Comments on: DD 007: How To Use Food In Your Dog Training https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/how-to-use-food-in-your-dog-training/ Doggy Dan's Reactivity Training Sun, 14 Jul 2024 04:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Dog Trainer Doggy Dan https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/how-to-use-food-in-your-dog-training/#comment-2419 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:30:19 +0000 http://theonlinedogtrainer.com/?p=1138#comment-2419 In reply to Pauline McLaren.

Hi Pauline,
Often dogs do need a higher value treat when working around distraction, the motivation needs to be great enough that they think ‘jackpot!’. Having said that some dogs will work happily for some praise and a pat/fuss, just work out what your dog’s leverage is and go with that. High value treats are foods that your dog loves and doesn’t get often, like cheese or cooked meats but it could be anything. Make sure you only give her a pat/fuss/treat if she has returned to you when you call her, she needs to know the difference between when you ask her to return and when she decides to on her own. Hope that helps…Doggy Dan

]]> By: Pauline McLaren https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/how-to-use-food-in-your-dog-training/#comment-2395 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:19:26 +0000 http://theonlinedogtrainer.com/?p=1138#comment-2395 Hi Doggy Dan. My 9mnth old border collie pup doesnt seem interested in food when we are out. I exercise her and our other b/collie 4yrs old together, she seems more interested in him at times. when she does run back to check in with me i go to give her a treat but she doesnt want it, she gets good girl and a pat. should i change the treat to something really fatty? what i have used is what i use at home with them both. she does come back when called but not always right to me as she is always watching where her best friend is.

]]> By: Doggy Dan https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/how-to-use-food-in-your-dog-training/#comment-177 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 22:28:01 +0000 http://theonlinedogtrainer.com/?p=1138#comment-177 In reply to Brenda.

Hi Brenda,
a couple of things you can try.
1. Make having or not having treats less obvious. Once your dog is not sure if you have treats of not it becomes more of a lottery…Good for you. He has to keep guessing
2. The more you are the pack leader the less he will try to disobey you and the more he will follow his natural instincts and follow the pack leader 🙂 (Are you a member of the video website http://theonlinedogtrainer.com ? This will help heaps if you are not.
3. Learn to use the short line so you have control of him…(again inside the video website you can see me using it for training this exact behavior)
4. Start small with almost just a drop it and get the reward and then train him to bring it to you (fetch) again all explained in the video !
Hope that gives you some ideas ! All the best, Doggy Dan 🙂

]]> By: Brenda https://theonlinedogtrainer.com/how-to-use-food-in-your-dog-training/#comment-176 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 06:36:59 +0000 http://theonlinedogtrainer.com/?p=1138#comment-176 If my dog knows I have rewards in my waist bag he will only stay by me looking for a treat instead of say retrieving his ball ( which by the way does not bring it straight back to me ) he usually goes somewhere near and puts in down on the ground or chews it and then sometimes when I have to go over to get it, it picks it up and runs off with it.
How can I get him to bring the ball back and then get a reward?

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