Your puppy has to eat regardless…. There is ALWAYS a way to motivate positive behavior use food.
START TRAINIG at 10-12 weeks old, it is important to begin to teach your pup how to “Learn to Earn”.
Using a dogs meal time food for learning is a positive and fun introduction to training. The puppy has to eat anyway, right?!
Train and play with your puppy everyday- you can thank me later.
games during meals is MAJOR win!
Breakfast - Play the “touch game” and/or “Focus” at look at me.
Dinner (lunch) - Practice grooming/handling head, ears, paws, nails… and tons of holding the collar and rewarding for giving you positive control of their body. Holding your collar is a good thing : )
Keep your session short people!! 5 - 10 mins. These pups have a short attention span and they will need time in between learning. This will give your dog time to rest their BRAIN and BODY.
Meal time is a great place and time to introduce a clicker for training or working on a positive association (good feels) with the dogs name… “Sadie! …. Dinner” feels gooooood : )
Puppies can be a hand full for even the most experienced of dog pros in the world…so do not forget to GIVE YOURSELF GRACE. Take your time, be patient and avoid negative thinking traps.
Have a great everyone!