Treat Training Gives a False Sense of Relationship With Your Dog

[@TheRadicalBehaviorist]

Dogs learn very quickly who has the treats - those pesky secondary reinforcers.. Some people pull into the park, and the dogs come running and begging. That drives me crazy and Monty will go looking for a treat too.

[@CWalmsley]

Ye my dog is so pushy for treats. Totally my fault for going down that route. Going out wi none in my pocket is a scary thought. 😂 How long did it take for your dogs not to expect treats from you?

[@studmanbadcock277]

Have you ever heard of corrections? Use that prong collar or the choker your dog is wearing and correct that demanding dog that YOU have allowed to become pushy, correct YOUR mistakes and offer a treat when YOU want, after the dog has done an outstanding job of performing a known behavior. You do not work for free and neither should your dog.

[@YourDogIsNotBroken-h1y]

@@CWalmsley that's a good question. It certainly took months. It varied depending on the circumstances, out on walks it disappeared quicker than at home. Rollo still expected treats for stopping barking at the front window up to a year after we stopped.

[@YourDogIsNotBroken-h1y]

​@@studmanbadcock277this is a perfect example of the opposite of what to do to get a calm well mannered dog that has a relationship with you based on mutual trust and respect.

[@FromCommands2Connections]

Oh my, I used to look like that and dispense treats like that to mine and other dogs. I would also use their ball/tug toy as a reward. Do as I command you to do and I will reward you with a ball toss. No wonder I had no relationship with my dog 😢

[@YourDogIsNotBroken-h1y]

I used to do that too. I'd be outside the fence of the dog park desperately waving treats around in an effort to get my dog(s) to pay attention to me and not what was going on inside the fence. What a load of BS that was. Utterly stupid.

[@FromCommands2Connections]

@@YourDogIsNotBroken-h1y same 🫣. I wonder what our dogs thought of us in that moment. 🤔

[@YourDogIsNotBroken-h1y]

​@@FromCommands2Connectionssomething along the lines of get out the way you idiot, I want to see what's going on in there!