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How to Prepare Your Pet for Health Care and Grooming

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Pets have to tolerate not-so-pleasant procedures during grooming or veterinary care. But it's hard to convince a feisty Fido that it's great fun to be held down while the vet puts drops in his ears! On your own at home, without the benefit of practiced technique and extra pairs of hands, a task like that can be more of a wrestling match than a calm medical procedure.

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About the author

Joan Orr is a ClickerExpo faculty member and Advisory Board member of Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior. She is also the producer of the award-winning Clicker Puppy DVD, co-creator of the board game Doggone Crazy!, and co-author of Getting Started: Clicking with Your Rabbit. Joan is president and co-founder of the nonprofit Doggone Safe and co-founder of TAGteach International.