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The power of a perfect reward.
Posted on June 3, 2010
I had a nice training break-through this week. I finally found a real motivator for Maize. She was kind of a tough nut to crack. While Mac is crazy food motivated Maize could care less. I mean, she does stuff for food, but only in rare circumstances is she ever as eager and excited as Mac. And that eagerness is what makes Mac’s training so easy. So I tried different things with Maize: different treats, petting, tug, fetch. Nothing. But now I found it. Fetch in the water! She loves run and chase after stuff, but on land she hardly ever brings it back to me… but she looooves to swim and swim after her fetch toy. I have not seen her this excited… ever! So I incorporated her training into our walks by the water and she learned to sit in a perfect heel position after two days. (And at the end of the video you see my super cool new shoes, that I will be writing about here soon)
I don’t believe that there is a dog that is not food motivated, but I do believe that some enjoy other things just as much or even more. Go and find your dogs perfect reward and be amazed by how fast she can learn all of a sudden!
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