Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Warning Signs to Watch Out for When Training with Treats and Toys
Just because you’re using treats and toys, doesn’t mean you can do no harm. This video goes over recognizing signs to lookout for that your dog might be feeling conflicted or frustrated by your training when using treats or toys to train.
Stress and frustration happens in everyday life, in a stressful environment, new situation or overstimulating environment - a dog might offer these behaviors and you can then help them out and reassess the approach. But if it shows up in your daily training sessions where you are asking for very minimal amounts of behavior, then there is a problem that needs to be addressed. Sometimes this means going back to the basics of using food or toys in training.
Signs to look for:
- Starts breathing faster and louder when training
- Whining, huffing, growling or barking
- Repetitive lip licking
- Whining
- barking
- Frantic or erratic behavior
- A change in their behavior compared to their everyday life
- Overly tense muscles
- Gaping mouth, grimacing, showing more teeth - lower back molars or front teeth
- Chattering jaw
- Drooling
Ask yourself, Is this in the dog’s best interest? Is the dog looking overly stressed, conflicted or overly frustrated? Stop or Slow down, break the steps up or change the plan.
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Warning Signs to Watch Out for When Training with Treats and Toys
Just because you’re using treats and toys, doesn’t mean you can do no harm. This video goes over recognizing signs to lookout for that your dog might be feeling conflicted or frustrated by your training when using treats or toys to train.
Stress and frustration happens in everyday life, in a stressful environment, new situation or overstimulating environment - a dog might offer these behaviors and you can then help them out and reassess the approach. But if it shows up in your daily training sessions where you are asking for very minimal amounts of behavior, then there is a problem that needs to be addressed. Sometimes this means going back to the basics of using food or toys in training.
Signs to look for:
- Starts breathing faster and louder when training
- Whining, huffing, growling or barking
- Repetitive lip licking
- Whining
- barking
- Frantic or erratic behavior
- A change in their behavior compared to their everyday life
- Overly tense muscles
- Gaping mouth, grimacing, showing more teeth - lower back molars or front teeth
- Chattering jaw
- Drooling
Ask yourself, Is this in the dog’s best interest? Is the dog looking overly stressed, conflicted or overly frustrated? Stop or Slow down, break the steps up or change the plan.
Join this channel to get access to a monthly members video:
youtube.com/channel/UC-qnqaajTk6bfs3UZuue6IQ/join
