Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers

I am a huge proponent of making sure our rewards are meaningful to the dog, and that they serve a purpose in terms of moving our training, and our dog’s understanding forward. Avoid empty, half committed repetitions in favor of fewer very invested repetitions.
This is another one of many tangents from our workshop on Finishing Work last year. Check out the whole workshop in our membership service.

Oh yeah, I forgot, we like using rewards too 😉