What is the 90/10 rule for dogs?
Shaun Leannon
2025-06-04 14:34:04
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A healthy, balanced diet for adult pets should consist of 90% well formulated dry or canned food and 10% from outside sources such as training treats, dental treats, toppers, table scraps and supplements. Dry or canned food that is well researched and formulated to meet the standards put out by AAFCO and WSAVA will provide all of the vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients your pet needs to thrive. When you feed your pet over 10% of outside sources you are creating an unbalanced diet, putting your pet at risk for nutritional deficiencies and obesity. For reference, if your pet’s daily calorie intake is 1000 calories, then 900 calories should come from dry or canned food and only 100 calories should be from treats. Please ask your veterinarian how many calories your pet should consume daily to help determine what 10% of calories is.
Osvaldo Deckow
2025-06-04 09:39:52
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The 90/10 rule teaches your dog that 90% of the time it works for you both and 10% of the time it works for you. You see the dog with the stolen item – you walk calmly to the fridge and get out some cheese. You call the dog over – or approach them smiling – offer your piece of cheese so you can get them to swap the item. When the item falls to the floor – DON’T PICK IT UP. Smile, offer more cheese. Repeat… repeat… repeat – until they stop snatching the item back again. Now pick up the item – offer it back to the dog with 2 hands. Offer a piece of cheese as a swap – DON’T PICK THE ITEM UP. Say ‘thank you’ (or similar), reach down and pick up the item in 1 hand. Now give a piece of cheese. Once you have done this a number of times the dog will no longer want to hold the item. You can now pick the item up with 1 hand and remove it. You have taught them that 90% of the time they will get the item back PLUS cheese. 10% of the time, the item will be removed.