Training Tips

teach your dogMany of todays top trainers use toys to motivate and reward dogs as an alternative to food. Your dog loves to play with you.
- What could be healthier and more fun than teaching and rewarding your dog with toys?

Teaching tug with the Chewber
Good manners are VERY important...
A Controlled "take it" is an important first step in playing tug. Tug games should be initiated only by you. If your dog grabs the Chewber uninvite, or jumps up to grab it, do not play tug. No manners - No game!
Remember it takes two to play.

learning with ChewberWhat if your dog won't let go?

Offer the Chewber for a tug game - oriented like a bowl.Play a short game of tug. Say your command word and drop a small treat into the Chewber. Your dog will let go to eat the treat!
Repeat as necessary until it 'clicks' and your dog associates the command word with letting go and getting a treat!


Feed your dog from the Chewber

This creates positive associations with the sight, smell and feel of the disc. It is a great way to introduce the Chewber to your dog for the first time and it is sooo handy when you are travelling.
Chewbers wash up easily in the sink.
Pickup

Play 'hide and seek' with your Chewber

Many dogs LOVE this game.
It gives them a chance to exercise their brains and "flex their nose muscles"! It is also fun to play inside when outside play isn't possible.


Dogs have 1000 times more brain area devoted to their sense of smell than we do. Humans see in technicolor. Dogs smell in technicolor!
Feed your dog from his Chewber and this game can become part of your daily routine!


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