Cooperative Care

COOPERATIVE CARE involves training an animal to not only tolerate handling and husbandry procedures, but also to be an active, willing participant in these experiences. This is a sentence from a great article in the Whole Dog Journal that can be read by clicking this link ! I can't say that any of my German Shepherds actually cooperated in their care and, for sure, they were often not a willing participant! I thought this is going to change with Mookie.. Time will tell, it's a LONG process and I'll update here. 2023 April We made some progress this month!! Muzzle - THIS is great! Got a muzzle that fits and he accepts it well. It's the best slow feeder I've had!! I wrote a post about it here. Nails - it is really working! Mookie is now giving me his paw to grind the nails. We're at 1-2 at a session per paw followed by a piece of dehydrated salmon!! Bath tub - This is a work in progress. I bought him a tub which he sat in when it was on the floo