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Food motivation isn’t merely “does it want food”, it is more “will it do a complex action for food”. My GSD will spin, sit, stay, speak, shake hands, play dead
by cityofdelusion 2y ago
Food motivation isn’t merely “does it want food”, it is more “will it do a complex action for food”. My GSD will spin, sit, stay, speak, shake hands, play dead and do a whole host of back to back commands for a tennis ball, but do maybe half a command for a standard treat. The GSD would not be considered to be very food motivated unless a “high value treat” like a hot dog is being offered.
Even in a mostly smooth walnut brain, there exists a genetically diverse hierarchy of desires. My dog was the runt of the litter, a different puppy was the glutton that ate every scrap in 10 seconds.