Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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2 basicly how can I make food more effective( I do have power of food and marker training dvd's).
Keeping her engaged is easy if I want to play, but she is pretty strong willed (dominant female of 14 pups) and even if I streach out meal times the toy always wins over food( the out is tough with her as she wants to posess and won,t trade for food, but I am watching the power of playing tug and its coming along)
She may not be very food motivated yet. Or ever. Every dog is different, and you have to cater to their differences. If toys work, use toys.
If she won't trade the tug for food, then trade tug for tug.
You'll find, too, that your video 219 has a whole chapter on dogs who aren't particularly food-driven.
Thanks Aaron, the timing of your coment about the trap was great timing, I have to step back and remember she is only a puppy, unfortunately I don't have building drive and focus. The tug for tug is something I will do. She has a great sit, and I have been setting that up as a defult behaviour as well. Thanks to Connie for the reminder, I haven't been through all the dvd's enough yet to know which ones to focus on, life just got shorter keeping this puppy busy .
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she is pretty strong willed (dominant female of 14 pups)
Don't.
Don't fall into this trap.
If you start thinking of her as being a certain type of dog, you're going to filter everything through that lens. And if you're wrong, it'll come back to bite you in the butt down the road.
Focus on teaching her what behaviors are desirable, fun and lead to good things, and don't worry about what type of dog she is or what her behaviors are motivated by.
She's far too young for that sort of thinking, and will be for quite some time to come.
This is some really good advice Dave. I think a lot of us start reading things on the forum with all the fancy words and special terminology, and we start trying to apply it to our dogs and figure out what they are and how they compare.Its easy to lose sight of what they really are and are not. Enjoy your pup.
turkey, turkey was the only meat I hadn't tryed, chicken didn't work, but turkey, she's like a puppy from a video. Went to town today with her again and kept her engaged around a few new people and cars, shaped the down..... any way reading around here and realizing she is just a cool little puppy.
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