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my new puppy doesn't like treats
Hello,
Five days ago I took home a soft coated wheaten terrier puppy. She is 9 weeks old. I am crate training her, and while I realize training takes time, I am having some difficulty. She likes being in her crate. She doesn't cry to get out, and she has fun playing with toys when she is in there. Also, I do not want to force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. Sometimes I can lure her in with toys or food. This is proving more difficult though. She might put her front two feet in, but be reluctant to go in completely. My main problem is that I have not found any treat that she craves, or even likes. Many times I'll hold a treat right in front of her nose, and she will show absolutely no interest. While I don't want treats to be the primary basis of her training, it would help if I could use them to make her enter her crate. Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Thank you. |
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Also, I do not want to
force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. I keep Rusty in a crate when he can't be supervised as well, and I did have to shove him in it a couple times at first. He still willingly enters it at night and whenver it's asked of him. Instead of bribing her in with a treat, things that worked for me were giving the treat *after* the dog entered the crate (I rarely show him the treat before he enters the crate), and also sticking treats in there when I wasn't putting him in it, and letting him go in and find them. I also found that using large milkbones, especially when he was smaller, were a great way to keep him occupied for short lengths of time while adding an *awesome* reward for going in. -- Emily Carroll Dealing 80s Toys - Rainbow Brite - My Little Pony - More Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes CPG: www.geocities.com/cyberpetgame --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003 |
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Also, I do not want to
force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. I keep Rusty in a crate when he can't be supervised as well, and I did have to shove him in it a couple times at first. He still willingly enters it at night and whenver it's asked of him. Instead of bribing her in with a treat, things that worked for me were giving the treat *after* the dog entered the crate (I rarely show him the treat before he enters the crate), and also sticking treats in there when I wasn't putting him in it, and letting him go in and find them. I also found that using large milkbones, especially when he was smaller, were a great way to keep him occupied for short lengths of time while adding an *awesome* reward for going in. -- Emily Carroll Dealing 80s Toys - Rainbow Brite - My Little Pony - More Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes CPG: www.geocities.com/cyberpetgame --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003 |
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Also, I do not want to
force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. I keep Rusty in a crate when he can't be supervised as well, and I did have to shove him in it a couple times at first. He still willingly enters it at night and whenver it's asked of him. Instead of bribing her in with a treat, things that worked for me were giving the treat *after* the dog entered the crate (I rarely show him the treat before he enters the crate), and also sticking treats in there when I wasn't putting him in it, and letting him go in and find them. I also found that using large milkbones, especially when he was smaller, were a great way to keep him occupied for short lengths of time while adding an *awesome* reward for going in. -- Emily Carroll Dealing 80s Toys - Rainbow Brite - My Little Pony - More Website: www.geocities.com/diamonds_in_her_eyes CPG: www.geocities.com/cyberpetgame --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.532 / Virus Database: 326 - Release Date: 10/27/2003 |
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(Greg Harfst) wrote:
Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Hot dogs, string cheese, freeze-dried liver, peanut butter. PetsMart Pet Trainer My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html Last updated June 27 at 10:00 a.m. |
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(Greg Harfst) wrote:
Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Hot dogs, string cheese, freeze-dried liver, peanut butter. PetsMart Pet Trainer My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html Last updated June 27 at 10:00 a.m. |
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(Greg Harfst) wrote:
Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Hot dogs, string cheese, freeze-dried liver, peanut butter. PetsMart Pet Trainer My Kids, My Students, My Life: http://hometown.aol.com/dfrntdrums/m...age/index.html Last updated June 27 at 10:00 a.m. |
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Greg Harfst wrote: Hello, Five days ago I took home a soft coated wheaten terrier puppy. She is 9 weeks old. I am crate training her, and while I realize training takes time, I am having some difficulty. She likes being in her crate. She doesn't cry to get out, and she has fun playing with toys when she is in there. Also, I do not want to force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. Sometimes I can lure her in with toys or food. This is proving more difficult though. She might put her front two feet in, but be reluctant to go in completely. My main problem is that I have not found any treat that she craves, or even likes. Many times I'll hold a treat right in front of her nose, and she will show absolutely no interest. While I don't want treats to be the primary basis of her training, it would help if I could use them to make her enter her crate. Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Thank you. your problem is not that your puppy doesn't like treats. Your puppy does not like to be stuffed in a cage. puppy crate training video http://dogtv.com/cage.rm puppy no bite training video http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm puppy puppy down training video http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm now, after watching my videos, if you still insist on stuffing your dog in a cage, I can tell you howe to do it, without the pup perceiving you as a horrible person, but that will have to wait for another post. this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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Greg Harfst wrote: Hello, Five days ago I took home a soft coated wheaten terrier puppy. She is 9 weeks old. I am crate training her, and while I realize training takes time, I am having some difficulty. She likes being in her crate. She doesn't cry to get out, and she has fun playing with toys when she is in there. Also, I do not want to force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. Sometimes I can lure her in with toys or food. This is proving more difficult though. She might put her front two feet in, but be reluctant to go in completely. My main problem is that I have not found any treat that she craves, or even likes. Many times I'll hold a treat right in front of her nose, and she will show absolutely no interest. While I don't want treats to be the primary basis of her training, it would help if I could use them to make her enter her crate. Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Thank you. your problem is not that your puppy doesn't like treats. Your puppy does not like to be stuffed in a cage. puppy crate training video http://dogtv.com/cage.rm puppy no bite training video http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm puppy puppy down training video http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm now, after watching my videos, if you still insist on stuffing your dog in a cage, I can tell you howe to do it, without the pup perceiving you as a horrible person, but that will have to wait for another post. this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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Greg Harfst wrote: Hello, Five days ago I took home a soft coated wheaten terrier puppy. She is 9 weeks old. I am crate training her, and while I realize training takes time, I am having some difficulty. She likes being in her crate. She doesn't cry to get out, and she has fun playing with toys when she is in there. Also, I do not want to force her to go in her crate because I want her crate to be a totally positive experience. Sometimes I can lure her in with toys or food. This is proving more difficult though. She might put her front two feet in, but be reluctant to go in completely. My main problem is that I have not found any treat that she craves, or even likes. Many times I'll hold a treat right in front of her nose, and she will show absolutely no interest. While I don't want treats to be the primary basis of her training, it would help if I could use them to make her enter her crate. Does anybody else have experience with a puppy that does not like treats? Can anybody suggest something I might try? Thank you. your problem is not that your puppy doesn't like treats. Your puppy does not like to be stuffed in a cage. puppy crate training video http://dogtv.com/cage.rm puppy no bite training video http://dogtv.com/kwame.rm puppy puppy down training video http://dogtv.com/kdown.rm now, after watching my videos, if you still insist on stuffing your dog in a cage, I can tell you howe to do it, without the pup perceiving you as a horrible person, but that will have to wait for another post. this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com |
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