How to Desensitize Your Dog to the Toothbrush
Chihuahuas are prone to dental issues. Daily toothbrushing can help maintain their oral hygiene so they don’t lose quite so many teeth at their next dental. The gold standard for…
Nail Trim Desensitization: Part 2
In our first section on desensitizing dogs to nail trimmers, we helped our dog acclimate to seeing the clippers in your hand. Now we’re going to take this a step…
Nail Trimmer Desensitization
Nail trimmers are often one of the most feared tools a groomer can show a dog. Some dogs are so fearful of a set of nail trimmers they will flee…
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,…
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.…
