Just as I thought I had thought of most things as regards getting Dax used to handling and grooming including feet - he will let me do anything with them except the scissors!! - reality check
I had managed to trim his pads when he first came home but hadn't thought anything more about it cos they didn't need cutting until now - so feeling all proud of myself
(and having been used to trimming feet with my Lhasas a bit of pride snuck in
). Having tried again now 6 weeks later he doesn't like it one bit
(the scissors or having his paws held soooo lots of cocker grumbles and shaking of head
you get the picture
... But I have a plan
The paw game - give me your paw and let me hold it and you get a treat (he likes this game
) - he is groomed every day already and is getting much more used to it so now I stand him with his collar and lead on and do the paw game
- grumble, grumble - but the treat goes down well - mmmn - this will be part of the daily routine - I snip the scissors near the feet and let him sniff them - so far so good - next will be to do some cutting of feet gradually increasing the length of time - but scissors will be part of the routine every single day
