When you walk your dog, do you have a pocket full of treats? I'm especially interested in hearing from those with adult dogs that are already pretty well trained. Do you still carry around a pocketful of treats on walks or have you stopped doing that?

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If it's one our jaunts around the neigbourhood when we're just stretching out legs and refreshing our minds but no real training happening, then I don't carry treats. At least not on purpose. I've found a few hanging around in my pockets these days now that Ranger's back on a training program but I don't specifically hunt for them when we're going for a nice long walk.

I always carry a baggie filled with treats. They are not necesssarily used/given to my dog. We have doggie friends in their yards that look forward to getting a treat when we go by. They are also there in case I would meet a stray or a loose dog and want to throw some to take the stray/loose dogs interest away from my dog.

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Nope.

If I'm taking him to dog class or I'm going somewhere with the specific intention to train him... then yeah, I do slip a few treats into my pocket.

But regular walks... nope. We just go out and enjoy the walk. If I train him midway, I keep it quick and either just praise him or reward him with a stick (this is a HUGE reward, to him).

Most of the time,I dont have treats,on me but will if I take care of training other people's dogs!.

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I always carry treats.....don't always use them but have them just in case!!

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Always when Dylan was a puppy, but he quickly learned the neighbors that would have treats for him and would turn into their driveway. (what more would you expect from a Golden?)

Now having three older, we carry treats once in a while.

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Almost always--don't always use them but they come in handy. It is fun when we run into the neighborhood kids and I let them have Scout do tricks and give her a treat. Plus, a lot of my walks I am either going to a park to train or we are off-leash and I like having food as a fail-safe although I hardly ever use it these days for walking.

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I carry them sometimes - there is always an oppornity to train or reinforce something. Our trips to Petco are always a place to reinforce things like long distance down/stays or recalls from around corners.

I have a friend who is a K9 handler - he does homework every single day. He was the one who told me there is always something to reinforce.

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I ALWAYS have them, but Tucker is only 9 months old, and we're still mastering the leash. I'm not really sure why I take them, though, since he has ZERO interest in them when we walk. He's too busy taking in the sights! But I always think that IF I forget them, then that will be the time I need them. Better to be safe than sorry!