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05-18-2007, 05:14 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
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| After reading a thread on YT I put peanut butter in Paddington's new Kong... it was the first time he ever played with one. I learned: Peanut butter makes my dog go crazy!!!!!! He would chase the kong and be all excited, but then he'd jump back as if he were afraid of it... he played with it like that for ten minutes- attack and jump back real quickly. He got about half the peanut butter out, but one time he threw it up and when it bounced the peanut butter flew everywhere, so I'm not sure how much of it he actually ate. I have no idea if he liked the peanut butter or hated it because of the way he was acting towards it! I am concerned though, if I should be giving peanut butter to him when he is so young. He is about eleven weeks old. Can he choke on it, or can it make him sick?? -O |
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05-18-2007, 05:34 PM | #2 |
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| I would only be giving him about half a teaspoon once in awhile. I wouldn't be filling a kong, that is too much. Try cheerios in the kong instead. |
05-18-2007, 05:44 PM | #3 |
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| I only put about a half a tsp in it, I didn't "stuff" it so that it was full (maybe that is why it flew out when bounced!) I was nervous about it, so I just put in a bit to see how he would react... I dunno if I'll do it again, but it was crazy fun to watch him for about ten minutes! -O |
05-18-2007, 05:51 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio
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| Oh, and your post put another question in my head! I'm concerned about all the treats required for training him. We use verbal praise and toys as rewards too, but when I trained him to sit, for example, we used quite a few treats, and I don't think any other reward would have worked as effectively (after a couple of fifteen minute training sessions, he has "sit" down really well!) You said to put cheerios in the Kong... is that a real treat for Yorkies?? Would I be able to substitute the treats with a cheerio? We are clicker training... The thought reminds me of a project I did in high school where I trained rats to play basketball, with a method almost identical to clicker training...we used fruit loops as the reward! -O |
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