Don’t sleep on rewards when combatting reactivity! Everyone jumps to how to correct, but you also need to be thinking about how to escalate rewards. Big distractions = big rewards. The treat that may work in your house with no one around may not work on a busy street or park. Bust out the beef liver, chicken hearts, hot dogs…whatever makes your dog only want to pay attention to you. Training isn’t just about punishing the bad decisions. It’s about making the good decisions more attractive to the dog. And you can do that with high value treats at a high frequency with a lot of enthusiasm. Got a question on reactivity? Drop it below. And keep tuning into the series where I’ll be breaking down more myths! #reactivedog #dogtraining #aggressivedog #dogbehavior #maryland