Cooperative Care: The Art of Conversation in Handling

About this episode

This episode discusses cooperative care in dog handling and the importance of ensuring dogs feel safe during interactions.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this episode of the Sexier than a Squirrel podcast, the podcast that brings you real-life dog training results, and sometimes human training ones too! This week, Lauren is joined by Karen for a conversation all about cooperative care: what it is, why it matters, and why so many dogs are simply enduring handling rather than truly feeling safe with it. Because a dog standing still at the groomers, freezing for the vet, or wriggling away from a harness isn’t necessari...

People in this episode

Host: Lauren

Guest: Karen

Topics covered

• cooperative care
• dog handling
• pet safety
• grooming
• vet visits

Keywords

• cooperative care
• dog training
• handling
• pet safety
• grooming
• vet
• dog behavior

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