Quote Originally Posted by brads94accord
the only thing I don't like about his style is that he gives treats after everything. That should be more random in my opinion so the dog doesn't think he only has to do it when there is a treat involved.
X2.

The most powerful behavior modifying technique comes with randomly giving out treats. It's the same idea as a slot machine - that idea of not knowing if you're going to get a reward or not is really really powerful.

However, when first training a certain behavior with a dog, it's good to treat him every time until he learns exactly what behavior you want him to do with a certain command. Once he gets that then the random treats should kick in.

Only take dog advice from Brad, Ren or I. We're the only three on IA that seem to have any idea what so ever about dog care/training hahaha.