Monday, September 14th, 2009...10:50 am
Treats for Training
Treats for training.
Today I spoke with a lady having issues with her dogs while off leash at the local dog park. This is a pretty common call for us since most “trained” dogs don’t hold up in high distraction situations.
Come to find out her dog had been clicker trained with treat rewards.
Clicker training works. It works a little too well If you ask me but it seldom holds up in high prey drive animals.
It does not fit the way their brains work and it isn’t going to get the attention of a dog that has any thing more interesting going on around him.
The idea behind how we use ecollars is to communicate with the dog. This can be with stimulation, vibration or tone. We also use the ecollar to correct the dog in situations where he chooses to ignore learned verbal commands.
The mistake that folks make when using food as a reward is that it isn’t always something that all dogs care about all the time.
I do think it’s important to reward your dog for doing the correct things.
The reward comes in the form of praise and love.
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