young. It sounds like it all took forever, right? But actually it took something like 10 days to change my dog’s attitude about nail trims for the rest of his life. Time well invested! (Also I did nail trims at home for that dog if/when taking him to the groomer, then told them to leave his nails alone. Didn’t want anybody ruining all my hard work! ;-)…)

DOGGY•U
>>107971706

Haha yes! Always reject having the groomer or vet do them if you're working on positive associations. You might "get it done" that day but you'll set yourself back at home.

The Woof Pack

How often do you practice this with her. Once a day, every few days, once a week?

Morgan

Good stuff! Are you going to be making more grooming content? I’d love to see! I’m getting a Golden Retriever puppy this summer, so I’d love to see some more grooming stuff! I’m wanting to introduce my puppy to different brushes/combs and grooming scissors, as well as the grooming table. Would love to see how you might break down something like this!

DOGGY•U
>>56162588

Hi Morgan! Welcome! I will definitely keep this in mind and be sure to tape some of my training with Osa regarding the brush. As far as a grooming table goes, I recommend you teach a "go to place" and spend a lot of time rewarding on the grooming table as "place". Admittedly I've always had easy dogs that don't require much in the way of grooming (that is by design because I am lazy! lol) but the concepts surrounding those behaviors are the same. I'm about to post a video of the beginning of a "hold" behavior. The chin target is an awesome tool for grooming and cooperative care. Below are two videos you may find helpful in that regard: Chin Rest: https://youtu.be/uLgk45u4dRQ and Stationing Behavior: https://youtu.be/IdpXKpq0UwI

Dan

Hey there!! Thanks for this! I have Charlie, she is a Great Dane lab mix just over a year old and she recently has broken two nails. Not sure how and they didn’t seem to long. We had her nails done up to this point at a groomer or vet or occasional us. There didn’t seem to be any problems but she didn’t like itShe is a rescue and may have had an issue. She now has gotten to the point where her back paws are nearly off limits and she is showing signs of aggressive behavior when you try to look at the broken nails. Vet said just as long as no oozing they will heal. But even looking is a chore and I am scared it’s making her not trust me and she is becoming defensive. Would love any help on how to help her. I do hold her paws when we are sitting and she seems fine with that mostly.

DOGGY•U
>>83212045

Hey Dan - body handling, especially for adult dogs that haven't had much experience can be challenging at first. You want to take it really slow and basically start with just reaching for, say, a front foot that isn't painful. Reach towards, yes, treat. Reach towards, yes, treat. continue until the dog is happy with you reaching. Then touch foot, yes, treat. repeat while slowly raising the criteria with this particular foot until the dog is happy you're picking it up. This must be completed prior to working with the difficult foot. Obviously, body handling/cooperative care can take a while for the dog to learn. That means that for the time being I recommend you feed a ton of food while a second person (if possible) looks at the nail. You could also teach the dog to put its back foot up onto a pedestal so you can see it better. If you'd like to talk more about this topic, make sure you include it in the call for questions when I post for this month's livestream!