Patent ID: 8028662

Claim:
A method of positive-reinforced scent training a dog for reliable recognition and selection of approved objects for chewing and playing, the method comprising: applying a distinctive scent to at least one acceptable object for mouthing/chewing, said distinctive scent being a combination of two or more animal secretions diluted in aqueous solution wherein the combination is not naturally found in nature; introducing a dog in need of acceptable chewing training to the distinctive scent by allowing the dog to sniff the distinctive scent-marked on the at least one acceptable object; rewarding the dog if the dog mouths the at least one scent-marked object; introducing the dog to at least one unmarked object; testing the dog to see if it can discriminate between the at least one scent-marked object, in that it mouths or chews the at least one scent-marked object, and the at least one unmarked object in that it does not mouth or chew the at least one unmarked object; rewarding the dog if it mouths only the at least one scent-marked object; interrupting the dog if it mouths the at least one unmarked object; repeating the testing until the dog only mouths the at least scent-marked object.