Canine Chin Rest Behavior: Allergy Medication Injection

This sweet dog (named Deenie) has a history of responding to veterinary procedures in a stressful manner (jumping, climbing, running away, mouthing, panting, and vocalizing). Her family has done an amazing job educating themselves toward researching being under the professional care of a veterinary behaviorist, a referring veterinary team that provides positive general wellness care, and a veterinary dermatologist. It is an honor to join this collaboration as their professional trainer, and to help teach proactive, positive husbandry behaviors. Also to help reduce everyone's stress, and create positive associations.
We have been practicing the chin rest behavior in many scenarios. Deenie has allergies that require monthly medication. This video highlights the first time we introduced the actual injections into the chin rest behavior.
We are so proud of the small steps toward today's progress.
Deenie is a brilliant animal teacher!