Are you having issues cutting your dog’s nails?
A big part of teaching a dog to be comfortable with something like nail trims is avoiding the “scary thing” until they are ready for it. That can present some issues when the thing you’re working on is nails because they keep growing, even if your dog hates getting them trimmed! Thankfully, clever minds in the dog training world have come up with some solutions to not only protect training you may be doing, but also make grooming more fun for you and your dog. One of these solutions is to train your dog to “file” their own nails on a specially-prepared “scratchboard”.
A scratchboard is a great alternative to nail trims, long or short term. In this free, work-at-your-own-pace course you’ll learn how to make a quick and easy scratch board and get started teaching your dog to file their own nails! It’s fun to teach and can make their nails shorter and smoother after just a few scratches
This course, taught by the fantastic Jane Wolff of Good Wolff Dog Training, contains a step-by-step plan of the training you’ll do and a video you can follow along with. In addition, there is bonus content at the end with ideas to keep your dog looking good while you work on other grooming needs such as brushing and cleaning muddy feet.
Start From Scratch is a companion course to Jane’s larger course Fresh and Fearless: Basic Grooming Made Easy course. Students who complete Start From Scratch will receive a discount code for Fresh and Fearless, a great deal for those looking for plans and videos to help with brushing and bathing their dogs.
Jane’s hope is that this free course will be a valuable resource for you while you are working on your dog’s comfort with grooming and that it will help you resist the urge to skip ahead before you are ready. The scratchboard is something Jane’s dogs still enjoy doing regularly, even though they now are comfortable with traditional nail trims — they think it’s fun!
“I just completed the grooming course. I absolutely loved it. I own a grooming salon and this is going to be fantastic to apply to our clients.” - N.C., New Jersey
The plans are downloadable as well so you can refer to them as often as needed.
Sign up here for this course, which is absolutely free.