Making the most use of food treats in training your dog

How to maximize the use of food treats

We all know someone who is a dog who only listens when food have shown to them. Or worse, a dog who simply can not be heard, even if treats are on offer. Maybe it's you and your dog?

Sometimes it really seems like the only way to get your dog to listen she is to bribe them, and that just does not feel right. Well the good news is that it does not have in this way, and the solution is certainly not to be complicated as ...you go to see.

Here four very simple tricks that I collected from leading dog trainers, Doggy Dan, who make so much sense, and I transformed my own way training and motivation of my dog. I have seen this in action, so I know that everything is working.

1. The jackpot:

The first secret is simply this ... Dogs are much more motivated and stimulated by food
rewards when the size of the reward varies. In other words, it is much better to give your dog a few minor goodies, followed by a Big One than to small to give all the time. I know it sounds so simple, but I can promise you that 95% of dog owners give their dogs the same boring treat every time!

That's right, the surprise is everything! And here's why ...

How many times have you been more excited when you said that you are going to receive a gift, as if you actually open it and get the present!

Think about it. When people play the lottery and buy a ticket, the voltage increases once you have your ticket ... then the excitement goes right to increase to the point when the numbers announced. Then you realize that you did not win the $ 24 million jackpot ... maybe next time.

Nevertheless, we have a ticket in the following week. Why?

Because we look out for the Jackpot!


There is little chance that we will win something really big that people always keep buying tickets. And it's the same for your dog. If your dog to rarely call and give him the greatest reward of his life, if you remember for a long time. Your training will likely pass on Turbo Boost performance for many weeks.

Doggy Dan tells a story, he calls it, "the story of the magic sausage" about a man who used to feed his dog from the grill. Not surprisingly, his dog she was begging for food every time it was fired. The recommendation was simply this ... Never feed your dog from the grill, but during the day when the grill is turned off and cleared everything you call your dog to you, if they do not expect it. Then, once they get them a whole sausage out of the blue.

Your dog is at you and think ... "Wow. You can produce sausages from the air!"

The magic sausage story is a good example of how to motivate with a jackpot, a dog to another level. You do not need a lot of use to them second guessing every time you call it, if it is treated on a large. The result: They are totally motivated and come running every time.

Of course, a whole sausage be too much if you only have a small dog, but you get the idea. This trick makes the use of food much more exciting and motivational for your dog than the old "a dry biscuit, a dry biscuit, a dry biscuit" approach.

2. What is even better, a dog than a big sausage?

Well actually the second secret, with food, in order to motivate your dog builds a secret number, the jackpot. That's where we a whole sausage as a reward.

Now I'm actually recommend that you to take the jackpot by a whole sausage even more attractive, your dog. How could you do that without the dog two sausages I hear you ask!

The solution is ... chop the sausage in a handful of beautiful pieces, maybe 5 or. 6

Well, if your dog gets the jackpot feed them to your dog's mouth, to come immediately after the other, as if all their Christmas have '.

Your dog will not believe their luck. To get you 5 or 6 pieces is far more rewarding than a whole sausage, they are likely to swallow a few bites.


So now you know the answer to the question, what's even better, a dog as a whole sausage? Answer: A whole sausage chopped into five or six pieces ...

3. Not all food is equal to:

Do you like Lemon Meringue Pie best or Chocolate Pudding? Dogs, like humans have, and if your dog to want to perform like a rock star, then figure out all their favorite food treats, which turns its wheels!

There is a large difference in performance between a dog that is totally motivated to win the reward compared with the same dog, when they are only half interested half. So often, that motivation is directly whether you along with the same dry biscuits which they are eaten for breakfast or a few new sample ones.

But it's not just about dry biscuits! You should also our the bigger picture.

For example, your dog will love a large dog biscuit with a little peanut butter to spread all over it, chicken, sausage, bacon or cheese is get them doing cartwheels? You could also try some of the healthy treats made.

May be for your dog Of course some of these fat high-end goodies not very good in large quantities, the volume must be monitored with our own diet. The downside to this is that since this upper end treats are not very often given, so you can actually afford to not splash out to be a little.

4. Randon rewards:

The most important thing is, taking into account the end goal that you are going to the food treats over time fade ... to keep them completely random rewards. Do not forget!

So, let's go. Four ways to maximize the use of food when training your dog. If you have enjoyed this, then you will love Doggy Dan's approach to dog training, especially when you actually see it all in action with his videos. There are now over 250!

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