grooming
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grooming
who knows how to properly groom a chow chow?
my baby does not like me grooming him. he is still a puppy. how should i deal with it?
love all advice. thxs
my baby does not like me grooming him. he is still a puppy. how should i deal with it?
love all advice. thxs
Neither choice is the correct answer in your 'grooming poll'
You'd be better off grooming your pup for very short intervals, with treats or some reward, a few times a day, everyday. The point is not to do grooming, but to get the pup used to being handled this way. Then you'd increase the length of sessions, and decrease the amount of sessions. For example, five minutes three times a day, turns into ten minutes twice a day, then fifteen minutes once a day...
You'd be better off grooming your pup for very short intervals, with treats or some reward, a few times a day, everyday. The point is not to do grooming, but to get the pup used to being handled this way. Then you'd increase the length of sessions, and decrease the amount of sessions. For example, five minutes three times a day, turns into ten minutes twice a day, then fifteen minutes once a day...
Murphy hates the brush but allows grooming of the body for about 15 minutes a time. He is sensitive about his rump area so that is very difficult to brush. Working with a leash to hold still sometimes helps just enough for 5 minutes of the rump area brushing. Otherwise he would run away from me and zoomie until I gave up. During shedding time I would have to brush over 30 minutes a day but after the shedding a good 15 minutes every other day works for him- except his butt again.
- M & M, Michelle and Murphy