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|Articles|July 5, 2010

Today's Daily Dose: Rewarding behavior

Why working for food can be good for dogs.

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“Food can be used to lure a dog into the desired behavior (e.g., sit, down, come). Once the behavior can be achieved, the food should be hidden and a hand signal or verbal command used to cue the behavior.”

-Sagi Denenberg, DVM

From Behavior medicine: Working for food

 

 


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