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Sometimes Labradors need to be helped. They need their nails clipping, they need to have drops put in their ears, they have to have a bandage changed, or a tooth examined, or a leg, or a lump. You know how it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But sometimes, Labradors don\u2019t want to be helped!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have recently had to pursue your<\/i> four legged friend around the kitchen table with his eye ointment, or worse still have had to engage him in an unseemly wrestling match in your vet\u2019s surgery just so he can have his temperature taken, you may be wondering if there is another way.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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He won\u2019t let me!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People often say to me – my dog won\u2019t let me do that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite often, they have made an attempt at cleaning their dog\u2019s ears, or trimming his nails, only to have the dog wriggle from their grasp half way through, never to be caught again.<\/p>\n\n\n

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They will do anything to wriggle out of it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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This can be very frustrating for you, when you’re just trying to help<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Labradors learn fast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your dog escaped from you last time you tried to restrain him, he\u2019ll be even quicker off the mark this time.  He\u2019ll spot you trying to slip the clippers into your pocket and be off around the sofa, keeping a wary eye on your futile attempts to pin him down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tougher souls, who\u2019ve owned numerous dogs, may roll their eyes at your efforts. \u201cGet a grip\u201d\u00a0 they will say (in this case a very firm grip) \u201cJust grab him and get on with it\u201d But is this really the answer?\u00a0 Or is there a better way?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Restraint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are times when restraint is essential.  When urgent treatment is required, you may need to just get on with it, pin down your dog, and do whatever you have to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you absolutely have to physically restrain a dog, it is important that you get some help.  One person to hold the dog, the other to apply the treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also much easier (and safer) to restrain a dog wearing a body harness.  This makes the dog much less slippery, and gives you something to hang on to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But increasingly vets are recognising that forced restraint can be very stressful for some dogs, and more are turning to low stress handling techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn some of these techniques at home. And with a little advance planning, most treatments can be applied to your dog in this way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Low stress handling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Essentially, low stress handling teaches the dog to willingly submit to the treatment he doesn’t like.   This system can be used to cut nails, handle and examine different parts of the body such as paws and ears.  And even to apply drops or ointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system involves rewarding the dog for the process in incremental stages.  So instead of grabbing at a paw for example,  you first teach him to let you just touch the paw, over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do this with an event marker (usually a clicker, but if your hands are full you can use a word like ‘good’) and some really good rewards (chunks of roast chicken for example)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long does it take?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

you might think that this kind of behavioural modification would take ages.  But it is actually surprisingly quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One that I have adopted is the clicker-trained nail trim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my Labradors has very rapidly growing claws, and until a couple of years ago, she hated having them cut.  Between two of us we would have to restrain her whilst we did the job as quickly as we could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rushing nail clipping is never a good idea as it is so easy to cut the ‘quick’ if you are in a hurry.  But I put off clicker training my dog to hold her paw out for nail clipping, probably thinking it would take up quite a lot of my time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I eventually got around to it, it actually took less than an hour<\/em> split into three sessions of around twenty minutes.\u00a0 And what a difference it made to my dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Planning ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, you don\u2019t want to wait until your dog needs urgent attention before attempting these gentle techniques.  It needs a bit of planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about an aspect of handling that your dog does not like.  It might be having his paws lifted up, or his ears cleaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arm yourself with some juicy treats and when you have twenty minutes to spare and no distractions around you, take the opportunity to do a bit of low stress handling training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Put the treats in a dish where the dog can\u2019t or won\u2019t take them, but where you can reach them. Having the dog sitting in his bed is a great way to start, you can sit on the floor next to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s use his ears as an example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gently touch the corner of his ear.  If he doesn\u2019t flinch or move away, immediately \u2018mark\u2019 the moment with a click or a word like \u2018good\u2019.  Then immediately give him a treat from your dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If he moved away, try something less worrying for him.  Just move your hand to within a few inches of his ear.  When I started with my dog\u2019s nails, if she could see the clippers,  I couldn\u2019t even touch her paw for the first few minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Your baseline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The idea is to find a baseline from which to progress.  In this case you want to get to the point where you can lift your dog\u2019s ear flap and swab the opening to his ear with some cotton wool.  But you need to break it down into stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you have found your baseline, every four or five repetitions, try and move a tiny bit closer to your objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll be surprised at how quickly you will progress once the dog realises that he is earning the yummy treats by allowing your gentle touch.  And that no-one is going to grab or trap him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop on a high, when you have made a little progress, and try again in an hour or two, or the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great thing about this system is that it can\u2019t fail.  If you find the dog is avoiding your hands, go back to a point at which he was comfortable and move forwards again more slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose session times when you have no pressures on you, whilst you watch TV in the evening for example, then it won\u2019t matter if you make slower progress in some sessions than in others.  It should be low stress for you too!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Starting young<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like so many things, prevention is often better than the cure. If you have a young puppy, this kind of \u2018handling\u2019 training on a regular basis, is worth its weight in gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also good for building a bond between the two of you.  Give it a go, and let us know how you get on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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