Using Treats to Train Your Canine

No matter what you want to train your dog to do one of the easiest ways to achieve your desired goals is to use some type of food or treat to reward the dog for doing the desired behavior. The quickest way to teach a dog what you want him or her to do is by using positive reinforcement which is provided with a treat.

One of my favorite treats to train my dogs with is simply cheese puff snacks which can be purchased at any grocery store in large quantities for low prices. These come in generic brands and more pricey brands. I have found, fortunately that my dogs tend to prefer the generic brands versus the more expensive named brands. In fact, just the other day, my wife purchased the more expensive kind for the treats and I gave my dog one of those in his first response was to spit it out.

These cheese puff treats usually come in pieces several inches long. Before going out for a training session with my dog I usually break these pieces in halves and use these pieces for the training. No matter what you want your dog to do, when he performs well simply pull one of the treats from your pocket and give it to him or her.

One issue with these cheese puff snacks is that they are easily broken and you need to wear a loose fitting sweatshirt or sweatpants without tight pockets. Otherwise, the cheese puffs tend to disintegrate in tightfitting pockets and thus causing a significant mess.

One trick with using the snacks to cause the action you desire in your dog is to do the training sessions later that day and your dog becomes more hungry. The hungrier your canine is more responsive she or he will be to the positive reinforcement snacks provide. Of course if your dog becomes too hungry, his hunger may be a distraction that prevents you from performing the training session desired.

One example for using the treats to train to specific action is when training the dog to sit. Then your dog on leash walking in and come to a complete stop you while saying the words fit in a firm manner gently push your dogs rear until he performs the action of sitting. Immediately praise him with words and also give his ears a scratch while pulling from your pocket one of the cheese snacks and offer it to her. Repeat this process for five times in a row during this training session. Do not overdo it. Do this repeatedly for for five days in a row and your dog will sit on command almost guaranteed.

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