Glindy's Furminator
I've been working with Glindy to get
her more comfortable with her
Furminator. Glindy sheds
a
lot, so I need to get her to tolerate longer sessions with a
shedding tool so that we can strip out all that loose hair before
going out in public.
Glindy has traditionally avoiding grooming like it was a punishment
of some sort. So, I needed to modify her associations a bit, so
that she'd look forward to grooming instead of running off to her
crate every time I showed up with a brush.
What I've been doing for the past week or so is clicking and
treating for grooming. I started out with one reward per brush
stroke, but am now up to 4-6 strokes per treat. My goal is to
eventually get her to sit still for a full five minutes while I
groom her uninterrupted, but we're nowhere close to that yet.
Still, thanks to her newly-changed associations, I can usually get
at the worst of her loose fur now. Progress comes from little steps
like this.