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| The Home Improvement |
How do you train a dog to walk on vinyl and tile flooring?
I have a two year old dog that was always kept outside by the previous owner. If he is placed on any vinyl flooring, like in our kitchen, he just stands frozen. Obviously he doesn’t like the slipperiness of the floor. My grandmother’s dog refuses to walk across her kitchen floor so he goes around it.
What’s a good way to train a dog to walk on such floors?
Put his dinner on the objectionable floor. At first, put it near the edge so he only has to put one or two paws on it to reach the dinner. Gradually (over several days or weeks, if needed), move the bowl further and further from the edge and toward the center of the room. This is called desensitization or building a positive association (dinner) with the object of his fear (the floor). It is the kindest, most effective way to resolve this issue.
Forcing a dog into a stressful situation for a sustained period (called flooding) is both cruel and psychologically harmful to the dog.
If the problem is not entirely psychological, ie if he actually does slip around on the floor, try treating the bottoms of his feet with "Show Foot" (an anti-slip spray designed for show dogs) or "Musher's Secret" or a similar paw wax product. This will give him additional traction, as will keeping his nails short and the hair between his toes shortly trimmed.
