Ho do you reduce the treats?

Question

Eventually with your dog you are meant to wean them off the treats. I want to know the specific way to do this. Please give lots of detail.

Answer 1

If you're using treats to reward your dog for doing tricks or commands (like sitting for example) you need to turn yourself into a "slot machine"

Instead of giving your dog a treat every time they do a command successfully, give it every other time, then give it every 3rd time, and keep spacing it out. Eventually you'll give it just randomly (like a slot machine) and your dog will still do the command in the hopes that it will get a treat.

As you give treats less and less, you'll be able to stop completely. Instead of giving treats, give lots of love and praise.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Just give them less each day and don't give in to their whining. Treats are just that, treats not snacks. I give my dogs a treat every few days and they go nuts when they get them.

Answer 3

we gave our puppy a small treat every time he went pee/poop outside, when we were crate-training him. then we only did it when he pooped. now sometimes he gets one, sometimes he doesn't. and he's fine with it. remember, you are the owner.