What is Behavioral Training?
You’ve heard the expression by force of habit haven’t you? That phrase describes a conditioned response, one that’s been built over time by frequent repetition. Well, behavioral training is based on just that kind of conditioning. We make training a game for the dog with pleasant associations attached so that the dog is motivated to play along with us. There’s no physical punishment involved–no metal collars, no jerking, no bellowing. We stay in charge naturally, without force, and over time we build very strong habits of good behavior.
The behavioral portion of the program is achieved by working with one of Weightcare’s physicians. Our behavioral program consists of helping you identify obstacles that prevent you from eating well and exercising or dealing with times when you are vulnerable to food. You learn how to cope with emotional eating, binge eating, and we train you on how to eat out or at family gatherings or how to work through setbacks. Our physician will give you tools and strategies to help you deal (emotionally and physically) in any situation. The behavioral program is the greatest predictor of your long term success. We are the only weight loss program available that provides this unique complete form of one on one training.
Behavioral training brings about positive changes in your puppy or dog and corrects any bad habits that it may have developed like car chasing, jumping, climbing the furniture, begging and the most common, chewing. These are just a few which very well be changed. Starting behavioral training Jumping: If the dog starts jumping up onto the table or person, take a rolled up paper and bang loud when he does it. Praise it as soon as it stops jumping. It actually thinks that if it jumps up then the noise happens, and it is not connected to the table or person hes jumping up at. It will stop after no more than 3 bangs. Chewing: It develops the tendency to chew at the time of teething. Take a rolled up paper and bang it each time the puppy starts chewing your hand/ ankle / furniture etc. Give a rawhide bone for it to chew and praise it, reward it whenever it uses the rawhide bone to chew. Excessive Dog Barking: It expects us to respond whenever it barks, so ignore it completely. If it barks ex
