Training Treats

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For Professional Trainers and Dog Owners Alike

Professional Trainers who train intensively for long periods put a premium on palatability and small size in a treat. Puppy and dog owners, who train less intensively, prefer a nutritious treat that's convenient to buy, for pocket-right on walks and for training without creating greasy, crumbly or smelly pockets and hands.

Training with Treats

Treats should be used to help reinforce good behavior, but should not be used alone. After a dog responds to commands using treats, begin to use stroking, attention, and pats for rewards. Treats can then be used intermittently as a reward. Eventually your dog will obey for your approval, and treats are used occasionally as rewards.

Talk About Bad Nutrtion - Check Out Treats Now Being Used for Training. . . . . .

Would you want to pay for premium nutrition for your dog and then feed him these?

Product	Preservative	Fat %	Calcium %	Phosphorus %	Calcium To Phosphorus Ratio Backward =	Sodium %	Ash %	Pocket
Freeze Dried Beef Liver	None listed †	7.48	.01	1.15	1 : 115	.22	5.83	Dusty
Freeze Dried Chicken	sodium tripoly -phosphate, citric acid, tocopherols (Vit. E)	32.78	.63	.95	1 : 1.5	1.63	7.19	Crumbs and dust
Soft-Moist Liver cubes	Phosphoric acid, Sodium proprionate, potassium sorbate, BHA, citric acid	17.22	1.69	1.69	1 : 1	.86	9.44	Crumbs and greasy feel
Training Bits Squares	Propylene glycol, potassium sorbate	19.6	2.02	1.17	1.7 : 1	.95	10.61	Greasy feel
Dry Cheese Fl. Disks	None listed †	7.25	.17	.60	1 : 3.5	.75	4.22	Crumbs and dust
Dry Peanut Fl. Disks	None listed	2.25	.04	.40	1 : 10	.22	2.3	Flakes and dust
Dry Herb/Cheese Disks	None listed †	10.19	.10	.32	1 : 3.2	.09	1.52	Fines and aroma
OBEY� Small	Tocopherols (Vit. E)	4.95	.55	.40	1.37 : 1	.22	2.25	Clean
OBEY� Regular	Tocopherols (Vit. E)	8.25	.82	.57	1.55 : 1	.21	3.50	Clean

Calcium to Phosphorus Ratio - is a basic element of nutrition and the ratio should be in the range between 1 : 1 and 2 : 1. Backard [] (or inverse) calcium to phosphorus ratios have an unbalancing effect on the dogs overall diet, and must be compensated for by other parts of the diet.

Fat - less fat is generally better and lowers the calories in a treat but fat is a powerful palatabililty factor.

Sodium - is generally restricted as a dog becomes older, is a potent palatability factor.

Ash - minerals, some is necessary but an excess is an unwelcome load to the dog's system.

Preservatives - consumers are now averse to chemical preservatives.

† - Any pet food product with over a few percent fat and no preservative listed warrants scrutiny.

Recommended nutrient percentages
Type Dog	Sodium	Calcium	Phosphorus
Puppy	.3-.7%	1.0-1.8%	.8-1.6%
Adult	.2-.5%	.8-1.6%	.4-.8%
Older	.2-.4%	.4-.7%	.2-.4%
Reference: Small Animal Clinical Nutrition, Lewis L., Morris, ML, Hand, M., 1987

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