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Collar Grabbing - Why you should teach your dog to have its collar grabbed
Scotty Valadao - Founder FOTD -Canine Behaviourist
Scotty Valadao - Founder FOTD -Canine Behaviourist
This may seem like a strange exercise to perform with your dog, but when we realize that so many dog bites occur when we suddenly, and unexpectedly, grab our dogs collar without warning, we can see the necessity of teaching it.
The most common times a bite may occur are:-
HOW TO:
a. When your dog is not engrossed in any particular activity (not when asleep), grab the collar gently and reward with a treat. Do this over and over, grabbing the collar with stronger and stronger intensity and in different positions on the collar (from above, from the side, from below etc). Start this exercise when the dog is calm and build up slowly.
b. When the dog is totally accepting of above, start bringing in a shout as you grab, starting softly. Increase the volume gradually until you can virtually scream and grab the collar really hard. The reason for this is that if our dog is involved in a fight, we very often shout or scream without realizing it.
c. When the dog is ‘proofed’ to this exercise then start doing it in more challenging circumstances – when the dog is playing for example. Remember that when you start a new section of this exercise, to go back to the beginning – that way the dog can cope, and you are succeeding every time. Do it when out for walks and in all type of circumstances you can think of. This is an exercise, together with the bite inhibition, which should be practiced throughout the dog’s life.
This does not guarantee that a bite will never happen but should go a long way towards reducing both the possibility and the severity of any bites and of having a dog that tries to run away the second your hand touches the collar.
The most common times a bite may occur are:-
- Our dog goes to charge towards another dog
- Jumping out of car the second door opened
- Overexcitement
- Dog fight
- Attempting to run away.
HOW TO:
a. When your dog is not engrossed in any particular activity (not when asleep), grab the collar gently and reward with a treat. Do this over and over, grabbing the collar with stronger and stronger intensity and in different positions on the collar (from above, from the side, from below etc). Start this exercise when the dog is calm and build up slowly.
b. When the dog is totally accepting of above, start bringing in a shout as you grab, starting softly. Increase the volume gradually until you can virtually scream and grab the collar really hard. The reason for this is that if our dog is involved in a fight, we very often shout or scream without realizing it.
c. When the dog is ‘proofed’ to this exercise then start doing it in more challenging circumstances – when the dog is playing for example. Remember that when you start a new section of this exercise, to go back to the beginning – that way the dog can cope, and you are succeeding every time. Do it when out for walks and in all type of circumstances you can think of. This is an exercise, together with the bite inhibition, which should be practiced throughout the dog’s life.
This does not guarantee that a bite will never happen but should go a long way towards reducing both the possibility and the severity of any bites and of having a dog that tries to run away the second your hand touches the collar.
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