You just have to learn what motivates him to do what you want[/url]
list of reinforcer
also keep in mind that reward need not be things but can be activities as well. using one behavior to reinforce another is the premack principal a behavior that is more likely to occur can be used to reinforce a less likely behavior. One of the best examples of this is how I work at trining a dog to wait at door ways when going out side. Have the dog sit while on leash. Slowly open the door as soon as the dog moves close the door. Soon the dog learns it must stay seated until you release him inorder to go outside. So the act of going outside is reinforcing the sitting and waiting.
The Power of Social Interactions as Rewards
For most basset food is by far and away the most powereful reinforce this of course is not true of all of them just the vast majority. Many people have problems using food as a reward properly. The first is the dog becaomes distracted by the mere pr3esence of food which is understandable. But it is easily trained through with the additional benefit of teaching the dog impulse control in other situations as well that is why you will see tons of my posts with this video the following game is easy to do. but the rewards from practicing it are emense
the next thing I recommend owner looking for an easy simple training to get the dog to comply with what they want other than
Body blocking
is to teach the dog to Hand target
Shaping your Target cue
teach your dog to hand target
