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| Article 17: Table Food and Excessively Treating your
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| Article 17: Table Food and Excessively Treating your
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Table Food and Excessively Treating your
Dog
Most dog owners are tempted to give their dogs treats
and once they submit to this behavior it is hard to go back.
Treats are meant to be offered to dogs only when
they have went through a command successfully. Offering a dog
treats on various occasions will make the dog refuse to obey
commands and become somewhat lazy always expecting to get his
own way. The health impact of offering treats to your dog more
often than you should is also a negative one. A dog simply loves
to eat and food is the center of his world. The most exciting
moment for a dog is the moment when he is offered some food. If
you are prone to giving too many treats to your pet, like dinner
scraps or sweets purchased from your local store this will
affect his health in time and will lead to complications.
Do not feed your dog table scraps. Some of the food we eat as
people is not recommended for animals because they will have
allergic reactions to it. There are some human foods
you can feed your dog if you can’t afford to buy dog food but you shouldn’t teach your pet to
take the food directly from your own plate otherwise he will
expect to receive it that way daily.
This type of behavior will lead to other personality changes.
The most frequent example we have encountered is begging. A dog
will plead and beg quite often and if you give into his behavior
he will be the leader and he will own you instead of you owning
him. You should put a stop to his demands and work hard to
eliminate this type of behavior from his life. A dog will ignore
the dog food he received if he has been taught to expect human
food all the time. Prevention is a lot easier than fixing the
problem because once the behavior is set into his mind he will
not be convinced by any methods you try to
employ.
A good amount of people are in the habit of offering their food
to their pets. This is most frequent when the dog is in training
and the owner is interested in having his commands obeyed. If a
dog receives treats too often he will ignore his training so you
should restrain yourself from such conduct. The only moment when
a dog is entitled to receive a treat is after a hard exercising
session and after learning to obey a command. The dog will no
longer work for his treat if he receives the treat ahead of
putting the effort. This is the worse behavior a dog can display
and if he does display it you should correct it as soon as
possible because once the habit is installed then there’s no
breaking the habit.
A dog’s behavior is not the only thing affected by treats, his
health will suffer as well. A dog needs to have his daily
portion of calories just like any man but these treats often
break the necessary limit. The dog will be influenced to act
inappropriately and he will develop bad health like high
cholesterol levels and obesity. A dog is even more excited when
receiving praise. You
should reward him in different ways for each of the successful
actions he has completed so he will not become accustomed to one
method and begin asking for it without having his turn.
Rewarding a dog should be done only in certain occasions when he
has earned the right or he will become spoiled.
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