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[Frac]

I haven?t had that challenge before. Sorry to hear about her eye problems.

General idea on something like this is to slowly get them conditioned to the glasses. Take small steps. Use your sit command. Put the glasses on while she maintains sit. Praise her while she is calm. Then take them off - but only when she is calm. Give a treat if she?s treat motivated. Other dogs will do fine with praise motivation. The goal of this step is to teach her that good things happen when she is calm with the glasses on.

Make sure you end each session on one of the times she does it right. No need for negative reinforcement yet. You?re trying to teach her that calm is good. Keep the sessions short. A couple minutes a few times a day. It might take a week for her to understand calm.

Once that concept is down, you move forward. You can use a simple no if she needs corrected about calmness, because she should now know that you want calm when wearing glasses. The next step is to start to associate wearing the goggles with the stuff she loves to do. It doesn?t have to be outdoors stuff. Just do something she loves to do, and do it wearing the glasses. If she loves to go for a walk, put the glasses on. When she?s on, tell her it?s time for a walk. Keep sessions short at first. Make sure she is beginning to associate the glasses with a walk.

After that goal is accomplished, start working on literacy. She knows glasses for a walk, but she needs to learn it in new situations. Go take a car ride to DQ and get a pup cup. Go to the park. Fetch a ball. Let her sunbathe in the backyard with them. Keep practicing the same principles in new situations.

Don?t be afraid to back up a step if she resists. You might even have to revisit the calm sit once in a while to maintain literacy.

That would be my approach from my limited experience.