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Teach a dog to let go of an object in its mouth, AND to hold on to an object in its mouth (like carrying a dumbbel). A dog's mouth is the equivalent of our hands; it's the dog’s main tool. Teach them about their mouths while they are puppies. Teach them to NOT inhibit their bite by making sure they have appropriate things to explore with their mouths, and by not making a big deal out of them mouthing the wrong things. Scenario: Name parts of the mouth: lips, back of mouth, gums, tongue, teeth, nose, bridge of nose, and chin. Then name “mouth open” and “mouth closed”. Get duration on the nose, bridge of nose, and mouth touching a target, and get duration on that. Name your index finger, and tell the dog that you want to put it in its mouth, and do this very quickly. When the dog accepts this, put your thumb on the chin and your middle finger on the bridge of nose, and build duration on that. This is a sensitive way to get bite inhibition. This breed is great with it because they are so oral, so into using their mouths. This is where you can teach “hold”, and introduce different named objects. The dog learns to pull and pull back. Bridging helps enormously here. Relaxation Scenario: Massage the dog’s neck. When you feel the dog start to relax the neck muscles, start bridging. Name the relaxation “easy”. When the dog understands “easy”, add distractions gradually and do the same thing. If you notice your dog getting overadrenalized start massaging, and ask for “easy”. Once you start doing it more and more your dog will start doing it on their own, but this takes a loooong time to get to that point....to continue reading this article please click on here...
