Weaning off the Treats
What we need to do is wean her off of the treats. During this period she needs to get a treat each and every time she does something. You will see why later. Start by asking her to do something, and you show her the treat (this is a bribe). When she complies you reward her with a different, BETTER treat, that is in your other hand, behind your back (this is a reward). Do NOT ever give her the one that she sees. Do this a number of times during the day, or in training. Next step is to show her a treat in your hand, but it is a boring one. Like a piece of kibble. The ones she actually gets is now on the counter or table beside you, and it is a good one. This is her reward. So what she starts to understand is that the treat she sees is no biggy, as she never gets it, but she DOES get one she doesn't see. Whenever she complies, you reward her. The next step is to fade out the treat she sees, and she gets the one she does not see. It can be hiddne in your pocket, or on a nearby counter or whatever. By this time she is weaned off of the VISABLE treat. The last step is to ask her to do something, when she complies she gets a "good girl" and you walk away. Then you call her over, ask her to do something and then reward her. This is called a "variable schedule". She sometimes gets one and she sometimes doesn't. But because she never SEES it, now, she will never know if she is going to get one or not. I would receommend that she gets a treat more often than not, at the beginning...even if is is just cheerioes... 
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