u/Straight_Low9243

I have a 2 year old mutt, Lucy, who is extremely food motivated to the point she only focuses on the treat and not what I’m teaching her. This causes me to get frustrated and give up on training sessions all together. I want to be a better owner and teach her basic obedience and commands but she won’t focus on anything but the treat and refuses to listen when I don’t have one. She isn’t motivated by her dog food and I can barely get her to eat breakfast most days so I don’t think using her food instead would help much. I’ve tried not showing a treat while asking commands, I’ve tried using one hand for commands and the other for treats, I’ve tried using her food. I don’t know what to do and feel like I’m failing her because I can’t teach her anything beyond sit. There are no trainers in my area, I’ve looked. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Update: thank you all so much for the advice! I just finished a training session with Lucy and neither one of us was confused or frustrated!! I started by calling her over and waiting for her to come to me, then asked for a sit, clicked, rewarded. Then when she was staying sat with her attention on me, I waited for eye contact then clicked and rewarded even for small glances. By the end of the 3-5 minute session she was consistently looking at me instead of the treat. I’m still going to try other suggestions and see about an online class. Thank you all again so much, I hope you all have an amazing day/night!!

I have a 2 year old mutt, Lucy, who is extremely food motivated to the point she only focuses on the treat and not what I’m teaching her. This causes me to get frustrated and give up on training sessions all together. I want to be a better owner and teach her basic obedience and commands but she won’t focus on anything but the treat and refuses to listen when I don’t have one. She isn’t motivated by her dog food and I can barely get her to eat breakfast most days so I don’t think using her food instead would help much. I’ve tried not showing a treat while asking commands, I’ve tried using one hand for commands and the other for treats, I’ve tried using her food. I don’t know what to do and feel like I’m failing her because I can’t teach her anything beyond sit. There are no trainers in my area, I’ve looked. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

Update: thank you all so much for the advice! I just finished a training session with Lucy and neither one of us was confused or frustrated!! I started by calling her over and waiting for her to come to me, then asked for a sit, clicked, rewarded. Then when she was staying sat with her attention on me, I waited for eye contact then clicked and rewarded even for small glances. By the end of the 3-5 minute session she was consistently looking at me instead of the treat. I’m still going to try other suggestions and see about an online class. Thank you all again so much, I hope you all have an amazing day/night!!

I want to start making gaming content on YouTube and was wondering what the best microphone would be for that. Every time I think I’ve found one I like I see a review that makes me question if it’s worth the money. I’m looking for one that will block out keyboard/controller noises, easy to set up (doesn’t require a lot of adjustment through an app etc), audio quality is good, build quality is reliable, stuff like that. I don’t want to have to buy a new one within a few months to a year. All recommendations welcome, even more expensive options as long as they will hold up. Thanks in advance and have a great day/night!!