If you want to show your puppy you love him, skip the food. When you use food as a reward, you’re giving your puppy a choice between what he wants and what you want. If he chooses a negative behavior over the food, he will end up in trouble and you will have lost control.

Food is often used to send the wrong message to your dog.  You’ve probably seen the neighbor who’s dog runs out of the house and they run out after them shaking their bag of food to get the dog to come back.  The dog MAY return, but they have just showed the dog no consequence for running off.  They instead have just rewarded the dog for running off.

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