If you are going to do training that is 15 minutes a day, I suggest you use the regular food for the training. Use the food from the breakfast or dinner meal. I use all of Joey's breakfast, and half of his dinner meal for training. If they are hungry, training works better anyways because they are really attentive. If this doesn't work time-wise with you, you could always feed them half, and then use the rest for training at a later time. When first learning a trick, a reward should be given every time the task is performed so that's lots of treats.
During a trick training class, training was rather intensive and they had to learn quite a bit each week. I started with something like regular cherries, and while not terrible nutritious in themselves, however, they are so tiny, calorie wise; it wouldn't fill him up fast. As training progressed, Joey got more and more finicky in what he thought a suitable treat was. Petsmart sells a freeze-dried liver product that Joey really loves, it has no preservatives and is 100% liver with no added flour or filler. This is a special treat he gets daily. Other good treats are green beans, and frozen peas. |