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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 392747" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>i had a husky with a head made of titanium, i think...he was hard to train.</p><p> </p><p>we taught him "cookies", and i've done it to every dog since.</p><p> </p><p>when i say "cookies" (or whatever word you wnt to use) it means i have a super delicious human food treat for you, you better come get it. the trick to it tho is that its a treat that varies from really good to totally flippin awesome and he doesn't know what its gonna be except good. (this isn't good to use with dog biscuits)</p><p> </p><p>start in the house, say "fido, cookies" and when he comes, give him the treat (as i say the, mix it up and make it worth his while). wait a while, then repeat. when he gets good, start interrupting his fun...if he's playing with kiddos or whatever he really likes, slip off and get a hunk of hot dog, then call cookies and give him the treat.</p><p> </p><p>this isn't "come". its optional. but he doesn't get the treat unless he comes to you. if he doesn't come, dont punish (haven't met a dog this didn't work for) just make the treats more irresistable for a while.</p><p> </p><p>then when he's off on a romp, you'll be able to call him in with the special treat word. thing is there, tho, not to abuse that or he'll learn you only give him cookies when you catch him or whatever. if he's outside playing being good, call cookies, give him a treat, and let him go back to playing when you can, just so he doesn't associate anything else with the word.</p><p> </p><p>(dex only called cookies when he wanted to catch the husky. didn't take husky long to learn to ignore dex's cookie calls. i don;t recall him ever ignoring mine)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 392747, member: 1848"] i had a husky with a head made of titanium, i think...he was hard to train. we taught him "cookies", and i've done it to every dog since. when i say "cookies" (or whatever word you wnt to use) it means i have a super delicious human food treat for you, you better come get it. the trick to it tho is that its a treat that varies from really good to totally flippin awesome and he doesn't know what its gonna be except good. (this isn't good to use with dog biscuits) start in the house, say "fido, cookies" and when he comes, give him the treat (as i say the, mix it up and make it worth his while). wait a while, then repeat. when he gets good, start interrupting his fun...if he's playing with kiddos or whatever he really likes, slip off and get a hunk of hot dog, then call cookies and give him the treat. this isn't "come". its optional. but he doesn't get the treat unless he comes to you. if he doesn't come, dont punish (haven't met a dog this didn't work for) just make the treats more irresistable for a while. then when he's off on a romp, you'll be able to call him in with the special treat word. thing is there, tho, not to abuse that or he'll learn you only give him cookies when you catch him or whatever. if he's outside playing being good, call cookies, give him a treat, and let him go back to playing when you can, just so he doesn't associate anything else with the word. (dex only called cookies when he wanted to catch the husky. didn't take husky long to learn to ignore dex's cookie calls. i don;t recall him ever ignoring mine) [/QUOTE]
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