obedience to normal everyday commands

Question
i own a great 2year old "Chiweenie", lots of personality and somewhat responsive to commands. The problem is she is fixated to treats "rewards" after any command is obeyed. She won't mind (obey) if she doesn't think you have a treat waiting. I want her to want to obey. Even if there's no reward. I want just a, "good dog" to suffice.
Here are a few of the commands she needs to learn to obey immediately: come, sit, stay, stop barking, stop jumping. no and lie down.
What is your technique, Doctor? What's, the trick to making her want to obey just to please me? Thanks.

Answer
It sounds like you used a technique called "luring" to teach your dog these skills initially - a piece of food in your hand (or somehow visible to her) to get her to sit or lie down, possibly?  So now, she's always looking for that food before she'll perform.  The technique of luring is a valid way to teach a dog a new skill ONLY if the food lure is faded after 2-3 repetitions while teaching a new behavior.  The longer the food lure is evident, the more this turns into a bribe in order to get the dog to do something.  

You'll have to go back to square one and re-teach skills to your dog.  I recommend you start with clicker training this time.  Clicker training uses a marker (a clicker or your voice) to signal that the dog has done something that you like and is immediately followed by a food reward.

For example, if you want to teach your dog to sit without food in your hand, you would click when the dog sits on her own and feed a small treat immediately afterward.  Your dog will start to offer you more sits in hope of getting that treat - she's working for you now and offering a polite behavior at the same time.  When you see a sit coming, you'd add your verbal cue to the process.  NOTE:  You might have to rename all your commands since she's learned to ignore your original requests.  

The difference between clicker training and luring is that the food comes AFTER the dog has performed (like a paycheck).  There is no food visible to the dog until you deliver the treat.  You can keep it in your pocket or on a counter or shelf.  Once the dog is consistently responding to the new cue, you can begin to fade the clicker and treat and replace with praise and petting.  In order to keep the behavior strong, however, you'll have to occasionally give a better reward.  Dogs, like people, rarely work for free.  You can use the dog's food for this type of training as long as she likes her kibble.

This is just an example of how clicker training works. I highly recommend you find a local group class or trainer that can help you get started.  It a fun learning process for both dogs and owners.  

Here's the best places to find a trainer in your area:

http://www.karenpryoracademy.com/find-a-trainer
http://positively.com/dog-training/trainersearch/
http://www.ccpdt.org/
http://www.apdt.com/petowners/ts/default.aspx
http://iaabc.org/consultants

Here's the best website to get you started on your own:  www.clickertraining.com

Let me know if you have other questions about clicker training.  Good luck!