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can treats and other offerings change a dog’s spends time with the trainer or the handler and taught
behaviour and loyalty? to obey their commands, he obviously becomes loyal
Food, space and love are three main concerns of all to them also. Moreover, since dogs are now sharing
living beings. Whether it’s a human or an animal, they our homes and our lives in ever closer ways, it is more
first require food for survival. They need space to live important than ever that every dog be given a good
and of course love for emotional bonding with each canine education. Doing so will prevent thousands of
other and to be social with their surroundings. Food dogs being surrendered to shelters due to behavioural
plays an important role in the performing behaviour issues that could have been prevented. Investing the
and loyalty also works accordingly. The treats and time to teach your dog will make living with him easier
offerings are mostly food items or playing toys and and that investment could also save his life.
tools. Sometime offerings can change the behaviour
and loyalty of a dog, but usually there is no doubt on does your dog’s food affect his mood and loyalty?
the loyalty of the dog if its stomach is full. We expect a normal behavior and psychological
activities when their stomach is full, means they are
can training also affect a dog’s loyalty? not hungry or starving. All living beings are usually
Training plays an important role in the day to day more or less selfish and greedy, especially for food.
behaviour of the dog as he acts according to what he Dogs are no exception. In fact, they are usually more
learns. In the same manner, a dog’s loyalty also gets selfish and greedy when it comes to food and their
affected by the training and along with the master he entire psychology and behaviour changes if they are
gets loyal to the handler and trainer as well. A qualified, not properly trained vis-à-vis feeding time and the
truly positive trainer goes a long way in building a type of food they are given. Dogs are always insecure
healthier relationship with your dog. Since the dog about food, meaning they have severe ‘food insecurity’

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