Video: How to Prepare a Show Dog for Bite Examination

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olga.luzganova Jul 06, 2011
basic, but very helpful
evuser19605 Dec 04, 2008
Just a complementary note to elise's very helpful video... When opening the mouth for bite examination it is easy to forget and lean down and block th ejudges view to those that are new to handling... so make sure your head is out of the way ..also makes sure the bite is closed...the bottom and top teeth touching. When opening with the hands make sure your fingers also do not get in the way of teeth when you pull the lips back..especially if you are showing a dog that has to show side teeth.
evuser19605 Dec 04, 2008
Just a complementary note to elise's very helpful video... When opening the mouth for bite examination it is easy to forget and lean down and block th ejudges view to those that are new to handling... so make sure your head is out of the way ..also makes sure the bite is closed...the bottom and top teeth touching. When opening with the hands make sure your fingers also do not get in the way of teeth when you pull the lips back..especially if you are showing a dog that has to show side teeth.

Video Transcript

Hi this is Elise from Expert Village.com and we are going to be talking in this short video on how to get your dog prepared for having their teeth examined by a judge. Tai here is gong to lend us his mouth. First we are always going to start with a dog in a stand stay position, stand, stay, wait, this way, good boy and wait. We always want to start in a position the dog is actually going to be examined in. If your dog is not familiar or used to having the mouth examined, you want to just come up to him and close the mouth and just pick up the lip. Wait. Once you have done that, give him a treat. We want to get him used to having somebody there familiar with mess with their teeth. Teeth, good boy. Wait. But the same time we want him to be holding his position. Wait. Teeth. Good boy. Some breeds need to have all of their teeth examined so you also want to go from the side. Teeth, good boy. Okay and now we can release the dog from the position. If your dog tends to shake his head back and forth, you want to remove the treat; you want to remove the opportunity to receive the reward. If they are standing still and they let you examine their teeth, you want to give them the reward making sure that they maintain their stand stay position. Once you are done, as always we are going to release the dog from the position and then you can repeat that exercise later on.

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How to Prepare a Show Dog for Bite Examination

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