Hunting Behavior in Puppies

Dogs need many social behaviors, including games and hunting. Basically, games are the best training to hone their hunting abilities. The games dogs play with their companions since childhood may seem like just games to you, but to them, they are training for hunting. If you give it a toy that makes sounds, for every bite it makes, the toy will scream, just like the cry of prey, which will arouse its motivation to play with the toy.

The behavior of dogs playing with toys (1)

However, this kind of toy is too easy for it. It doesn’t take long for it to tear the part that makes the sound or other parts. When the toy no longer makes a sound, it equates to "prey death." Time and time again, it will gradually lose interest and desire. Therefore, I do not recommend using this kind of toy. It is best to use a toy that can be stuffed with snacks and cannot be chewed.

Dog’s behavior of playing with toys (2)

In order to make your dog fall in love with toys, first of all, you must change your feeding habits. Instead of using a bowl to feed your dog, you should feed him every meal. Put it in a toy. If it is not convenient for all of them, at least some of them must be fed by this toy. There are many toys on the market that can be stuffed with snacks. You just need to deliberately let it see you stuffing food into the toy every day, and then give it the toy so that it can get food through the toy.

You don’t have to feel sorry for the dogs. On the contrary, they can get fun from it and associate toys with food. Even dogs that don’t like toys can become dogs that love toys.

Do not make your dog lose his desire by playing with toys

Remember! Toys cannot be placed on the ground all the time as this will cause the dog to gradually lose the desire to play. After each play, put the toys away. In this way, every time you take out the toy, the dog will get excited instead of looking indifferent.

The way to play with toys is not to throw them to the dog, but to play a pulling game with it. Think of it this way: this is not a toy, this is a rabbit; what you and your dog are pulling is a live rabbit. When your dog bites this rabbit, please don’t hold on to it. If you snatch it away every time, the dog will not dare to play with you. Because you are too strong, it will not dare to infringe and choose to give up the game. . Therefore, be sure to remember that winning it once or twice every ten times is enough. Lose to it as much as possible, and it will like it.

Learn to play toy games with your dog

In addition, when your dog bites the toy, you should shake the toy moderately, struggle like a live rabbit, and encourage it happily: "Bite it to death, you're so good, bite it to death!" It's like a mother dog teaching her dog to hunt. Then let go and praise it for pulling the "rabbit" away. Don’t worry about this triggering aggressive behavior. You can find some information about animals.According to the book on animal behavior, aggressive behavior towards people is not caused by playing pull games, but by being beaten by the owner.

When it takes the toy away, you must not chase it. It will have more serious consequences: "Chasing me is more fun than any other toy!" Don't be afraid that it will not give it back to you after it takes it away. Come, you can exchange food for it. After a few times, your dog will find that playing with you is more fun than chewing on it, and it will take the toy back to you in the hope that you will continue to play with it.

Dogs compete for toys

In addition to practicing this way, you also need to cultivate your dog’s higher desires. For example, when you pull to a certain extent, you suddenly pretend that the rabbit is stuck in the crevice of the stone and has been bitten to death by it. Please hold on tightly and stand firm; those who are weak can sit down chair to avoid being pulled down. Then, when the dog can't pull anymore and gives up, encourage it immediately, which can guide it to learn to let go.

Then, you have to suddenly revive the "rabbit" and call your dog exaggeratedly, saying: "Live, live! Kill it!" and then pull it very actively, while pulling, and also Shake while shaking, this will make the dog admire you very much, because you are simply a god! Can revive dead rabbits. You have given this toy the quality of being unkillable. It will spend its entire life killing this unkillable rabbit!