2 Week Class

Cooperative Care

The goal of cooperative care is to make vet visits more comfortable and stress free for your dog, yourself and your veterinarian. It is important to expose and desensitize our pups to the things that need to happen at a vet visit, such as:

●    Handling (paws, ears, mouth, body)

●    Nail care 

●    Blood draws

●    Vaccinations

●    Force-free Weighing on the scale

In order to make the experience good for everyone and not cause a negative emotional response to the above, we desensitize, and practice each thing. There is another level of cooperative care that puts things in the dog’s paws, if you will. By teaching them to communicate when they are comfortable moving forward and when they are uncomfortable and need to stop, we are maintaining a harmonious relationship with our dog.

Successful Zoo animal examples:  training Elephants to place their ears through a spot in the fencing to have blood draws: teaching Giraffes to place their neck on a specific spot on the fence for vaccinations. Wolves have been taught to place their paw through a pipe in their enclosures to receive vet care. This practice has been used in dog training for many years.

It's all about making their experiences positive and safe for everyone.

No Prerequisites