"You can use anything the dog finds palatable and soft."
"We choose something palatable; we choose something soft that the dog can eat quickly."
"Regardless, you can chop up hot dogs; you can use anything the dog finds palatable ... "
Natalie Rynda Webboard User Reg: 10-01-2013
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I don't have a link, it's from the food video. He says it's not a good idea to mix different treats because if you, for example, give your dog kibble and then the next treat happens to be steak then the dog is now expecting steak so his motivation goes down.
I didn't understand how that works in using different treats on different days, meaning, once I gave him steak he will never work for kibble again or just within the session?
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You mean mixed in the same session? Your link (text from the link that you typed, I didn't click it) just says we can use anything but didn't say we should mix it.
I mean mixing different treats and using them in the same session. He sits - gets a hot dog, sits again - gets cheese. That's what you mean by a mixed bag?
Pretty sure that it was in the newest food DVD where ME said that.
But personally I think it depends on the dog. I've done a mixed bag for quite a while and it works fine for my very food motivated dogs. I think that part of the reason it works so well is the scent of the high value treats makes the kibble or whatever higher value (scent is HUGE for dogs). They're swallowing the treats as fast as I can present them anyway.
But I suppose if you have a dog with lower food drive then maybe using one type of higher value treat would be a better way to go.
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"if you, for example, give your dog kibble an then the next treat happens to be steak then the dog is now expecting steak so his motivation goes down .... "
I agree not to use very high value rewards and then kibble for the same level of command.
I use HV rewards similarly as jackpots, for a difficult or high-distraction behavior.
Otherwise, I use different (but similarly desirable) rewards in the same bag (mixed bag).
I like the "slot machine effect."
It's also fine to choose something you know the dog likes and stick with that.
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And there's no problem at all using something the dog likes and sticking with it as long as he is still enthusiastic.
One day you may think "That was GREAT! I would like to give him a wonderful reward!" and you would like to have a very-HV reward handy. But jack-potting (a little handful instead of one small reward) works too.
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