Episode 306: Dog Only Listens With Treats? Use This 5 Step Process To Build Better Behaviors

Do you feel your dog only listens when you have treats? Or maybe you’ve been told dogs should work because you said so. No one needs to choose between insisting on their dog's compliance without rewards or getting stuck as a treat-dispensing machine, so I’m sharing my 5 step process to help you build better behaviors. This process is the solution for our dogs to listen anywhere, anytime, with joy and clarity!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Debunking the myth that “your dog should work because you said so”.
  
• How to use your relationship bank with your dog effectively.
  
• A real-life example with my dogs, treats, and my husband, John.
  
• The 5 Step Process to build better behaviors and use food to your training advantage.
  
• How to transfer value from food into other reinforcers like toys, games, and activities.
  
• The power of surprise reinforcement deposits - dog bed example.
  
• What to do when your dog becomes a bit of a “demand-ica.”
  
• A training example with a target stick and my dog, This! on eroding great behavior.
  
• An invitation to join Home School the Dog or Recallers.

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