#MUZZLE TRAINING PUPPY HOW TO#
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Take short walks with your dog muzzled.Remove and finish the session with a gentle face rub and reward. As your dog looks more settled, you can extend the duration. Place the strap around the dog's neck as it retrieves the food and keep it fastened for 5-10 seconds each time. Allow your dog to place its nose in and retrieve the food.

Drop high-value food inside the basket muzzle (or smear the end with cream cheese or peanut butter) as you cup it in your hand.

Taking high-value food out of the muzzle.

Let your dog see and sniff the muzzle and reward these actions with food and verbal praise.

See and sniff the muzzle offering rewards.

#MUZZLE TRAINING PUPPY HOW TO#

How to introduce a basket muzzle in 5 easy steps You can order them here from Amazon at the regular price. This excellent basket muzzle is soft, yet secure. With an optional strap over the head, it also makes it very secure. The muzzle I prefer (and recommend in nearly all cases) is the Baskerville Ultra muzzle with the large open vents, which allows good ventilation, drinking and treating through the front. I have undertaken numerous behaviour cases whereby we look at the subject of visits to the vets and a dog can change how it sees this with adequate time and effort. Stories of pinning dogs on the floor and in doorways are too common (not to mention traumatic for the dog and could lead to other behavioural problems away from the vets) and are completely unnecessary when the correct approach is taken. If a dog is showing high levels of stress based aggression during a regular check-up or vaccination visit, for example, the appointment should be stopped and muzzle training should be undertaken ready for the return visit. Let me state at this stage that a dog should not be made to wear a muzzle in a vet practice unless it is essential for the safety of others at that time - such as an emergency visit.

You can also see the head strap that runs between the eyes and ears back to the main strap on the neck. He is wearing a Baskerville Ultra muzzled and it fits him well.

#MUZZLE TRAINING PUPPY FREE#

Although we should aim to carry out an introductory phase to the muzzle, I have seen many dogs wear a muzzle for the first time and take to it very quickly free from stress, so try not to be overly concerned on your dog's part from the outset and follow my pointers for an extended introduction to ensure the positive association wherever possible.Īs a quick aside, the pictured dog above is an Akita cross that I assessed in Northern Ireland for the courts after it was involved in a dog to dog incident and a person was injured accidentally in the process of splitting the dogs up. Grappling with your dog and forcing a muzzle on is likely to create a very negative and scary association for your dog that can spoil future efforts to use it again. Regardless of the reason for your dog wearing a muzzle, it should be introduced in a gradual and positive way free from stress. Muzzles can also be used for dogs that are ardent scavengers and put their own health at risk as a result of eating inappropriate items (discarded food or faeces) when out on a walk or potentially in the garden. Conventionally, muzzles are used to prevent biting either another animal or a person, but they may also be employed in stressful situations such as visits to the vets. Introducing a muzzle to a dog can be done for a wide variety of reasons.

Muzzle training puppy