Comments on: Dog Training Tip – Match The Treat to the Trick https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Linda - Alfie's Blog https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106508 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:28:54 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106508 My motivation for training Alfie is fear. Fear of being the only one in agility class who hasn’t done her home work 🙂

]]> By: Anna https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106495 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 02:05:20 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106495 A good thing to remember for sure. My girl is kinda opposite yours, sitting still is hard for her but she flew through all the weird agility obstacles the first time she saw them. But she does get bored, and when working on something challenging her ultimate favorite is when I pull out the food tube. Which is a great way to deliver the really messy tasty stuff. But sometimes that is too tempting for her. When running through boring basics she is happy to work for mix cereal or cheerios… cheese, kibble even. Honestly I am lucky if she chews them.
I hope I can get things together to share what we have worked on tomorrow.
Anna

]]> By: Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106351 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:31:23 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106351 Jodi said it well. If the treat is too exciting we can focus on nothing but the food in hand. We are better off using low value foods.

But some of my higher value treats? I use those for recalls. Otherwise I just have an excited, jumping lab who can’t focus enough to understand what I want from her.

Thanks for the shout out Pamela! It’s a fun training challenge.

]]> By: lauranne https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106332 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:41:48 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106332 A very wise idea. However I have the problem that BD is just not food motivated. Mity would do anything for even the most boring of treats. but BD the other day I offered him some cheese while out on the walk – refused it twice! However if I have a tennis ball…!

]]> By: Roberta https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106305 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:36:12 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106305 Love the chick pea. Justus works best for a squeaker toy; food is OK, but squeakers are FABULOUS.

Minimal training but did walk WillE on leash with his prong collar last night. I don’t like prong collars, but his family had been using it and he is a BIG, strong dog with a HUGE scent drive. WillE was a peach, loose leash most of the way. HOORAY.

]]> By: themisadventuresofmisaki https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106286 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 15:21:26 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106286 liver cake is my favourite:-)

]]> By: Dog Training Tip – Match The Treat to the... https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106284 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 14:01:34 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106284 […] Honey will sit just for the chance to sniff a piece of fuzz that may have rolled over a cookie. She’ll break the sound barrier during her recall just because I’m standing next to the fridge.  […]

]]> By: Dawn https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106271 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:37:21 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106271 Maya and Pierson are definitely food motivated. It doesn’t take much food or special kinds of food to motivate them either. I usually use low calorie treats for training and give multiple treats if they did something particularly hard. I should say, though, that not all tricks get treats. For example, the “play dead” trick is rewarded with belly rubs.

]]> By: Kolchak, Felix & Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106254 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:50:50 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106254 With Kolchak the trick isn’t finding what is high value enough to motivate him, it’s finding what is low value enough to allow him to FOCUS while we work. He has a tendency to go wild over a high value treat and we get NOTHING done.

]]> By: Vlad & Barkly's Dee https://www.somethingwagging.com/dog-training-tip-match-the-treat-to-the-trick/#comment-106253 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:24:45 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=12558#comment-106253 V&B seem to agree on value. The best of all are Zuke’s Lil’ Links Rabbit. They have a thing for rabbit, and they’ll do anything for it. Like Honey, they eat oranges & clementines (especially love Halos), but that doesn’t work for Barkly for a reward. Barkly’s picky, but Vlad will do anything for almost anything that he can eat.

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