We haven't tried a very broad range of treats to determine which ones are high value or not. Bailey's pretty much of a food junkie. She'll do anything for anyone for anything edible. That said, her marker training definitely goes to a different level of enthusiasm when I use cut up turkey bacon.
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Dehydrated chicken gizzards, cheese stick and rarely hotdogs. He hasn't had the gizzards in a while and he was plum deaf and stupid this morning trying to offer behaviors to get some!
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We haven't tried a very broad range of treats to determine which ones are high value or not. Bailey's pretty much of a food junkie. She'll do anything for anyone for anything edible. That said, her marker training definitely goes to a different level of enthusiasm when I use cut up turkey bacon.
I buy no-nitrates/nitrites turkey bacon, too, but I reserve it for "procedures." That way, the most HV reward can be acquired only for procedures ... either patiently enduring one or being a calm respectful member of the audience.
Besides, it's too exciting for my dogs for regular training.
One of them wildly offers all behaviors without hearing me, and one moans under his breath and vibrates.
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However, I do sometimes toss a piece into the soft training treats from LB in the bait bag and scent it all.
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Any type of cooked meat, cheese, food rolls are all very high value. Bread and buttered popcorn, Orijen kibble and cat kibble are all high value. But my dogs love. their. food. so at home for routine training they very happily work for regular kibble. I'll usually cut up a little hot dog or cheese to up the kibble value just a bit
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With my dog, Red Barn food rolls, cut into 1/2" squares, are a higher value than kibble. These are what I use for rewards during OB training, teaching new behaviors, and bait for tracking.
The highest value treat I use, for important, complex behaviors, is chicken jerky. The significance of the behavior determines whether I break them up or give her a whole one. I use jerky as a reward for indicating articles on the track (this distinguishes the event of indicating from the activity of the tracking, which the lower-valued rolls are used for), and for improving motivation for certain behaviors, such as retrieving a dumbbell.
I sometimes kind o f hate living here.... almost all the treats that i can find on stores are crappy all grain ones, the "nice" one are the pro plan or eukanuba and my homede ones are just better, i will try and get some organs and use them because im not fan of giving a lot of hot dog to my girls (and that is one of HV treats for both). Shoul i just cut up the organs and freeze or cook them or something?
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