Shaping HANDLING: Level 3 (new book)

Step 1:  Dog downs and relaxes on table for 30 seconds

Step 2:  Dog allows stranger to touch her on table

Step 3:  Dog allows stranger to touch her on table while relaxed

Step 4:  Dog allows stranger to touch her head, tail, foot on table while relaed

Step 5:  Dog allows vet or vet tech to examine her on table while relaxed.

Step 1

Getting Lily to relax on her side for 30 seconds

Now she's over on one hip

Relaxed on her side

(Jan and Karen are standing there to help give Lily confidence that there is support on the far side of the table)

Step 2

Use massage to help the dog relax

SAFETY TIP: Because both the floor and the table top were slick, we did not have Lily jump up on the table, but had a chair at either end of the table to assist and non-slip mats on the table to give her confidence.