Hope this might help you...
In my experience:
5-15 daily with treats constantly along with hand petting and praise while brushing etc. Repeated efforts and so forth when bitten give a doggy time out with a harsh NO! Doggy time out is 1 minute (they've the memory of a toddler) where they can't see you. Taking the love away is the worse for dogs especially when we shower them with love for good behavior. Scoober ran hid, shook, lost bladder and bowl control and growled and snapped the firt time I showed him a brush...took three months for him to not snap at the brush luckily he never tried to bite me...it was the first groomer and vet tech...hence the soft muzzle:
In the very end if after all other means fail (I too used one too) a
soft muzzle seem the absolute last resort but that too should only be used as a to stop biting not a regular tool for grooming...you just can't allow for mouthing and especially biting at all...
Scoobers still has to use a soft muzzle at the vet: ONLY when the vet examines something that hurt (or takes his temp) or his nail clipping at groomer he just plain hates it and it goes on and off and the vet still pets and talks to him so it's used for 10% of the visit-only to ensure that he doesn't bite out of fear as biting is completely unacceptable.
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Originally Posted by Her Name Is Rio  I would caution you AGAINST using a collar tied to anything - Yorkies have VERY DELICATE TRACHEAS and should never have a collar (always use a harness when walking as well, not a collar). |
