Hot dog works
Hot dog works
1. Human over population
2. Government burden and overreach
Did a batch of these the other day. My puppy loves them. Leave a bit out at a time and keep the rest in the fridge or they will go bad. Once in the fridge they keep for weeks.
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Sorry MC but dogs are not like humans, we the owners can indeed shape and think of them them that way. facts are dogs are not foodies or food driven, they are what we make them. Sure you can make them food driven if you choose, My dogs will not react to treats because they have never been used as a bribe. If you start a pup so they learn attention and praise is the greatest reward then that is what will stimulate them, if you reward/treat with food you condition them to expect treats as reward. A pup is just a pup, a dog is what you make them.
"BORN TO HUNT"
Foxton's Cuervo Gold "KEELA" Oct. 2004-June 2017. Always in my blind and my heart.
As Foxton says, Who's a gooooooodboy, that's all mine get while training, but later in the day when he has been a good a good boy might be a different thing.
"A dog is what you make them" so true Fox. I can't stand seeing people "humanize" their dogs. An old friend used to say "you're just a dog and that's all you will ever be". We all have our ways in how we raise/treat our animals.
Proud member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals)
Hunt,Kill,Eat
Using food or toys to motivate and reward a dog in training has nothing to do with humanizing a dog.The reason dogs hunt is for food.
Rainer
Dog training studies have shown that dogs can be trained faster using treats than praise or physical attention alone. That being said, weaning your pup/dog off them or just using treats sporadically is a good idea so the dog doesn't expect them every time they follow a command and to go more with other forms of positive reinforcement like verbal praise and physical attention otherwise the dog may.
When I think of humanizing a dog I'm thinking of dogs being dressed up, sitting at a table to eat, etc. My griff watches the tv all the time when WILD TV is on because she likes to watch deer, elk, or moose, bear, flying upland or waterfowl, etc. but I've had nothing to do with that human past time. Haha