Use the Fine Dining Technique to Teach Your Dog a Reliable Recall

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"Hi, this is Elise McMahon for ExpertVillage.com. And, in this video series, we're going to talk about how to teach a reliable recall. If you'd like to know about my services, more about my services, you can visit my website at canineheadstart.com. So, in this short clip, when you're talking about reward concept called "fine dining." And this, this term, fine dining, is actually was created by trainer Leslie Nielsen who's in Connecticut. And, it's just a great, fantastic concept. And, a lot of people use this. Fine dining is basically just stretching out the reward process in time for your dog. So, I'm going to show you here, I have two equal sized pieces of cheese. Okay? They are the same size. And, we're going to use one. I know, Teddy wants to jump up for the cookie. We're going to use one as your regular dining experience, your regular treat. And, I'm going to give the other piece to Sue. And, Sue's going to demonstrate "fine dining." So, I'm going to give Sue one piece. Wait a minute, Teddy. And, I'm going to show you just your regular every day type of reward. Teddy, come. Good boy. I gave Teddy that entire piece of cheese and he's done. Now, I'm going to bring Teddy over here. And, Sue's going to call him and do "fine dining." And, you can see what difference that experience is for the dog. This way, Ted. So, you're going to call Teddy, "come." Come. Come, Teddy. Good. Good. Yummy. That's a good boy. What a good boy you are. So, you can see here the whole dining experience is that much more fun for Teddy. Good boy, Ted. Good. Good. Good boy. That's a good boy. Oooh, some more. Yes. Good boy. Here you go, Ted. Here's some more. Good boy. Very good. Good job. Good job, Teddy. So, the latter, the fine dining experience is much more rewarding for your dog even though you're not giving them any more cookies. You're not giving them a larger amount. You're just breaking it up into small pieces. In order to do fine dining, you really need a soft treat. So, something like cheese sticks, meat, liver, chicken. Hard crunchy things don't work. In order to get them broken up into small enough pieces. But, this is what you want to use to be conditioning a response to the ecall for your dog for teaching the reliable recall. "