Health & Care · Dogs
The Vet, Grooming, & Handling Mastery Course
Cooperative Care and Safety
Every hand that will ever touch your dog, prepared for in 20 modules: Calm Consent cooperative care (the chin-rest opt-in and the absolute rule of the freeze), the touch-feed equation, paws and nail trims (clippers, Dremels, scratch boards), ears, mouths and teeth, the lick-mat anchor, mock exam tables, scale parties, stethoscopes and penlights, lobby field trips, white coats and masks, the restraint reflex, the lottery collar game, the gentle steer, the body hug, the air lift, and emergency muzzle-and-stretcher handling. Combines and extends The Handling and Grooming Desensitization course, The Veterinary and Handling Prep Course and The Collar-Grab Confidence Game — buy this instead of all three.
About this course
A dog will be touched by groomers, vets, techs, kids and strangers for its whole life, and whether that goes well is decided in puppyhood. This mastery course gives the puppy a voice first — a chin rest that says 'go ahead' and a rule that everything stops the instant the chin lifts — and then works through every kind of handling on that foundation: paws and nails with the tool the puppy prefers, lips and ears and toothpaste, long grooming on a lick mat, kitchen-counter exam tables, the clinic scale as a party, stethoscopes and penlights at home, treat-only lobby visits, scrubs and masks, the sudden collar grab as a lottery win, fingertip steering, the vet-tech bear hug, being lifted, and the muzzle-first emergency protocol. The result is a dog that treats restraint as a predictable, well-paid, optional event.
What you'll learn
- Cooperative care philosophy, the chin-rest opt-in, and the absolute rule of the freeze
- The touch-feed equation, paw desensitization, and nail trims with clippers, Dremels or scratch boards
- Ears, mouths and teeth, and the lick-mat anchor for intensive grooming
- Mock exam tables, scale parties, stethoscopes and penlights, lobby field trips, and uniforms and masks
- The restraint reflex, the lottery collar game, the gentle steer, the body hug and the air lift
- Emergency handling: muzzle first, blanket and stretcher transport, and staying calm under pressure
Course outline (20 modules)
Quiz & Certificate
Knowledge quiz
After completing all lessons, take a short quiz to test your understanding.
Go to quiz →Completion certificate
Pass the quiz and earn a shareable certificate of completion.
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$9.99 · Lifetime access · 20 lessons