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It's about: Rate and Value to achieve your puppy training goals
Having a hard time keeping your pup’s attention while you’re doing a training session? You’ve probably got one of these two problems!
1. Your rate of reinforcement is too low. What does that mean? It means that you aren’t rewarding your dog often enough! If your dog is waiting for long periods of time between rewards, he may get bored and decide that doing so much work isn’t worth it anymore. We can’t blame ’em!
Fix this problem by training faster. The more “reps” you can do, the faster your pup gets paid. If you can’t move any faster because your dog is slow, drop down to an easier level or sprinkle in some easy tasks to get the treats flowing again. THEN you can go back and ask for the more challenging behavior again. If your dog is constantly winning, he’s not going to wanna stop training with you!2. Your treats suck. Would you do your job for half the salary? 
Probably not! Your dog isn’t stupid, and he doesn’t want to work for rewards that he feels aren’t worthy of his effort. Some dogs will enthusiastically work for kibble, while other dogs are only motivated by the creme de la creme. If your rewards or treats aren’t motivating, there ain’t gonna be a lot of learning happening!
Fix this problem by tailoring your rewards to each training session. If you’re asking for a deep focus on a difficult task, bring out the top tier treats! If you’re training in your living room and your pup has nothing better to do, he might do just fine working for kibble. Your pup may work for toys, or he may not. Know your dog, and don’t hesitate to “upgrade” your rewards if your dog isn’t enthusiastic. Find what motivates your dog, and use it! 
Despite the debate between Balanced Dog Trainers and Force Free Dog Trainers, we all use positive reinforcement puppy training methods. We all know puppies developmentally are much like babies and toddlers. Us science based trainers focus on what we currently know via scientific studies.
1) We know food is a high motivator for all mammals.
2) We know early learning is best achieved with a high rate of reinforcement.
3) We know a continuous rate of reinforcement is optimal for early learning.
That’s the science behind what we teach at Go Anywhere Dog in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our students strive for all 3 when teaching their puppies behaviors that will ultimately improve their manners. We always keep your end goal in mind. We got you!
