Build a chin rest for cooperative care
Shape a chin-rest behavior and use it as a start-button foundation for handling.
The dog ducks away from muzzle handling, and the groomer needs a cooperative-care foundation before face work. Shape chin rest first; add handling only while the start-button behavior remains fluent. The tempting shortcut is to hold the muzzle still and feed afterward. That may finish one touch while teaching the dog that handlers override his signals. Before Dog ducks from fingers, handler follows, restraint history grows. After Dog places chin on towel, holds two seconds, and can opt out by lifting. Target Present a folded towel at chest height. Mark any nose dip toward it and feed away. Feeding away…
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