- Hot dogs
- Cheerios and other cereals
- Freeze dried liver
- Crumbled ground beef
- Pounce cat treats
- Pedigree Tandem (Break one piece into 3 or 4)
- Alpo beef Bites (Cut one piece into 6 slices)
- Alpo Beef Burgers
- Rollover
- Kibbled dog food (Nutro Max)
- Raisins
- Seedless grapes (After all, they're just undried raisins)
- String cheese
- Left over steak pieces
- Hard boiled eggs
- Sardines (Hey, they were left over too)
- Atta Boy treat sticks
- Snauages
- Trout pellets
- Rabbit pellets
- Red licorice (Found out tonight my wife's been sneaking this one in)
- Corn Nuts
- Wheat Thins
- Cheese Whiz
- Popcorn
- French fries
- Ice cubes
- Bread crust
- Croutons
- Rice cakes
- Pureed liver
- Dried liver
- Canned cat food (use a spoon)
- Broken fortune cookie pieces
- Cooked pasta (Many forms)
- Rice balls
I'm sure there's more, but I can't remember. - Tennis balls
- Kongs
- Rope tugs
- Frisbees
- Sticks
- Firewood
- Cressite balls
- Boat bumpers
- Buoys
- Bicycle tires
- Burlap sacks
- Puppy tugs
- Protective sleeves
- Ring suits
- Leashes
- Tracking harnesses
- Firehose squares
- Street hockey balls
- Hockey pucks
- Soccer balls
- Basketballs
- Boomer balls
- Ultra balls
- Folding chairs
- Five gallon buckets
- Carpet rolls
Again, I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. - Fetch (see above)
- Get in the kennel
- Get out of the kennel
- Go into the house
- Go out of the house
- Get in the car
- Go out of the car
- Eat dinner
- Fight the water hose
- Belly rub
- Back scratch
- Wrestle
- Play with other dogs
- Play with the cats
- Play with the kids
- Down
- Heeling
- Jumping
- Chase the laser spot
- Tracking
- Building searching
- Target stick
- Swimming
- Dope searching
- Cuddling
- Praise from me
Again, the list goes on . . .
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This is the body of the post I made in November 1996 on CLICK-L as a part of the "Click, DUH" thread. It's not some sort of learned tome, it's just something I came up with off the top of my head as I watched the thread develop. Hope it helps.
Foods:
Objects/toys:
Activities:
As you may be able to tell, I do LOTS of opportunistic training. I've also been blessed with animals that learn to love some activities so much that they become reinforcers for other behaviors (Thank you, Dr. Premack). Again the list is limited only by your imagination and your dogs' desires.
As far as food is concerned, I much prefer small, soft foods that go down quickly, but I'll use whatever is handy. Once a dog becomes fluent at retrieving, it can become a powerfully reinforcing behavior. Take advantage of your dog's/breed's propensities.
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