{"id":1190,"date":"2016-07-05T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T18:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/using-treats-to-train-your-dog\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T19:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T19:36:47","slug":"using-treats-to-train-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/using-treats-to-train-your-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Treats to Train Your Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best way you can train your dog or puppy is through positive reinforcement.\u00a0 Not only is this an effective training method, it also allows you to form a special bond with your pup.\u00a0 Training is about developing good manners, obeying commands, and teaching your dog to be a good canine citizen.\u00a0 It is also a way for you and your dog to learn about each other and build a relationship based on love and trust.\u00a0 A dog can be an irreplaceable companion and quickly become a true family member.\u00a0 This is why training is so critical in that you teach your dog who is the \u201calpha\u201d while the two of you develop mutual respect for each other.\u00a0 And one of the easiest ways to train your puppy or dog is with a variety of treats.<\/p>\n

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If you are training your dog, or at least attempting to, and run into a few difficulties, it might be time to seek assistance from a professional dog trainer in Woodlands TX<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 If you live in or near Woodlands, TX, you have the good fortune of being close to Puptown Houston.\u00a0 All of Puptown\u2019s trainers are dog owners, so they can relate to the challenges their students (and humans) are going through.\u00a0 Puptown offers a unique training method in which dogs and puppies are exposed to a variety of real-world situations by multiple walks and being introduced to an array of different people, places, potential distractions, and even other animals.\u00a0 This is only done with an owner\u2019s permission plus private classes, doggy day camp, and even sleepovers are additional training methods available.<\/p>\n

Positive Reinforcement Training<\/h2>\n

The Woodlands dog training specialists<\/a> at Puptown base all of their training on positive reinforcement.\u00a0 Yet this method requires ideal timing as a dog\u2019s brain connects cause and effect very quickly.\u00a0 Any behavior a dog exhibits must have a consequence within 1.3 seconds in order for a dog to associate these things with each other.\u00a0 A pup needs help in \u201cconnecting the dots\u201d of behaviors you are praising or reprimanding.\u00a0 \u00a0One of the easiest and most effective methods of positive reinforcement training is using a very simple and commonplace item:\u00a0 treats.<\/p>\n

A hungry dog is a motivated dog, and if you can find a treat your pup must have, this could be the secret to successful training.\u00a0 As dog\u2019s do love food, it is important to keep them motivated by food and treats.\u00a0 Do not leave food in your dog\u2019s bowl all day as this is a key way to devalue food.\u00a0 It can also put your dog, especially a puppy, on an inconsistent potty schedule and make some aspects of training even more difficult.\u00a0 Feed your pup separate meals and pick up any uneaten food after about 15 minutes.\u00a0 Even with an \u201cuber treat\u201d dogs can be distracted so initially work with them in non-distracting situations.\u00a0 Finally, make sure that you have a variety of treats for training, ranging from like, love, to your dog willing to perform acrobatics to have.\u00a0 The higher the \u201cstink level\u201d the better, so get ready to purchase different levels of meaty, cheesy, and even fishy for treat training.<\/p>\n

Teaching manners to your dog<\/h2>\n

\"WoodlandsTo teach your dog manners, behaviors, and common commands<\/a>, put there treat where you want your pup to be.\u00a0 Some great examples are teaching them to sit, lie down, or walk well on a leash.\u00a0 The bits of treat need to be tiny, this way you can work with your dog longer and instead of getting full, Fido is going to want you to keep the goodies coming!\u00a0 It is also important to have a variety of treats not just for the \u201cstink level\u201d, but to make sure your dog won\u2019t get bored with the treats thus lose motivation. Another tip in successful positive reinforcement is to keep things short.\u00a0 A dog will not understand a long command but they can pick up on short and uncomplicated commands.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, the most commonly used commands are watch me, sit, stay, down (lie down), off (a person, object, or another animal), come, heel (walk closely), and leave it.\u00a0 If your dog has a chewing fetish, solve this by slipping a treat or \u201cdoggy paste\u201d into a Kong-like toy to spare your shoes and provide yet another opportunity for positive reinforcement.\u00a0 To have a well-trained pup, it just takes patience, communication, and consistency to create a friendship that will last forever.<\/p>\n

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The best way you can train your dog or puppy is through positive reinforcement.\u00a0 Not only is this an effective training method, it also allows you to form a special bond with your pup.\u00a0 Training is about developing good manners, obeying commands, and teaching your dog to be a good canine citizen.\u00a0 It is also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19,20,40,21,22,23,24,25,26,27],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-training","tag-dog-trainer-woodlands","tag-dog-training-woodlands-tx","tag-woodlands-dog-obedience-classes","tag-woodlands-dog-trainer","tag-woodlands-dog-trainers","tag-woodlands-dog-training","tag-woodlands-dog-training-expert","tag-woodlands-dog-training-experts","tag-woodlands-dog-training-specialist","tag-woodlands-professional-dog-trainer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/puptownhouston.com\/collegestation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}