Are you a dog owner that is struggling to groom your dog? Is your dog constantly battling you during grooming her while giving him a bath? The answer is simple; you simply have to condition your dog to love being touched during grooming and bathing.

The best way to do this is by associating the pleasure of a treat with being touched. This is very simple to do with dogs of any size, breed or age. What I am going to show you is a one-step process that you can practice daily and it will only take 5 minutes.

The first thing that you want to do is get some really delicious dog treats that your dog loves, or that he doesn't regularly get. For example, you may want to get some chicken sausages or small pieces of cheese. You want to make sure that the treats are cut in very small pieces. (The ideal size should be about the size of a pea.)

Next, you will want to do his touch your dog and then ONE SECOND LATER give him a treat. Your timing has to be exactly precise otherwise your dog will not learn that the touch actually earns him the treat. You want to be careful and pay very close attention that you DO NOT touch and feed at the same time. There should be a very distinctive one second period between two.

I recommend that you start by touching a place that your dog is already comfortable like his back or on his head, depending on how much he likes that. Eventually you will want to gradually move from his back and head and move on to more sensitive areas, like his paws and nails. Then as you progress, touch your dog's ears, his tail, and nose and lips.

Think of every area that your veterinarian touches when you go for a visit. You want to train your dog to accept being touched to all of those places so that the next time you go your dog will be very comfortable during his examination. I also recommend that you ask a friend or someone that your dog doesn't know to practice this exercise so that your dog learns to also love being touched by strangers.

It won't take that much time until your dog actually learns that touch = treat, which means lots of pleasure! This will work for dogs would are very scared of people or who have had something horrible happened to them as puppies. I've personally condition a local dog who didn't allow anyone to touch her head and after only a week of practicing this exercise, I could do almost anything to her. It was like a completely different dog but all it took was two training sessions per day for a week.

So practice this every day for about 5 to 10 min. and ask a family member or a friend to tell you if they see any differences. If they don't, then make sure that your timing is perfect.