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Teaching a Dog to Love Wearing a Muzzle

12/4/2015

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Turbo is a greyhound I am fostering. Greyhounds in Western Australia need to wear a muzzle by law, unless they undergo a behaviour assessment and are "Green Collar" assessed. Turbo has undergone this assessment and passed, but because I am not his final home, he still needs to wear a muzzle when out with  me in public. I noticed he didn't like to put the muzzle on, so I set myself the task of making him enjoy putting the muzzle on.

It's a great idea to teach dogs to wear new things like muzzles before they ever need to wear one. This helps associate it with being enjoyable, rather than a cue for unpleasant things happening. It's a really handy skill for all dogs to have; even the friendliest dog may bite if they are severely injured and in a lot of pain and discomfort. Knowing how to wear a muzzle before hand makes having to wear one in an emergency no drama at all, where as not having that skill just adds another stressor onto an already unpleasant situation.

I really enjoyed making this video. My objectives were to:

1) encourage guardians to listen to their dogs, even when they speak 'quietly',

2) promote positive reinforcement of desired behaviours rather than using force to get behaviours,

3) demonstrate how mundane training tasks can transform into fun games and quality time for trainer and trainee, and

4) improve human-dog relationships through all of the above.


Please help me spread this message by sharing this blog and video.

To adopt Turbo contact: Greyhounds as Pets

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    Sonya Bevan is an avid dog lover with a Bachelor of Science degree in physiotherapy. This combination lead to seeking science based information on how to teach dogs and she commenced further study to complete a Diploma of Canine Behaviour Science and Technology. Dog training is both a science and an art. When based on solid principles of behavioural science,  teaching also allows creativity when applied to each unique dog. Most of all, it should be fun for both participants and a way to bond with these special animals we love so much.

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