How to Easily Reward Your Dog

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Our dog, Elsa just turned 4 years old recently. We first got her as a puppy here. One of the first things we did, when she was a puppy, was to pay for training classes.

Honestly both my husband and I had dogs growing up. But we still felt we needed to brush up on just how to help train and reward our dog.  During these classes, we attended them as a family unit. So this meant our young daughters also attended to help them learn, too.

See we wanted to make sure our dog was well behaved. But also fit into our family and lifestyle as best as possible. And fit into our family she most certainly does.

Our Elsa is truly the sweetest thing. See she really is so lovable. But honestly has no idea of her size at all. She usually hangs with me daily while I work from home. So quite often I get her nuzzling into me while work.

She also will somehow find her way on her hind legs to wrap her arms around my neck to give me hugs and kisses. I guess you could say she loves me. And even considers herself my third child having 2 human daughters who are 7 and 8 years old. She also does this with both my girls and husband, too.

Still, training was essential during those puppy years.

Plus, I honestly couldn’t be happier that we did take those training classes. Because at 4 years old, Elsa is once again a good girl. She also knows many basic commands because of this training. Her favorites are sit, lay down, responding to her own name when called and even shaking paw!

So, of course when she does any of these are just well behaved, we do our best to reward her.

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But how do we reward our girl?

Check out how for some great tips and advice on how to help reward your own dog…

4 Easy Ways to Reward Your Dog

1. Instant gratification is a must.

Meaning once your dog performs the desired behavior, make sure to reward immediately. Waiting truly is only a distraction and doesn’t help to have them repeat said behavior. See if you wait your dog won’t truly know what they were being rewarded for. Why? Because they have short term memory. Meaning that they will forget within seconds what you are indeed rewarding for.

2. Short but sweet.

See you want to make sure that your commands are simple and direct. This means you don’t want to make your directions into a paragraph or even a few short phrases. Instead make sure to keep it to two or three words at best. This mean if you want your dog to sit, tell them just that.

Here are a few simple commands to give your dog for rewarding them as follows:

• Sit
• Stay
• Down (for “lie down”)
• Off (for “get off of me” or “get off the furniture”)
• Come

3. Be consistent.

Meaning if you use the command “Sit” with your dog, then so should everyone else in the family. Because using different commands to mean the same thing only helps to confuse your dog. Also this means only rewarding the good behavior and not the bad. As you want to make sure your dog consistently understanding the difference between right and wrong.

4. The right treats help.

Some dogs may be picky when getting treated and rewarded. Like our girl, she has her favorites here.  Our Elsa got happily turned onto Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Dog Treats. It honestly helps she loves Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Dog Food. I shopped recently in store at Target. I found them conveniently on the end cap on special display.

Why Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Dog Treats?

Because our dog happens to crave the meaty deliciousness in these Nutrish treats. See these real-meat treats look and taste just like the real thing. So every dog, including Elsa, deserves a real-meat treat!

I mean our pets count on us for everything. So it’s our duty to give them the best. Plus, we should never let them down. And Nutrish knows just how you feel.

Why?

Because they’re pet parents too. That’s why everything they do is aimed at nourishing pets everywhere – including offering pet food and treats made with simple, wholesome ingredients like real meat or fish, and no poultry by-product meal or fillers.

So with Nutrish it is Simple – Real recipes. Real Ingredients. Real Good.

What flavors do Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Dog Treats come in?

1. Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Oven-Browned Chicken Sausage Bites – made with real U.S. farm-raised chicken as the #1 ingredient and contain no corn or wheat.

2. Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Beef, Chicken & Bacon Meatball Morsels – made with real U.S. farm-raised beef as the #1 ingredient nor contain any grains, artificial flavors or meat by-products.

3. Rachael Ray™ Nutrish® Hickory Smoked Turkey Bacon Treats – made with real U.S. farm-raised turkey as the #1 ingredient and are grain free.

Plus all three of these blends also are known for the following:

• No artificial flavors or meat by-products.
• Safely USA cooked with the world’s best ingredients.
• Never any ingredients from China.

Take it from Elsa as we have tried all three here for her. And believe it or not, she liked them all!

Want some much needed help to never forget how to reward your dog?

Then check out our FREE Printable PDF checklist. It contains all the necessary ways to help with rewarding your dog. Plus, it is a great way to also not forget!

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