What To Do With Dog Treats

Doing Kind Things For Your Dog

Ever wonder what to do with dog treats? A treat is a great thing in life. We are treated to numerous things in our lifetimes, some better than others. What is it that makes a treat so great? Is it the fact that it is a reward for something we did? Something we can sit back and relax with? The answer in the doggy world is one that is pretty clear. A treat means a job well done and it means you are very happy with pooch. Pooch likes to know this and will make sure it can do the same kind of job for you again.

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Doing kind things for your dog will help your animal understand that that is the exact behavior you want out of it. There are so many treats on the market and you can learn to use even the simplest of treats, as the highest of rewards. How do you go about doing this? Simple, find out which treats your dog likes and then hold those off until it performs very well during a training session. I don’t like the practice of not offering a treat for a job well done. It is just a macho type attitude that some owners have and think that their dog should not be given food as a reward. Personally, it’s garbage. Give your pet a small treat after it performs a series of proper commands and be happy with it. Also make sure to end your training sessions on a good note. Never end a training session on a failed command.

Another common thing you may seem to find is that food, unlike any other praise method available, may be the real key to unlock a dog’s attitude and allow for proper training. When all else fails, food always seems to prevail. This seems to work similarly in the human world too don’t you think? Food is a critical part to a dog’s life, as they have a natural prey drive that must always be satisfied. The drive in a dog is what keeps it going and when you can keep it going, you will be much better off.

Food can be used in a variety of ways and one of those ways is a method which helps the dog remember what to do. When you allow the dog to perform a command on its own, you are going to see that the dog is much more likely to repeat that same command without hesitation (after a while), when it knows there is a treat on the other end. Food allows you to let the dog do its own thing, without the need for you to physically intervene in the process. Does that make sense? Think of the doggy treat as a massive reward for an awesome job and always keep that in your mind. I have seen dog owners give away treats like there were potato chips. This is not the method you want to be taking when it comes to training your pooch. Let the dog perform on its own and only after a good performance, is a treat to be given away. The results will make a huge difference. -- What Your Dog Really Needs