Avoid This Big Mistake When Feeding Your Dog #92
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 7 June 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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There is one difference between very successful dog trainers and the average pet owner in the way they feed their dogs. That one thing is responsible for a better relationship with your dog and the dog being easier to train, having a long life, and fewer health problems. That one thing is easily achievable by everyone and will also help with a dog's picky eating.
In the episode you'll hear:
• The ways people feed their dogs.
• What free choice feeding or graze feeding looks like for dogs.
• The problems that can be created for dogs with free feeding.
• Why regular meals help with potty training.
• How free choice feeding could result in a dog being a picky eater.
• The health benefits of regular meals for dogs.
• About the issue of obesity in dogs.
• Why free choice feeding makes training difficult.
• How to use your dog's meals as a training opportunity.
• The risks of missing health issues with free feeding.
• How planning your dog's exercise is easier with regular meals.
• Why to know what your dog should weigh.
• How I feed a high percentage of my dog's meal in training.
• A plan to help dogs who are picky eaters.
• When to check with your Veterinarian.
Resources:
• Podcast Episode 62: 12 Keys to Helping My Dogs Live a Long and Happy Life - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/62/
• Podcast Episode 48: Potty Train Your Puppy in a Week (Easy 3 Step Process) - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/48/
• (PDF - Kealy RD, Olsson SE, Monti KL, et al.) Effects of limited food consumption on the incidence of hip dysplasia in growing dogs - https://www.icbblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Kealy-et-al-1995-Effects-of-limited-food-consumption-on-the-incidence-of-hip-dysplasia-in-growing-dogs.pdf
• Podcast Episode 2: Reinforcement - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/2/
• Podcast Episode 70: Critical Info for Your Puppy's First Day and Night at Home - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/70/
• DogsThat Online Dog Training Programs - https://dogsthat.com/
• Video Blog: 5 Games for Puppies - https://susangarrettdogagility.com/2020/04/5-games-for-puppies/
• Podcast Episode 32: 20 Easy Ways to Exercise Your Dog at Home - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/32/
• Podcast Episode 68: 3 Easy Tricks Every Dog Should Know - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/68/
• *Basis Stainless Steel Pet Dog Bowls - https://www.amazon.com/Basis-Pet-Stainless-Steel-Medium/dp/B00ERXJ59S/
• Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube
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| 0:00.0 | If I told you there was one difference between very successful dog trainers and most pet owners. |
| 0:16.4 | And that one major difference was responsible not only for a better relationship between the person |
| 0:22.9 | and their dog, but was responsible for the dog being easier to train and was also responsible |
| 0:28.6 | for the dog living a long life and having less health problems. |
| 0:34.0 | You'd be more interested in knowing what that one difference was, right? |
| 0:37.2 | Yeah, I thought so. |
| 0:38.8 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:39.9 | Welcome to Shape by Dog. |
| 0:41.4 | And today, I'm going to tell you right off the bat that one difference that will help your |
| 0:47.0 | dog live a longer, healthier life that will help you have a better relationship and make |
| 0:53.0 | that dog easier to train is something that is achievable |
| 0:56.1 | by every single person who owns a dog. And it is all to do with how you feed your dog. Simple, right? |
| 1:06.6 | Yes, that's the difference. It's how you feed your dog because there's really two groups of |
| 1:12.9 | people. There are people who put the dog food in a bowl, put the bowl down for the dog, |
| 1:17.5 | and when the dog has finished a few minutes later, they pick that dog bowl up and that's it |
| 1:23.9 | until the next meal. And then there's those people who fill a dog food bowl |
| 1:28.7 | and put it down and leave it down for the day. And when it comes around to the next day or maybe |
| 1:35.7 | a couple of days later, they might top up that dog food. That kind of person, the person who |
| 1:41.6 | leaves the food down, that's called free choice feeding or free |
| 1:46.9 | feeding. Sometimes it's called graze feeding the dog, allowing the dog to graze through the day. |
| 1:52.3 | Now, some of you might feed your dog two meals a day, but if the dog doesn't eat it all and they |
| 1:57.6 | walk away, you leave it there for them. Same thing. A slightly different |
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