Working with a dog who is not motivated by anything and very complex

(05-26-2013, 01:04 AM)cliverederson Wrote: My dog is like exclusively motivated by treats. For example, she'll fetch for treats, but if you stop giving them, she'll stop fetching within a couple throws, haha. I kind of thought the point of trained behavior is you could stop with the treats eventually and they'd just be trained to behave that way.

(05-27-2013, 05:35 AM)ChanellG Wrote: Wow, that really sucks. How terrible must it be to feel that no one wants you? No wonder the poor dog wasn't motivated. He had probably been mistreated or neglected in some way prior to you fostering him. He just needed a bit more time.

He ended up being adopted a second time(the farm home didn't work out so he was returned and now he is in another home) not the best home but its better then putting down.

I was only fostering him for a couple weeks during our winter break. The college had him for almost a year and I had trained him for about 4 months before he left.

My mother did not want him because she was not prepared to help me with the amount of work he would have been. Plus theres the fact that she no longer trusted him after he bit her. Gonzo adored me and honestly if it were up to me I would have adopted him but I do not control that. Before being taken in by the vet tech college he was a cruelty case but he honestly was a very complex dog. In his whole time at the campus he only bonded with one person myself and wasn't too crazy about anyone else. Hes very hard to explain unless you have met him. Again this no longer applies because he has been adopted I just never updated the topic with that news.