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alaskayorkie · 12-02-2011, 02:35 PM

This may be oversimplifying it, but I wonder if you could try to condition her to the brush by using treats. Go a couple days without brushing her, but work 2-3 times a day in short, 10-minute sessions getting her to tolerate the brush. Hold it as close to her as she'll tolerate and reward with a treat and a "good girl!" The next session, hold it a little closer and reward a calm attitude. Try to build to the point where you can put it on her back and give her one stroke of the brush, treating as you do it. Then build off that. Two strokes. Three ... If at any time she attacks, back off with how close the brush is and end the session with a success.

Also, I wonder if a different type of brush would help in the interim. Plastic as opposed to wood, or vice-versa depending on what you're using. You might even try something that looks like a brush but doesn't pull her hair.

Good luck! Let us know if you come up with something that works.

12-02-2011, 02:35 PM	#3
alaskayorkie Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anchorage Posts: 30,843 Blog Entries: 57	This may be oversimplifying it, but I wonder if you could try to condition her to the brush by using treats. Go a couple days without brushing her, but work 2-3 times a day in short, 10-minute sessions getting her to tolerate the brush. Hold it as close to her as she'll tolerate and reward with a treat and a "good girl!" The next session, hold it a little closer and reward a calm attitude. Try to build to the point where you can put it on her back and give her one stroke of the brush, treating as you do it. Then build off that. Two strokes. Three ... If at any time she attacks, back off with how close the brush is and end the session with a success. Also, I wonder if a different type of brush would help in the interim. Plastic as opposed to wood, or vice-versa depending on what you're using. You might even try something that looks like a brush but doesn't pull her hair. Good luck! Let us know if you come up with something that works. __________________ Mike ~ Doting Dad to Jillie, Harper, Molly, Cooper, Eddie (RIP), Lucy (RIP), Rusty (RIP) and Jack (RIP). Check us out on YouTube Last edited by alaskayorkie; 12-02-2011 at 02:38 PM.