This is the puppy training podcast episode number 44, guarding my human.

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Today, we are talking about guarding behaviors as it applies to dogs and

guarding their humans. So dogs may guard anything from their food to their toys, choose, spaces,

really anything they value as theirs and don't want to lose. And sometimes this appears in the form

of guarding their owner. So there are lots of things that we can do with

very young puppies to prevent this from occurring, as well as training methods we can employ to

change a dog who currently guards into one who does not. But first, how is your week? Hopefully

training is going well. This week has been a little crazy at our house, and so training has taken a bit of a

backstep, but that's to be expected because life happens and we all do the best we can do. It's a

refreshing thought, right? Everyone is doing the best they can, and with that, we all are a little

kinder to others as well as to ourselves. I do know that we are ready for spring here in Utah.

I've been pulling out

the boredom busters as even the dogs have spring fever. Boots' new favorite game is called

Find Your Treats. I put bits of dog food roll and containers and I hide them around my house

while Boots is in a downstay, which again, you've practiced good behaviors throughout the day,

right? This is a great way to incorporate

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