Motivation with Meals
Doing More with meals uses your dog's daily feeding rations and mealtimes to help them relax, enjoy themselves more, encourage natural behaviours, teach new things, and motivate them toward training goals.
More resources
- Simpawtico Dog Training - Practical Guide to Work to Eat Projects for Mental and Emotional Health
- Absolute Dog - 3 ways to ditch the bowl
- Pupford: Contrafreeloading: Why Dogs Often Prefer to Work for Food
- Pet Harmony Training: Contrafreeloading: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Its Role in Enrichment
- Outwardhound - Contrafreeloading: What It Is & Why Dogs Love It
- Shay Kelly - Contrafreeloading: Why animals may prefer to work for food
- Positive k9 training - Struggle to use food in your dog’s training?
- Muttamorphosis - Put Away Those Food Bowls & Let’s Give Dogs a Job!
- Animal Welfare League - 5 Ways to Use Your Pet’s Meals for Enrichment