How to Desensitize Scissor Touch
When a dog doesn’t like being scissored, the biggest issue they have with them is usually having an unknown object coming close to a sensitive body part. Most often, trigger…
How to Desensitize the Sound of Scissors
Last week, we worked on getting our dogs familiar with the sight of the scissors, and feeling comfortable with them being held in your hand. The next step is to…
Desensitization to Scissors: Introduction
If you own a short haired chihuahua, it’s unlikely you will need this section. While some groomers do scissor excess paw pad hair instead of using clippers, it’s very unlikely.…
Clipper Desensitization
Clippers are commonly used on dogs when ever a coat needs to be shaved short. It’s not common (nor recommended) to shave chihuahuas, but they’re still likely to come into…
Brush Desensitization
A few weeks ago, we worked on getting your dog comfortable with having every part of their body touched. This laid the groundwork for the next step in groom training,…
Review of Disney’s “Pets” Documentary
Pets is an adorable documentary celebrating the human-animal bond, currently available on Disney+. The documentary features adorable kids who talk about pets, interspersed with stories of adults and how their…
Introducing Novel Situations
Most of the work for this section is already done. Every time you have presented a new object to your dog, you’ve helped them realize new things can be fun.…
Groom Training: The Kennel
We’ve already talked about kennel training your pet on this blog because it is such an important task to complete. If you do not kennel train your dog, they are…
Desensitizing Your Dog to Tile Floors
Happily for your chihuahua, this is one section of our groom training course they probably don’t strictly need. Chihuahuas are usually carried everywhere in the groom shop, owing to their…
