The speed of touch should not be too fast
In our opinion, touching is a reward method for dogs and a way we get close to them. However, the wrong touch method will unknowingly affect some of the dog's cognition, and it will have a certain impact on some work for dogs in the future. Therefore, we must know which incorrect touch methods should be avoided as much as possible.
Golden retriever is a very docile dog, so most people have no fear of this dog. Therefore, as long as you touch the golden retriever, you can't help but touch these dogs. But when we touch the dog's head, we can observe the dog's expression. Some dogs have their eyes closed, their faces are wrinkled, and their ears are tense. It can be seen that such touch methods are not what they like.
Compared with powerful touch, we can touch the dogs gentle, we can let the dog trust our touch and reduce the pressure brought by touch. Some owners like to grab the dog's kiss to prevent their habit of barking, but the side impact brought by this action is that when our hands are close to the dog's mouth or nose, they will instinctively produce them. Certain rejection. This will have a certain impact on we help your dog brushing, feeding, and cleaning up in the future.
If the dogs are already sensitive, we can first touch the dog's side face, chin, and head, etc. with the back of the hand, and then touch the body, tail, limbs, etc. After the dog gradually adapts, replace it with a normal touch method.
Let the dog get used to stroking
The speed when stroking is equally important
When our own emotions are nervous, it is not recommended to touch the dog. Because at this time, we are obviously faster and heavier than normal, and this fast and urgent touch can easily make the dogs more nervous and restless. Therefore, if you want to touch the dog at this time, you must control your strength and speed. In fact, after controlling, while we touch the dog, our mood will be relieved. This will not have much impact on the dogs, but also makes them feel comfortable.
Preparation for future cleaning
Many parts of the dogs do not touch it, such as the dog's limbs, tails, buttocks, and so on. But when we want to help the dog clean up these parts, we will touch it, especially the dog's limbs need to help the dog to trim nails on a regular basis. Therefore, the number of touches should be appropriately increased.
When we are fine, we can get the dog's feet, and even raise their forefoot and do handshake training by the way. If the dogs perform very well, we should give a certain reward to make the dog feel that there is no problem to touch their feet, and we can get some appreciation. If you want to brush your teeth and feed, you can usually start practicing touching your mouth, pulling your mouth open to see, touching your teeth, etc. The seemingly life -oriented stroke is actually closely connected with the necessary work and rest relationship between many daily life.