[nagdu] Carrying treats

[Tami Jarvis]

Tracy,

I end up using my pocket, which worked better when I was using the 
Zuke's minis, since they didn't crumble as much as kibble. These days, 
I'm just using kibble with Loki, so I get crummy pockets. Also, the 
kibble we use sometimes leaves a dust on my hands which gets annoying. 
But I'm hoping Loki will not become such a treat snob as Mitzi, so I'm 
sticking with the kibble for now.

I know someone who uses a chalk bag, so I want to look into trying one 
of those to carry treats for when we are doing more training out and 
about. I also have a small fanny pack that I use in summer, since I can 
also carry bags and whatnot that I don't have coat pockets for. If I put 
the treats in the main pouch, I can dip in and get them quickly. That 
won't do for dress up, though. In that case, I use a pocket of my purse 
and just live with the delay. I use Las Vegas style treating to 
reinforce the clicker or my verbal marker, and it seems to work once the 
dog is trained, at least with the non-food-motivated poodles. So once 
we're into that mode, the delay in getting the treat to the dog doesn't 
seem to cause a problem, as long as I don't take too long fumbling. I 
could never manage with plastic bags in my pockets, either.

Good luck, and do tell if you find a miracle solution that puts treats 
ready to hand without leaving crumbs in pockets! :)

Tami

On 04/09/2015 07:35 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
> I find myself always carrying around treats for Krokus.  I have a treat
> pouch, but it's pretty big, so I usually drop treats in my pocket, then end
> up with a pocketful of kibble crumbs. I tried putting them in a baggy, but
> then it took a while to dig into a crumpled baggy to get to the treat.
> Click, wait a while, treat.
>
> I was wondering what others use to carry around treats, if they don't use a
> pouch.
>
> Tracy
>
>
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