If your dog has been reinforced several times with treats and is becoming very consistent with her / his responses try using
verbal rewards more frequently than treats or perhaps introduce a toy or short game as a reward.
Not exact matches
«Often we don't really think about the
verbal rewards we use on a day - to - day basis, but actually these are things that are likely to influence people's motivation
more than the tangible
rewards, which we don't get as frequently,» Dr Hewett adds.
Learn how to replace food lures with
verbal commands and hand signals within your first training session, and learn how to phase out and replace food
rewards with
more meaningful incentives, such as life
rewards and internal motivation.
The consistency of delivery
verbal command and
reward is equally, if not
more important than the content.
As with any
reward based system, the better the
reward, the faster a given behavior will be learned - in the case of
verbal praise, the
more lively and energetic your praise is, the greater
reward it becomes and the faster the dog learns.
Keep your dog entertained with activities other than eating, and make her
more dependent on
verbal praise and physical contact than on «treats» for her daily
rewards.