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Question by Dawg: What do you think about training my dog with his regular food instead of treats?
I’ve recently decided to train my dog (husky/chow/pit mix) with his Nutro dog food. He seems to really love the food. This morning was the first time I trained him with it. It’s not the first /lessons/ of training, however. I trained him since he was 7 weeks. Now he’s 7 months. He knows sit, stay, come, down, wait, up, off, speak, release, and ‘okay’… Of course, he only does them if there are no distractions. He does alright without treats. The only ones he’s really got down packed are ‘release’ and ‘okay’. Still workin’, though. =P So, do you think it’s a good idea to measure his food, and give it to him piece by piece as I work with him on his training? Instead of loading him with treats. I heard it’s not good to give a dog too many treats at one time… What do you think? =)
Heh, I don’t have to worry about him not looking forward to it. xD He loves it as if they actually were treats. =P Of course, I just put him on it, so maybe it will wear off, maybe not. If it does, I could just get a different dog food and use it specifically for training. =P My other dog also loves the Nutro. I thought I’d have one Hell of a time trying to get her back on dry dog food after I had been giving her fresh beef and chicken mixed with her dry food. (I was trying to get her weight back up b/c she had been starved. I rescued her from my friend’s family) But to my surprise, she loved Nutro! xP

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Answer by Roger G
Its highly reccomended by many dog trainers. The one we paid to train our puppy at petsmart (they really train us though) used its dog food.

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Nana the Border Collie performs amazing dog tricks. Nana is trained entirely with the use of Positive Reinforcement and clicker training. No videos are sped up or reversed. Nana really is performing each trick in this video. Special thanks to Josh Woodward for the use of the song “Coffee”. Visit Nana’s official website: www.useyourclicker.com ***The music contained in this video is the work of Josh Woodward,whose music can be found at the following website: www.joshwoodward.com Visit and subscribe to Josh Woodward’s official YouTube channel: www.youtube.com All of Josh Woodward’s music is under the following Creative Commons License: creativecommons.org I own all of the videos and any other audio that may be contained in this video*** Honours: #1 – Top Favorited (Today)) – Pets & Animals – Canada #3 – Top Rated (Today)) – Pets & Animals – Canada
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Question by : Which is a better dog training method?
I am looking into purchasing a training dvd set, and I can’t decide which is better. Don Sullivans perfect dog, or Cesar Millan. Has anyone used either of these? If so what was the outcome? I watched a infomercial of Don Sullivans, and it looks so harsh and abusive to me. Please help any info much appreciative. Thanks

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Answer by Elim
I used cesar millan’s methods. it worked on my dog and my friends. i’ve never heard of Don Sullivan’s but cesar milan definitely works.

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GameChap and Bertie assess the jolly good new Wolf AI and Pathfinding in Minecraft Pre Release 12w03a! Good doggie, old boy!
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Question by : Any tips for training my dog in agility?
Any tips for training my dogs to weave and to pause and basically anything else? My dog is an aussie shepherd/golden retriever mix. Thanks.
please just give me tips!! i do not want to go to a training facility or whatever. so just TIPS. thank you “cowgirl” for actually answering my question.

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Answer by (H)
Is there an agility club near to where you live? I would recommend you joining, as it’ll be great fun for both you and your dogs. The majority of clubs do require the dog to be over 12 months old though. [:

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Question by : What is the best dog training books for stubborn dogs?
My female Doberman loves to bark, she is very smart she opens gates and if I tell her stay then I leave she will just get up and go. Do you know any good books from experience?

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Answer by Benji
you need a very big book! dont read it, just hit yourself around the head with it for being such a stupid dog owner. i hate idiots like you & the dog is smarter than you. that makes you a mute.

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Question by moominmilly: Can anyone recommend any dog training books?
Can anyone recommend any good Yorkshire terrier training books.I’m getting a puppy and would like it to be trained well. Thank you.

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Answer by alittle213
“The Everything Yorkshire Terrier Book” at barnes and noble, its only 12.95

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Question by ahren: Looking for an answer to crate training my dog?
Over the last 6 months we have been crate training our dog. The crate is the perfect size for him. Just over the last month, he has started barking almost the entire night. He has also recently started to pee a little in the back of the crate. He did fine for so long, but now it seems like a total regression. It is so hard to be happy with a dog that barks all night and pees himself. Please, does anybody have a solution?
The dog is in the other room of the house. The reason being is that allergies have arisen from other members of the household. We do take his water away 2 hours before bed and do puit him out before we go to bed. I let him out at night to pee when he first barks….but as soon as he’s back in, he starts barking again. He’s not in the crate all day, only at night. I really think it’ more of an attention thing.

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Answer by jasong25
Yea. Let him live outside of the box. How would you like being in jail when you did not do anything wrong.
Crate training always sounded cruel to me. Sounds like the dog agrees.

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Jesse shows off some of his talented tricks; complete with his award winning smile =o) None of the footage has been sped up or reversed; Jesse actually knows how to walk backwards. The only effect added was slowing down the jump for the Frisbees to go in time with the music. The footage in this video is from October 2007 and March 2008 when Jesse was 2 and 3 years old. All of Jesse’s training has been done through the use of positive reinforcement and relationship-based training. Find out more at Jesse’s Official Website: justjessethejack.com Special thanks to Josh Woodward for the use of the song “Learn to Fly” (Full song and Instrumental Mix) Check out more amazing songs from him by visiting http Honors: #166 -Most Viewed (This Week) – Pets & Animals – Australia #129 – Most Viewed (This Week) – Pets & Animals – Canada #107 – Most Viewed (This Week) – Pets & Animals – New Zealand #187 – Most Viewed (This Week) – Pets & Animals – Mexico
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