Help! Ozzie won't let me brush him.
Ozzie is my new corgi mix. He's two years old and I adopted him a few days ago from a shelter. When I bought him he was shedding a TON as I've heard that corgis do so I bought a furminator since my friends told me it worked wonders on their dogs.
I used it on him on Sunday and it was amazing, some times he would turn around and snap if I got too low on his hind legs so I stopped trying to brush him there and just focused on his back and he was fine.
Today I tried to use the furminator again and if it so much as touches him, anywhere he whips his head around trying to bite it while snarling (he didn't snarl when he snapped at it before). If I put it in front of him so he can see what it is and smell it but again if I put it on his back he freaks out.
Do you any of you have dogs that particularly disliked grooming until you found some sort of "magic" brush that they tolerate or even like? He's starting to try and test me by refusing commands he obeyed initially. Could his reaction to the grooming be an attempt to "test" me?
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Permalink Reply by Lois B. Allen on
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I have an alpha male and he tests me on a regular basis but not to frequently. He has had ages and stages but I produce a log of bribes to get him clipped or that under coat stripped out. I am probably a bad dog mom who bribes them too much.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on
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I would try using a different brush, maybe the furminator hurts him when being brushed?
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Permalink Reply by Rachael McClanahan on
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My Pippa was BAD about doing that while being brushed-with any kind of brush. It turned out to be hot spots and sore spots from fleas! After about a week of her flea medication doing its job she started to enjoy getting brushed. Now, instead of trying to tear my hand off, she actually likes it and will roll over for me to brush her belly. Maybe look and see if he has a tender or sore area of skin in the places that seem to set him off?
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Permalink Reply by Kristen Penberthy on
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Thank you so much for the tip! I did find a few spots on his back and I see my vet today so I'll ask her about them and how to treat them.
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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on
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I think it takes more than a couple of days for a shelter dog to build trust in being handled. When I adopted my Corgi, it was several months before he did not resent my touching his tail. He was OK with being touched elsewhere. You just don't know what may have happened to them. Even well adjusted dogs often don't like grooming, be patient, offer treats and do short sessions in the way he finds most pleasing. He needs to learn first that hands on his body always feel good.
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In all other ways Ozzie is way more trusting than I would have expected him to be. Aside from the brush I've noticed a few things that I assume are from his past owner. As for the brushing, once the sore spots I've found heal, I'll ease him back into it with a rubber massage brush hopefully.
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Permalink Reply by Tracy Dusek on
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try getting a rubber brush, you won't get alot of hair, but you'll get some. the brushing will be more of a massage for him, it will be a "feel good" time, and a bonding time. he needs to learn to be handled by you and to trust you, and honestly...you need to be able to trust him. and I do agreed, allow time for the flea and other parasite meds to work, there may be sore spots you are hitting,
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I did find some sore spots but the rubber brush doesn't sound like a bad idea once they start to heal so that he gets used to the idea of being brushed. Thanks so much!
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Permalink Reply by Tammy Crook Henderson on
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My male corgi (1 year old) will NOT let us brush him. If he see's us get into the brush drawer he is outta there. I have even hid the brush outside and tried. My female (4 yrs old) loves to be brushed. It takes two of us to brush the male because it has to be done. I've tried everything. I have had him since he was 7 weeks old.
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth, Hermione and Luna on
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Hi!
We have two corgis- one could care less about the brushing, and one HATES it. (and we've had her since the breeder as a pup, so I suspect it's partly temprament.)
However, we learned the "peanut butter trick" from this website.
1. Get a jar of peanut butter and label it "dog butter"
2. Hold jar with one hand in front of their snout and let them lick to their heart's content. (Let them lick for a few minutes the first times with no brushing).
3. Now, hold jar in front of snout with one hand (or have a friend do that) and brush with other hand.
The peanut butter negates or at least makes the brushing worth it for Luna dog. And now, once they see the "dog butter" come out, they run for the brushing area, happy as little clams! Luna still lets me know when she's had enough (by talking Wookie at me), but I get more than enough brushing in before she's had enough.
(Hermione would let me brush her bald as long as there was peanut butter!)
good luck! and congrats on rescuing a corginub!
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