Several of my clients have dogs that are on a weight loss program, and they seem to be compliant in following their individualized feeding instructions. However, many clients tell me that their dogs beg for food all the time. How can I help my clientscorrect or prevent this behavior in their dogs? A Begging is one of those problem behaviors that is easy to fix in theory but harder to fix in the real world since some important laws of learning are at But clients can take steps to stop this behavior.The first thing we all need to help our clients understand about their pets is that animals perform behaviors for specific reasons. Animals tend to repeat behaviors that get rewarded and not repeat behaviors that are not rewarding in some way. This information can be challenging to put to use if it is not clear to us why an animal finds a particular behavior, such as barking or chasing cars, rewarding.
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