High-tech fabrics and fancy vacuums only go so far when protecting your home from the wear and tear of your fur-kids. Once you deck out the room with the most durable rugs, furniture, and accessories, you have to teach your pups how you want them to live in the space. Training your pets can feel overwhelming and some times impossible. Before you give up hope, let me introduce you to the five best training treats for dogs, including the magical powers of cheez whiz.
In Defense of Overprocessed Cheese Products
If giving your dog an overprocessed cheese product is not in line up with your values, I totally respect that. There are some more natural options mentioned below. Considering we had to get a fancy-pants litter box to stop the dogs from eating cat poo, cheese wiz is a significant step up for our furry-crew.
How you train your dog can be very personal, and there are many different methods. We follow the fear-free and force-free training philosophy that we learned from our fantastic trainer and behaviorist at the University of Tennessee VMC. We had to move some mountains to address a few behavior issues and have learned to embrace the enticing powers of the canned cheese. You can read more about the fear-free training at fear free happy homes. (It’s not only fear-free, it’s money free…but you do need to create a log in.)
Cheez Whiz Protection Techniques
- If you are entertaining and want to keep your pups away from your guests, beverage station, or charcuterie board you can convert any toy with ridges into an interactive game with a schemer of cheez whiz to keep them engaged.
- Redirect your dogs from sleeping on your fancy chair by creating a safe space in another area. Encourage them to relax and hang out there with a dab of the big cheez on a toy. It helps if it isn’t something they can pick up and move like a toy with suction cups.
- In the dog-friendly shower post, we covered how we used a plastic silicone fish loaded with cheez wiz to get the dogs to feel safe in the shower.
- A spoonful of cheez wiz makes the medicine go down. It doesn’t take a whole spoonful, but they will never refuse their meds ever again.
Variety Helps for Backtracking
I know this is unfathomable, but there can be cheez wiz burnout. Since you are redirecting the dog to enjoy something where they may have some anxiety, you can create an association between the treat and the experience. When we brought August to the vet (maybe for the first time in his life), they used peanut butter to navigate him through the experience. The next time we broke out the peanut butter, he was ready for bad things to happen. To avoid burnout, rotate the magic.
Our Barking Bungalow’s 5 Best Spreadable Magic Treats
- Cheez Whiz is our #1
- Baby Food in Beef, Chicken or Turkey
- Smooth Peanut Butter – crunchy can get into crevices of toys that you can never excavate.
- Yogurt- It doesn’t have the 100% response rate like the cheez whiz but is still a winner
- Frozen Broth – Chicken, Beef or Turkey
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