Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007
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I'm in the process of studying the DVD Ed did on marker training. I've done some marker training in the past, but not a lot and not altogether correct! But as I think about what I'd like to teach Kasey, it starts to seems as if he will be getting a TON of food! Even if you cut the treat into the tiny little pieces Ed talks about, you still go through a lot of it, right? or am I doing something wrong? For instance, if you do a training session for about 10 minutes, is it common to go through enough treats to fill one of those kitchen dixie cups? And if so, then do you guys take away some of their daily intake for meals?
Also, do most of you use pre-packaged treats, or do you just cook some of their raw stuff? Am I wrong to be concerned that he'll gain too much weight with marker training?!!! He's the perfect weight now, at 2 1/2 yrs old.
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Yes, you just count the food as part of the daily meals.
I use a mixed bag of LB eraser-size marker rewards like Simon and Huey's and Zuke's and Liver Biscotti as well as actual cooked bits of meat, which count as part of the dog's muscle meat. (Cooking makes it different from the meal food to the dog, so it's interesting to the dog as well as easy for you handle.)
I don't use any treats that I can't count as food.
Watch Cindy give rewards when she is teaching; you see that yes indeed, a fast-paced session could easily result in a whole handful of tiny treats being given.
BTW, the "mixed bag" really ups the dog's interest in the training (probably not needed; my dogs really really love marker work ... but still nice).
You can go thru a "ton" of treats and I also reduce feeding amounts.
I use a "mixed bag" of treats, too - but use a mix of hotdogs, cheese, cherrios, liver treats (all cut up very small) so they don't know what they are getting.
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Training with treats question
#236388 - 04/16/2009 03:24 PM 
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... but still nice).
and I also reduce feeding amounts.
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