Cooperative Care: Chirag's Bucket Game Step 3

This is a stress-free way to teach your pet to cooperate in his own health care. No restraint needed! Oliver is learning to have his ears examined and to have his shoulder and scruff handled in preparation for vaccinations and receiving fluids. If he looks at the bucket, he's saying "I'm relaxed, please go ahead". If he looks away from the bucket he's saying "This makes me a bit nervous, please wait". Sometimes he follows my hands because there might be food in them. He's learning that focusing on the bucket instead of my hands is the key.