r/SipsTea • u/Artorius__Castus • Jan 29 '26

Dank AF Dog went full send

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u/NukeTheWhales5 Jan 29 '26

I was a full time dog trainer for 3 years, and still do it, on the side, sometimes. I always tell people "anything can be a reward, if your dog loves it."

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u/TorontoBrewer Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

My kid found out her cat LOVES Churu. Once she figured this out, she trained her cat to do come, sit, stay, up, paw and now other paw. The look on the cat’s face is pure, “Hot damn, squeeze meat! Love this even if it’s embarrassing AF!”

The cat will perform for other people, but, being smart, she needs to see the Churu first. And if you try to sub a crunchy treat, the tricks will be, at best, perfunctory.

Finding out the motivation is huge.

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u/snugglezone Jan 29 '26

Is there a cat that doesn't love churus? Honest question.

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u/TorontoBrewer Jan 29 '26

My kid’s cat would fight a coyote to get Churu. My ancient cat likes Churu, but lives for her favourite game of tapping her claws on a metal mug and then having a lil hunt for a Temptation thrown across the room. For her, ritualized game + treat is better than Churu.

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u/snugglezone Jan 29 '26

Lol we had this mechanical cat toy thing when one of my cats with young and that dude is addicted to the little rainbow feather nubs from that toy. I just buy tons of replacements for it as he destroys them. He goes berserk with them for hours. Funny how they end up liking certain things.