This needs to be a well-defined psychological principle. I do stuff like this all the time

CrushKillDestroySwag, 1 year ago

I think it’s just regular Operant Conditioning, but the reward of finding half a pie was so strong that the association will stick to this bush for a lot longer than if it was a smaller one.

radioactiveradio, 1 year ago

And what if he found a new species of bush that grows pie huh?

sunbytes, 1 year ago

There is a part of the dog training book “Total Recall” by Pippa Mattinson that refers to this.

Pie-in-a-bush is her way of explaining the Jackpot reward training method.

Very surreal to see it realised so.

Omega_Haxors, 1 year ago

The fridge won’t be empty this time.

NatakuNox, 1 year ago

Me watching Dusty find the pie I left for him in the bushes https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cc4e031c-c598-44ee-94b1-bb8829dc9582.webm

iggames, 1 year ago

Our neighborhood has the Magical Chicken Wing bush. The dog thoroughly inspected it for months afterwards, and still checks on it now and then just in case.