#58: Maximizing Food Drive

What exactly is "food drive"? It's a fuzzy term for sure, but what
do we mean when we talk about a dog's food drive? Is it a fixed
characteristic, or is there something we can do to influence it?
(IMHO, there is a lot we can do!) Why do we care so much about food
in dog training? Well, mostly because it's convenient! It's easy to
dispense. We can carry it around in our collective pockets. And all
healthy dogs eat food! (Because living animals eat food or they
don't stay living for very long.) But we also know that some dogs
eat more food than others, and there are certain circumstances
under which the same dog may eat more or less food. For training
purposes, we can arrange those circumstances in our favor... get
more bang for our buck/hot dog. But there are also ethical
concerns. What are some things we should keep in mind when it comes
to optimizing our dogs' interest in food without crossing a line
into deprivation? There is a lot we can do to make food more
valuable as training resource without restricting the dog's caloric
intake to the point of starvation. Here are some of the food/treats
I use most frequently in training: Fresh pet Happy Howie's rolled
food Ziwi Peak For full show notes, visit:
www.wonderpupstraining.com/podcast/58