Question of the Week

How do I teach my rescue dog to come to me when I don't have food or toys?

Cindy's Answer

Personally I never completely stop rewarding the recall with whatever the dog's highest motivator is (food or toy) because the recall is the most important behavior for my dogs to respond to and while I may go on a variable or random reward schedule, I like to pay my dogs for coming when called.

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