Thread: Paul Huttons -Facts and Fallacies

Fact... Offering food to dogs to 'get your way' is simply bribery. It is unquestionably the quickest way to lose respect from your dog. Reliable control, especially 'when it really matters' will never be achieved without the development of respect and this simply cannot happen with 'bribe training'.

It is only bribery to us...the dog does not comprehend the bribery notion...all it knows is that if it complies with the command it will be rewarded with food (the old Pavlov equation), usually something like a cheerio or cheese which the dog has a very great liking to...yeah, I'll retrieve the stupid dummy if you give me that cheese...

I did a little test of my young dog...he was a natural retriever and we worked up to canvas dummies...I offered him pieces of schmackos...he then starting dropping the dummy about three feet or more from me...schmackos put away, retrieved to hand again...they are not stupid!!