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Lost aug 2 help is at need parents contact small When food and treats are used properly, they become a powerful tool for motivating your dog during training or occupying your dog's time when you are gone and he is alone. Most people do not give a lot of thought to the kind of treats they use. They underestimate how importance it is to vary the treats used different applications. I must confess that I fell into that category for years. I thought cutting up hot dogs was all that was needed for obedience training or teaching dog to track. I started taking dog training seriously back the dark ages of the 1960's when people like William Koehler and Strickland were considered experts the field. Using food to train dogs back then was almost unheard of. The argument was If you train with food, at some point you're going to have to stop and then what you do? Well dog training is light years ahead of where it was back then and this question has been answer. Koehler and Strickland have become the model-T ford of the training industry. They got you around but it wasn't pretty. We have since learned that when it's done properly, motivating a dog with food creates a dog that enjoys training, wants to take part the learning process, and becomes a problem solver. Using treats your work also improves the bond between dog and handler. When a handler embraces the fact that he use food his training, he must then learn how to do this correctly. Marker training is hands down the best way. I have marker articles DVDs that show how to do this. Marker work opened our eyes to the fact that different dog treats can produce different results our training. I am going to talk about that later. just as importantly as learning how and when to use food your dog training is the question of what kind of food or treats to use. Back the early 1980's DVD's showed how to cut up small pieces of hot dogs and use them as treats during obedience training. There is nothing wrong with doing that today. But the past 25 years we have seen a huge improvement the number and quality of dog treats that are available. Feeding dogs all-natural diet has become popular because people like myself recognized the fact that most commercial dog food are crap. This was dramatically demonstrated with the recent pet food recall that killed thousands of animals. fact, over the last 6 or 7 years, the popularity of feeding all-natural diet has fueled the explosion of all-natural dog treats. Fifteen years ago the multi-colored grocery store dog biscuits that are still sold Wal-Mart, K-Mart or the pet food warehouses were pretty much the only option people had if they wanted a dry food treat. Most dogs that have been fed a raw all-natural diet justifiably not eat them. God only knows what they are really made from. The good news is today we have a number of different options of all-natural dog treats. These options are needed for a number of reasons: All treats a different motivational value to your dog. It's your job to constantly think about your dog's reaction when you use a specific food treat. Learn to read your dog's reaction to them. Some treats have high of a value they cause a dog to stop thinking. Some dogs can't focus when they know you have a high value treat on you. Treats with a value given to them These high value treats cannot be used as a motivator on complex tasks that requires a dog to think a lot. New trainers would think that a difficult task would require the best treat available not A difficult task requires the dog to focus on what he is doing and not focus on your food reward. Difficult tasks need a mid level value treats. Some exercises require lower value treats. Trainers need to be aware of these exercises and then be prepared to use the treat with the correct value for the work your doing. I reward dog for coming to me when on a walk. that circumstance I 't mind if the treat is crunchy and take a couple of seconds to eat On the other hand during marker training I want the treats to be very easy to eat. I want them to be gone almost instantly we can continue on with training. The softer treats like Soft Training Treats are perfect for this. These are only a couple of examples. As you gain experience you find other examples. Using Food Treats Treat Toys The size of the opening a treat toy determine what food treat you buy. We to use a trail mix these toys. We put some larger treats like the Plato or Zuke's Mini Naturals treats along with some of