May 20, 2011
How do I split training time between obedience and prey development?
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How can I divide obedience training in a puppy of 8 weeks and prey drive development using your DVD bite training puppies. What I am really asking is how can I do both things at the same time? Can you give me certain times in a day I can do obedience training and prey drive development? ![Cindy](https://leerburg.com/Photos/articles/authors/cindyrhodes.jpg)
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You can do short sessions of prey drive building and short obedience sessions throughout the day, there is no set schedule for these things. The key is to always quit while the puppy wants more. Don’t wait until the pup loses drive or interest. This will change from day to day and as the pup becomes more mature.
This probably means 2-3 minutes at the most.
I am raising a Malinois puppy right now and I do 3 or 4 sessions of obedience during the day, right before meals because that’s when he’s most interested in working for food. I use his meals as the reward, feeding tiny pieces during training.
The prey work I do less of right now, because he has plenty of drive and doesn’t really need this. If he was less driven then I would focus more time on it, but he loves to bite more than he loves food so I do more with food right now.
This probably means 2-3 minutes at the most.
I am raising a Malinois puppy right now and I do 3 or 4 sessions of obedience during the day, right before meals because that’s when he’s most interested in working for food. I use his meals as the reward, feeding tiny pieces during training.
The prey work I do less of right now, because he has plenty of drive and doesn’t really need this. If he was less driven then I would focus more time on it, but he loves to bite more than he loves food so I do more with food right now.
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