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Step 1
This part of the Canine Good Citizen test requires that your dog will accept a stranger to handle and examine your dog. This is to demonstrate that your dog will allow such people as vets and groomers to touch and handle your dog.
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Step 2
Your dog has to allow the stranger to look in his ears, touch his paws, check his teeth, run a brush through his coat and more.
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Step 3
If your dog is touchy about being handled, spend some time associating the exercises with something positive. Hold a treat close to your dog's nose and let her nibble on it while you are handling her paws, ears and other parts.
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Step 4
Once your dog allows you to handle his paws, ears and elsewhere, have a friend start to do the same exercises.
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Step 5
When you or a helper can handle your dog with little or no resistance, you are ready for Part Three of the Canine Good Citizen test.
