The Secret to Happy, Well-Behaved Dogs: No Treats Necessary
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- Ready to take your dog training to the next level? In this must-see video, I'll reveal my proven 3-stage process for removing treats from training and achieving real results. From continual reinforcement to random rewards, I'll show you how to get your dog to listen and behave without relying on treats. Plus, don't miss the recommended bonus videos for even more training tips and techniques. Watch the full video now and start revolutionizing your dog's behavior today.
In this video, I'll reveal my proven 3-stage process for gradually breaking the treat dependence and achieving real, lasting results. Here's how it works:
Stage 1: Continual reinforcement. If you still have to bribe your dog with treats to get them to do the behavior, then you'll need to continue rewarding every correct repetition. Just think of it as a temporary crutch until your dog gets the hang of things.
Stage 2: Once your dog is performing the command on the verbal alone, you can start spacing out the rewards. When your dog does the behavior the right way, you'll either mark and reward or provide verbal praise. It's like a choose-your-own-adventure book, but for dog training.
Stage 3: After about two weeks on stage two, you'll move on to the final stage. When your dog does the behavior the right way, you'll have three options: mark and reward, provide verbal praise, or say nothing at all. No petting required, but feel free to show your furry friend some love if you want to. Slowly over time, you'll reward less and less until you're finally free from the treat shackles. But don't worry, you'll still want to throw in some random rewards to keep your dog on their toes (and motivated). It's like a slot machine: the dog continues doing the commanded behavior for the hope of getting a reward.
Just a heads up: if you never reward your dog, you might have to resort to using force to get them to listen. And let's be real, no one wants that. Training your dog should be a fun, bonding experience, not a chore. Keep those treats handy and you'll be good to go!
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THE BEST INFORMATION I EVER HEARD, I NEED TO STEP IT UP!!! IM NOW GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING, STEP IT UP FROM NOW!!! Well tomorrow when she's hungry
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Balanced training was a game changer in this house.
I can't see doing it any other way now.
It's been almost 2 years!
Thank you, Nate!
My pleasure. Balance training was a game-changer for me as well. Cheers!
Awesome as always Nate!!!!
Thanks, Tim! Cheers!
Always excellent info! Thank you! 💞
Thank you, I appreciate that. Cheers!
Great info! Thank you for clarification🙏
Thanks, G K!
Thanks Nate! This is sooo true! If your dog is not interested in working for food, maybe you are over feeding or giving super high value stuff for nothing. Like human food every time you eat. Spacing rewards really helps. My dog can now perform repeated and varied commands for a good 5 minutes to get a single high value treat.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing and I'm happy your dog is performing so well. Cheers!
Hey Nate, Another informative upload! Thanks buddy
Thanks, Drake!
I needed this explanation. Thanks.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel. Cheers!
Hi Nate
get my Giant Schnauzer 4 weeks ago and start training process with him immediately using your lessons. it works perfectly
2 sessions 15-20 min twice a day before mills ( morning , evening ) use his food as a treat ( the only problem -the bites are small, i give him 3-4 at a time )
Thanks a lot
That's awesome. Thanks for sharing and I'm happy the videos are helping. Cheers!
superb!! You're an angel in us dog owners. Thank you. Please don't be tired of giving us learnings about dog responsible ownership through training. Im praying that God give you good health. You're a big help to us.
Thank you, I really appreciate that. Cheers!
Succinct, clear, and always the best advice.
Thank you, Ryan! Cheers!
Always so practical! It's easy to understand and apply the techniques you share. You know you're on a winner when you hit the like button even before watching the video!!! 🤣 Thank you once again Nate 👍❤🇦🇺
Agreed! ✌🇦🇺
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Cheers!
Great scott
Thank you this advice is very helpful
My pleasure. Thank you for watching and commenting! Cheers!
Yes I recommend your channel to everyone that commits how well behaved my dog is and how she listens and performs!!!! They ask me if I am a dog trainer. Lol. I give you all the credit
5:30 Yes, back then I didn’t know and always reward for each command but since last year I didn’t reward until the end of the commands.
Thanks for commenting, Joshua! Cheers!
Great explanation,,, and btw you look great 🥰
Thank you, Tammy! Cheers!
One of my puppies is super toy motivated, doesn't care about food much so I was looking for this.
Make your dog work for every bite of food. No more handouts.
Wow. I’ve been the government, giving my dog handouts. He doesn’t work, because he knows he doesn’t have to. He’ll just wait for his handouts. What an eye opener!
Thank you!
Great video as always nate! I have a question regarding off leash walking, im getting a puppy in a few weeks and i wanna teach him to ”stay close” to me while not having to worry about him running off. I do not wanna castrate him so i know this might be a challenge, and remote controlled collars are not allowed in my country (but i might get one worst case cenario), that being said i was wondering if it is possible to start very early with a long line and work with that.
I have watched basically every single video of yours i think, and i havent seen any videos specific to something like this. I would like my border collie to be 100% reliable and i know u’ve said thats almost impossible without the remote collar, but how can i form a somewhat reliable dog without one? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks alot
Yes. I would follow the steps in this video and using a long line can help with reliable obedience from a distance. Cheers! th-cam.com/video/bPkW3SWblfM/w-d-xo.html
the "make the dog work for his meal" is the essence of dog training. handfeeding the dog with his meal (no treats, just his meal food) while training is the true way to train a dog and few dog trainers know that because they think that each dog is different, that some dogs have to be trained with toys, some with treats, some with affection, some with sanction but the truth is every single dog has to be trained with their meal that's the only way to get their maximum attention on you
Thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers!
My dog gives me a confused look if I just put his bowl down full of food.
@@chiron591 that's an excellent training from you then chiron
Just discovered your channel and LOVE, LOVE the videos - My question I haven't found on your videos YET - Should training be every day and for how long also Should I work on 1 command at a time, until he gets it? If you have a video to recommend regarding this, please let me know it would be greatly appreciated.
1 - 3 sessions per day. 5 - 15 minute session. 15 minutes is usually only for advanced training and working stays.
Follow the process on this video: th-cam.com/video/XQRgci18tvY/w-d-xo.html
Once we have taught the first three steps to the dog, then we use those tools to teach each behavior in each session. You want to work on multiple commands in each session, not just one. Only working one command at a time can become very boring for you and your dog. Also, make sure you end a session when the dog is still having fun. You want them to want to come back for more.
@@NateSchoemer Great thank U so much for responding - That helps so much !
Thanks Nate. I like your explanation about fading rewards. I think of it as teaching my dog to be a gambler. Jackpots are an important part of intermittent rewards, too.
One thing I don’t do is think in terms of my dog working or wanting to work. She is just being provided with an opportunity to get prizes and attention. She has no real concept of work - it’s all fun and games.
Thanks! Yes, it's best to work at getting our dogs to enjoy the training. Cheers!
I had a question about the idea of using the dog's meals as training. Basically should we never feed them out of a bowl? What if we have work etc? Also if we do feed them out of a bowl, at what point do we transition to this? Should we only do the meal/training when we're trying to train them?
Sorry for the long series of questions...I don't yet have a dog but I signed up to raise one to be a service dog (it's a thing at my college), and just want to be as ready as possible...
Also, I wanted to say these videos are awesome, and I (and I know many others) really appreciate them!
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Check out this video and jump to:
02:35:41 - How to remove treats from training
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Jump to 01:30 in this video: th-cam.com/video/OvdKDE326gs/w-d-xo.html
Cheers!
Needed to see this for transitioning away from constant treats since they’re not allowed in any competitions.
I hope it proves to be helpful. :)
Hello, my name is Blake. Hope you are having a good evening. I have a quick question on the video. When you say put your dog away, how long? Do you mean for a time out of sorts or are you just saying to go about your business?
Hi Nate, We have a bull arab dog that occasionally tends to take forever to follow a command.
We know that he has heard us and knows the commands we give him but he sometimes will just ignore the command.
Our dog knows continuation and terminal markers and we often practice free shaping.
This is particularly the case with the "sit" command where we have the most trouble. Some times he will stand there and look at us pretending he doesn't know.
With the "down" command he will generally lay down very quickly on command. Following your advice, I made that a fun game where we race to go down and that has worked a treat.
But with the sit command (sometimes), and with telling him to go to his bed and stay, its proving difficult.
The puppy is about 8 months, so we are suspecting it might just be adolescent behaviour.
Any advice?
Yes, check out this video I made a few weeks back. Cheers! th-cam.com/video/bPkW3SWblfM/w-d-xo.html
I have a very smart and athletic 3/4 Aussie 1/4 Heeler mix. He is 18 months old. He is highly sensitive and very bonded to me. He is a firm but gentle resource guarding dog. Apparently, I have been included in his resource guarding. Rocket has begun to bark at people around our apartment grounds and when entering our apartment. He loves my adult daughter who lives with me yet he still barks at her when she enters the home. His barking is escalating and no matter what I do he will not stop…he knows he should stop so he softens his bark…and after correction he barks under his breath…then correction and he puffs through his cheeks. Lol its funny to see but not funny cuz I can get kicked out of my home for his behaviors. A little background. I have bred and trainings South African Boerboels for 20 years. Never had this issue with them. This little AUssie mix has been quite the challenge…but also most obedient dog ever except for this one issue thus far.
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My dog gets treats sometimes when she's training and sometimes not. But she also has an e-collar to get her attention and also act as unpleasant yet not harmful stimulation to encourage her to do the command so it'll stop. Right now we're working on heel, she does ok but keeps staring into the direction of birds and animals and walks crookedly into me, tripping me up and taking my walking space. It's a work in progress.
Yes. All dog training is a work in progress. :)
Thanks for watching and commenting. Cheers!
I watch many of your videos multiple times and pick up something each time. In this case, I am reminded I have wanted to ask you about training for the voice command alone. I understood that using the voice first, THEN the physical cue will teach the dog the verbal alone. Do I have this backwards? He has picked up some verbal cues alone really well but is struggling with others.
A trainer I took a puppy class with said that when I used a verbal command "focus", followed by a cluck that the dog pays attention to the last thing he hears and so would ignore the word "focus". I realize those are slightly different circumstances but wanted clarification from you on each. Thanks.
Yes, the command comes first, then the cue that is needed to get the behavior. If you say "focus", then follow it with the cluck that the dog pays attention to, the dog would learn to respond to the "focus" command. It's simple pattern recognition.
@@NateSchoemer I thought so. Thank you for the clarification. I was corrected in a group class with using the verbal then the cluck and the instructor said to drop the cluck because my pup wouldn't learn the verbal/word cue. Just wanted to be sure I was doing things correctly.
@@sylviamcneill4372 yeah, the instructor must have been confused.
There are already studies that show that punishment and avoiding training is doing more damage than good, and that reward-oriented training has the best results
So today I gave food to Togo(my 9 months old dog). After few minutes once he started to eat,. I noticed his bowel wasn't locked into the kennel.
I told Togo sit of course he's into his food, didn't sit just chumping along. I went to lock in the bowel he growled n did a little bark at me, I said no Togo and took the food bowel away. I started over told him to sit wait and OK you can eat again.
What you think? Is he having food aggression. Did I corrected the right way? Should I repeat action by touching his food bowel and see if he growels?
The growl is common, often due to insecurity. I would recommend what Bethany does in the video. When you feed him, put half or more of the food in his bowl, then while he's eating add the remainder of the food while he's eating. Make sure you deliver the food by hand, and very slowly, so he knows you have food and so he doesn't growl. This will help him understand that when you are nearby when he's eating, you add value to him. This will (over time) make him happy to see you coming over while he's eating.
Is it possible to use the environment as a positive reinforcement too after your dog has well learned a behaviour and you’re using the ecollar.
My dog seems more interested in sniffing a tree than food. Even after she has been fasting for 48 hours
Yes. :) That's the art of dog training. We find out what motivating factors influence our dogs behaviors and then we use those to get the desired results. Cheers! :)
I hope he responds… i just got a pup less then one month its a german shepherd and i got a 2 year old german shepherd the pup thinks its her mom and crys when hes around. And when the pup sees him my other dog runs away and when i take them out to play or something he just like makes a grawling face and tries to take a bit while hes running tho
Thanks for commenting. However, I'm not sure what your question is.
My dog barks and growls at people every time he sees them. He WILL NOT focus on the treat, or food when barking : he doesn’t care at all about anyone or anything when doing this . I can’t pay a trainer atm.
Any advice
Which company do you give treats to dogs?send link
www.arihandcharlies.com/
but even if he doesnt see the reward, like how you mention pocket, he can still smell it, wouldnt that counter act that theory?
Great questions.
No. The dog can smell the food in the bag just as easily as he could smell it in your pocket. In fact, they can smell all the other food in your house as well. Just because they can smell it doesn't mean they're going to get it.
When I first learned of this, I held my own experiments. With one group of dogs (including puppies), I trained them using this free-shaping pro-active style training. In the other group, I skipped the free-shaping step. In all cases, the dogs that had the free-shaping adding to their training routine were significantly more likely to perform tasks with food out of sight, they were happier about it, and they would also offer more behaviors than the control group.
Thanks for your question. Cheers!
@NateSchoemer It's funny you say assuming the dog likes toys, but you insist a dog can be trained to like food.
We've had a new puppy for less then a month. I started to train with treats from day one. He is HIGHLY food modivated but hes become very aggressive towards me as soon as he smells a treat on me. Lunges snarles, jumping and biting at my arm and hand. At 12weeks old Im not sure how to deal with this behaviour at all.
Check out this video: th-cam.com/video/bPkW3SWblfM/w-d-xo.html
@@NateSchoemer thank you! I so appreciate it!
Please excuse my ignorance, but I’m new to dog training. My question is when will the dog work for you and with you and not for the cookie? The reason I’m asking is because you kept on talking about food but the title of the is video no treats necessary. So the dog will magically comply even though you got them working for food? By this theory, do police and military dogs get trained with treats. Meaning there person that they are working with have to have treats? Looking forward to your answer.
Stay young , first dog , when training every dog is your first dog.
Nate should open a school.
Thanks! I've actually just started a dog trainer school. :)
@@NateSchoemer Yes! I need tuition rates please.
I want my dog to work for me because she adores me, not to get a treat. Is this possible? I want it to be intrinsic, not extrinsic. Thank you.
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Our dog is a puppy mill rescue completely unsocialized , afraid of everything, does not know how to play , tail is plastered between his legs and up his belly , not treat motivated , not motivated at all .
How can I lure my puppy without food?
Luring requires food. You can try luring with toys, but it doesn't work the same way food does. Cheers!
@@NateSchoemer i find it hard to lure my puppy coz he is interested with food but he doesn't follow it
I thought this guy was Zack Synder lol
Do you ever train a dog completely with play?
I like to incorporate food, toy, and affection with all my training (assuming the dog likes toys). Cheers!
Why you are sharing this, I'm learning a lot 😅
Lol! To improve the quality of life for all dogs by educating those that care for them. :)
@@NateSchoemer Thank you sir much appreciated
my dog only obeys me when i'm holding her bowl with food in it.
Lol! Try the steps that I explain in this video. :)
My dog refuses to listen unless I have something for him
sounds like to much work especially when many people have limited time. also not practical if feeding wet food.