Aggressive dog grooming???

My shih tzu gets aggressive when being groomed (he had an inccident at the groomers last year that caused him alot of pain so we cannot take him to a groomer)

How can i cut/shave his hair without cutting him or him biting me?

Thank you

Aggressive dog grooming???

give him treats

and then pet him on his back dat will come him down a little

make him pay attention on one thing that would make stay still

i have a shitzu too...it worked when i tried it

Aggressive dog grooming???

muzzle?

Aggressive dog grooming???

For every pound of weight, you can give them 1mg of Benadryl. My dog hates going to the groomers, and I'm not equipped to do it myself. He weighs 7 pounds and my vet said I can give him 7mg of benadryl to calm him down. Childrens Benadryl comes in liquid form, and little strips that melt in their mouths. I would try it, it's worked great for us.

Aggressive dog grooming???

Very carefully , Very gently , and it may take hours to do this. Just keep talking to him , take breaks, that is all you can do. You muzzle him it will just make him worse.

By you having to shave him it sounds to me he hasn't been groom every day as you should with a Shih Tzu so he may not be used to it. The sound of the sheers will scare him. You may have to start by just brushing him as you talk to him gently and work you way up to him being shaved. Just take an hour a day and brush him , get him use to that first. Good luck to you and if anyone says to give him something to put him to sleep don't do that either. They did that to one dog I know and the dog never worke up. This happen at a groomer place.

Aggressive dog grooming???

pet shops sell several types and sizes of muzzles.

if you want to try a different groomer, you MUST warn them that the dog has a problem due to an accident that made it afraid to be groomed. Take a muzzle to the groomers if they are willing to try working with the dog.

If you do it, you still need to use a muzzle.

You can also give him a bit of AcePromazine to calm him before the grooming and give it time to take affect. It's a mild canine sedative.

Aggressive dog grooming???

The problem isn't that he is aggressive, but that he has been allowed get away with it and then the behavior escalates. So, you pretty much have to start all over.

I am the only groomer in my area that will work with problem animals (including cats) and I always re-teach the dogs in the following manner.

The first session, I sit them on the table and begin by touching them all over, slow gentle caresses. Once I feel a reduction in tension in their bodies I introduce the comb. Work the head and ears first, use vocalizations to control their possible sudden movements to either bite me or the tools. If persistent at wanting to bite the tools, offer them the handle of the comb. They usually refuse to take it. Everything must be extremely slow, taking up to an hour. If you're not finished grooming that doesn't matter. Let them go and play or eat or go for a walk. (I send them home. The owners are advised that re-training for this may take several visits)

Each day, redo first the touching exercise and then the

part(s) of the body that you did on previous days, always adding the next part of the body.

I am often referred clients by other groomers because they mistakenly believe that I sedate the aggressive animals (dogs sedated by veterinary for the groomer are only relaxed, not completely asleep). A sedated animal is actually more dangerous because they feel that they have no control and are more likely to bite out of fear.

It takes time and patients. Don't try to clip the hair (except for the occasional nasty tangle) work strictly with the comb at first.

Good Luck, this type of retraining is always a challenge.

Aggressive dog grooming???

You should just start slow.. A little bit of brushing each day, spend more time touching him, his feet, his ears and everything else. While you are doing this, have your sheers, scissors etc within view.

If he accepts brushing without problem, one day while you are brushing him and he is loving it, reach over and turn on the sheer, leave it laying on the counter so that he can see it, and hear it. If he reacts, just continue with the brushing and calm him down. Don't shave him yet.

Once you have him to the point where he will let you brush him and the sheer is there and on, and he isn't reacting, pick it up and see if he'll let you work on him some.

Being his owner, it shouldn't be too hard to redirect him and teach him that you aren't going to hurt him and you won't allow anything bad to happen.

If you need to get him shaved quicker than what that might take.. Work with him several times a day showing him that you aren't going to hurt him.. It will speed up the process.

It's just like anything else with training, you need to socialize him to the scissors, the touch, the sheers, and allow him to see that none of it is going to hurt him.

Aggressive dog grooming???

A muzzle of course. All dogs, at times need them. If you have a problem handling your dog, muzzle him. I do not understand the behavior of a person not being able to do ANYTHING they want to do to their own dog, at any time, but, I guess it happens. I muzzle my dogs at the vets office, not because I need to or because they are obnoxious, but because I want to err on the side of caution and not the vet's face.

Aggressive dog grooming???

you might try and find a groomer that works with a vet. you can have the dog sedated to be groomed . i have been a dog groomer for 46 years and i work for a vet. here in the panhandle of Texas. i have done several dogs that way because they would not be handled by strangers. or they were hurt by groomers.