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This is a particularly useful tool when working with animals from a distance (competition training), managing exotic animals, performing husbandry behaviors, or any situation where it\u2019s not safe or appropriate to use treats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[517,150,516],"tags":[1804,2330,659,2329,1803,1802],"class_list":["post-10527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-homepage-blog","category-news-events","tag-animal-training","tag-dog-training","tag-ken-ramirez","tag-non-food-reinforcement","tag-reinforcers","tag-smart-reinforcement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.1 (Yoast SEO v25.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thinking Outside the Treat Pouch: Secondary Reinforcers - Karen Pryor Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the biggest objections to positive reinforcement training is the perception that it\u2019s \u201call about the food.\u201d However, while food may be the primary reinforcer for training new behaviors, using a variety of non-food reinforcers is a powerful tool for maintaining those behaviors. 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