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A chin rest is one of my favorite cooperative care skills. The dog keeping their chin in your hand or on a surface indicates that they're comfortable with what's happening and want to continue (and earn reinforcement!) But the minute the chin moves out of your hand or away from the surface we stop everything. This is a promise we make our dog that moving away is an easy way for them to ask us to stop what we're doing!
But first, we have to teach the skill! In this video, I break down the different steps. Here I'll also include some video links to dogs that are actually new to learning the chin rest:
These steps will likely be broken up over several sessions. Take it slow and make sure it's fun. Keep sessions short and break it up with more fun, active stuff!
Let me know how it goes! I'd love to see the beginnings of your chin rest behavior, so be sure to share your progress with me!
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