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Old 03-24-2011, 03:56 AM   #4
bellemarie
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Hi, thanks!
We have gotten to 2secs of stay- she just decided yesterday to cooperate! But still won't let the brush anywhere near her...
I hold the treat in front of her behind my fingers held in place by my thumb, and when she has stayed I tell her 'good Pop' in a high voice and flatten my hand for her to have the treat... She's a fast learner when she gets started!!
With her training, hand signals is going to be just as important and verbal commands- my mum works in a school for auditory and visually impaired, and I want poppet to be a regular visitor- so they have to be able to get her to do it as well!
I've tried every type of brush and comb I can think of- always when her energies spent! She thinks it gonna kill her, even though I brush the others (some who love it, others who don't mind) in front of her, but she still panics when it's her turn! Any idea for different brushes? I was thinkin if getting her one of those ones for rabbits, that you put on tour finger- might get one of those later!
And oh how I'm dreading trying to do a topknot in the future, but her long coat might not make it that far!
Her momma was never this difficult, but she's a little simpler than pop!
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