Let’s Talk Treat Pouches

31 Mar

The most effective way to train a dog is through positive reinforcement and yes, praise and toys work well as rewards but let’s face it, a dog’s favourite reward is food!

When training your dog, the timing of your food reward and reinforcement delivery is one of the most important elements of successful training. Trying to get treats out of plastic bags or tiny containers can actually be a hindrance rather than a help!

A treat pouch is a great piece of training equipment and in my opinion, a must have accessory when you have a dog or two! I highly recommend investing in a good quality treat pouch and here's why ...

Buddy and Fudge anticipating training time!

Quick Reward Delivery:

Treat pouches allow you to quickly access and deliver treats which is crucial for training. The quicker the reward is delivered after the desired behaviour is given, the stronger the connection is between the two.

Creates Positive Associations for Training and Walks:

Using treats as rewards can help establish a positive association with training and walking, strengthening the bond you have with your dog. Using a treat pouch can help your dog associate the pouch with enjoyable training experiences.

Can Motivate your Dog:

Dogs are naturally motivated by treats and a treat pouch ensures you have a readily available source of positive reinforcement that your dog can see which in turn will motivate them to focus on their training.

Consistency with Training:

Consistency helps dogs learn and keeping treats in a pouch promotes consistency and ensures you always have rewards readily available.

Helps you stay Organised:

A good treat pouch keeps your treats safe and prevents them from spilling out.

Storage for Essentials:

Many treat pouches are designed to store other essential items like poop bags, clickers, your phone and keys.

Hands-Free Training:

A treat pouch frees up your hands, allowing you to hold other training equipment like clickers, leads and it also means you can give clear visual cues.

Portable and Easy to Carry:

They are portable and easy to carry, whether clipped to your belt or worn around your waist. They make it easy to have treats readily available wherever you are so you can reinforce those good behaviours as soon as they happen.

Keeps Treats Fresh:

Well designed treat pouches are easy to clean and help treats stay fresh.

No Messy Pockets:

Tasty treats come in all varieties but if using your pockets to hold treats in, you are not likely to want to use the more tasty, soft, smelly varieties which your dogs really love! Using a treat pouch means you can use any kind of tasty treat without having messy, dirty or smelly pockets!

The kind of treat pouches we like are ones that are easy to clean, have magnetic closure for quick opening and shutting, can be attached to a belt or put around your waist and have extra compartments for different treats, poo bags etc.

The two we really love are: