Training With Food

[cantona 310]

I have been training my spaniel the basics, sit , stay , and come rewarding her with food, In fact I hand feed her most of her food , I have been told that its not a good idea but I've alwaŷs done it with my other dogs, is it bad or good way of teaching basics? Thanks for any feedback

[wilbur foxhound 480]

There may be a chance of the dog dropping a live retrieve at hand expecting the food, wf

[Casso 1,261]

It's good on a number of reasons , 1 your space becomes a safe zone for the dog, 2 food aggression isn't an issue , 3, the dog becomes tuned into your body language and tone 4 commands are easy taught to a hungry dog 5 the dog doesn't usually range to far, if feeding on the go , I f****d away the feeding bowl long ago,

With highly driven pups it's the best way of keeping its attention while out, I can't fault it anyway ,

[cantona 310]

There may be a chance of the dog dropping a live retrieve at hand expecting the food, wf

I don't reward retrieves with food,thanks for reply

[Casso 1,261]

Think I got my wires crossed there bud , I only hand feed , never out of the bowl, a pup gets used to the interaction while out , not training as such more waiting for a behaviour and marking it , the pup does an action, gets a yes , then fed,

[cantona 310]

Think I got my wires crossed there bud , I only hand feed , never out of the bowl, a pup gets used to the interaction while out , not training as such more waiting for a behaviour and marking it , the pup does an action, gets a yes , then fed,

I can't really do that in the field as its prey drive is more powerfull than apatite , gone back to basics playing and guiding through play training in garden but rewarding with food, so using food for getting it steadier in field really, good or bad move in your opinion mate?

[Casso 1,261]

Sometimes food can interrupt a dog in a certain mindset for sure , training is just a continuation of play anyway and if the dog is interacting with you through play there's no reason it can't be the reward for correct behaviour,

Is there an issue in particular, I feel there's a bigger story

[cantona 310]

Sometimes food can interrupt a dog in a certain mindset for sure , training is just a continuation of play anyway and if the dog is interacting with you through play there's no reason it can't be the reward for correct behaviour,

Is there an issue in particular, I feel there's a bigger story

the main issue is once out in the field it wants to run flat out on scents and sight of movement birds ,it used to stay with me in the corner of the field and do a few basics, retrieve, recall , sit sometimes but now I am having to put a lead on her when I go for a walk , she still does the basics in the garden though, hopefully she will get more obedient in the garden rhen try again in the field?

[Hunting Lad 50]

Just keep him on the lead and only let him off in controlled environments where you can keep him under control. Once you have developed all the training properly then let him free run. To stop her from running away when training just use a check cord if she is trying to bolt away from you all the time.

[jessdale 416]

 

Think I got my wires crossed there bud , I only hand feed , never out of the bowl, a pup gets used to the interaction while out , not training as such more waiting for a behaviour and marking it , the pup does an action, gets a yes , then fed,

I can't really do that in the field as its prey drive is more powerfull than apatite , gone back to basics playing and guiding through play training in garden but rewarding with food, so using food for getting it steadier in field really, good or bad move in your opinion mate?

You should not be GOING BACK to basics, you should still be on the basics.