Using The Right Treats to Train Your Puppy

Puppy training should be fun.

Keep your sessions short, no more than 5 minutes at a time, but do them 3 or 4 (or more) times each day. Your puppy is bright and keen to please you, he will learn quickly if you are kind, patient, make everything fun, and use the right treats generously.

Treats need to be very small - you are just rewarding the behaviour you want, marking it each time. If you use big treats, your puppy will become overweight.

We make a range of tiny training treats which are ideal for puppy traiing, with a wide range of flavours to appeal to the fussiest eater. Our current flavours are chicken, peanut butter, cheese, liver, sardine, salmon, tuna, turkey & pumpkin, chicken & carrot.

We sell each flavour in individual 50g bags.

We sell a 200g pot luck bag, where you get a mix of whatever shapes and flavours are on hand.

We sell a combination bag which contains 50g of each of the current flavours (excluding the 2 meat and veggie combos).

Whether you elect to train your puppy using a clicker, using marker words, or by some other method, you will find our extensive range of training treats exactly what you need to reward frequently without having to be concerned about overfeeding. 

Before your puppy has had all his vaccinations, your training will be restricted to the home. Don not let this prevent you from putting a gentle harness on him and getting him used to a lead

However, if you are going to start training your puppy in loose leash walking, the acclaimed trainer Dr Ian Dunbar receommends that you do this without a leash. I know, how crazy is that!! how do you teach a dog to walk nicely on leash, if he isn't wearing one?

Well that is the whole point. To train a dog to walk politely on leash, your dog must be able to follow you. Start slowly at home, you might use a treat in your hand as a lure, or that may not be necessary. Just walk slowly with your puppy beside you, then stop. If pup stops, reward him. Do it again. Introduce a little change of direction. Every time your pup mirrors you, praise and reward. You are only walking a few steps at a time.

This will give you an excellent foundation for when you do put a harness and lead on your puppy. Maintain practising the competencies with the harness on. you ought to be doing this several weeks earlier than you are able to exit for a stroll, in order that the behaviour is pretty natural to your domestic dog by the point he stories the massive extensive global.

Don't forget, when you can eventually go out, you should keep walks very short. Puppies are easily tired and should not be over exercised whiclst their bones are soft and their growth plates are open.

If you sign up for the Bonza Bulletin - our newsletter - you will receive a downloadable trick training PDF. All the tricks are suitable for puppies.

Just remeber to aleways have suitable training treats ready to reward all the good behaviour which you want to encourage.

Julie at Bonza Dog Treats - The Treats Your Dog Would Choose