Structure Your Dog Training To Create Food Drive In Your Treat Fussy Dog #271
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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If you are trying to train a dog who is fussy about food, or if you know someone who is in that situation, you may think, "this dog training is never going to work." And you know, you're probably right! Training will be a challenge unless you have something of great value for the dog. We’re continuing our focus on how to create food drive with a look at how to structure your dog training to get a transfer of value from things your dog loves to any treat.
In this episode you’ll hear:
• Essential strategies for boosting your dog's food drive.
• The importance of exercise beyond a simple walk for your dog's overall well-being.
• How restraint recalls can change your dog's physiology and attitude towards nutrition.
• Tips for identifying high-value treats that will excite your dog's taste buds and enhance training.
• Strategies for experimenting with various types of treats for your dog.
• That patience and playing the long game are assets to boost your dog's food drive.
• An introduction to the Premack Principle and how it can be applied to training treats.
• Why to celebrate success and avoid cheerleading your dog.
• The reason to borrow from the way rabbits behave around a dog.
Resources:
1. Podcast Episode 269: Why Do Some Dogs Seem to Have Less Food Drive Than Others – 10 Reasons to Consider - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/269/
2. YouTube Video: 15 Ways To Exercise Your Dog - https://youtu.be/SsQY6nm6E30
3. Podcast Episode 147: Teach Your Dog To Listen Off Leash And Far Away - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/147/
4. Sniffspot.com - https://www.sniffspot.com/
5. Podcast Episode 191: Get Your Dog To Calm Down With This Common Sense Protocol For Relaxation - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/191/
6. Podcast Episode 59: Why Your Treats Aren’t Working for Your Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/59/
7. Podcast Episode 179: Help For Dogs Refusing Treats: Case Study With Training Plan - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/179/
8. Podcast Episode 177: Dog Training Outside The Box: Transfer Of Value Case Study - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/177/
9. Podcast Episode 90: Premack, Dog Training and Transfer of Value - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/90/
10. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/dQJlmWpCrYM
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you are one of the people trying to train a dog who really is indifferent about food, |
| 0:06.2 | you may think this dog training is never going to work for me. And you know what? You're probably |
| 0:10.9 | right. Unless you have something of great value for the dog, educating that dog isn't going to work. |
| 0:18.1 | We need something the dog loves. Something and food is that best |
| 0:23.9 | something that we can give them. And after today's episode, you will be well on your way to |
| 0:29.7 | knowing exactly how to start creating food drive in your dog. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. |
| 0:46.5 | Welcome to Shape by Dog. |
| 0:51.8 | And to begin with, let's carry on with what we talked about in episode number 269. Now, there I listed the things you might be doing that actually is encouraging |
| 0:56.9 | your dog to refuse food. So please, please go back and listen to that episode first and then |
| 1:03.3 | follow up with this one and then the next one. Now, let's do an overview of what your day and week |
| 1:09.8 | and life is like when we have a dog that we really |
| 1:12.2 | need to encourage them to have more drive for food. First of all, there's the general exercise |
| 1:18.3 | that the dog gets, ideally daily, and that isn't just a walk around the block. Think about |
| 1:24.5 | how much exercise you and I should have. Like, you know, experts say we should |
| 1:28.9 | move every hour. Imagine if your dog got the chance to go outside every hour. I get it. |
| 1:34.9 | That's not realistic. But don't think just a little walk around a block or two every other day |
| 1:41.3 | is enough for your dog. We need them to get out and explore. And ideally, |
| 1:46.0 | I would like you to let them off leash run. Now, I get it. That might not be possible where |
| 1:51.3 | you're living, but check out and see if there aren't sniff spots that you can rent, that you |
| 1:56.0 | can let your dog off leash somewhere in your neighborhood or a little drive not too far out of your |
| 2:02.3 | neighborhood. But most of all, it needs to be a safe place for your dog. If that's not possible, |
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