CLICKER TRAINING PART 2

Now that your dog knows that the click means treat you can begin shaping behaviors. Have you clicker in one hand, and have the treats at the ready in your other hand. Watch your furkid. Clicker training is all about being aware of even the slightest movements… a change in where your dog is looking, a flick of their tail, a slight head turn… all are potentially worth a click.

Start by deciding what you want to work towards. Something like a sit or down would be a good place to start as these are both things that dog are likely to do naturally without any in between steps. After grabbing your clicker and your bag of treats sit normally and watch your furkid. Eventually she/she will do either a sit or a down. Click the instant that butt (or belly) hits the ground. Give him/her a treat, forcing them to leave the sit (or down). Watch again.

Patience, consistency, and Repetition are the three keys to successfully training your pet. And all three are equally important.

Keep watching your dog, and waiting for them to repeat the behavior that earned the last click. As soon as they repeat, click and treat again. Their sit (or down) should keep increasing in speed after the last click. You will really begin to see your dog thinking, as they try to figure out exactly what it was that earned the click.

Once your furkid is consistently offering the behavior you are working towards start adding the cue word. In this case, it’s sit (or down). Only start using the cue once you are about 80% sure that the dog will do it. Right before the dog is about to sit, say “sit”, and as his/her bottom hits the floor, click and treat.

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CLICKER TRAINING

CLICKER TRAINING part 1

Clicker training is a wonderful way to teach your dogs. It’s a friendlier, more gentle form of training that encourages your fur-kid to think for him/herself. By encouraging your little one to really think about what they are doing you end up with a confident happy pet.

To ‘charge’ the clicker simply take the clicker in one hand, and have treats at the ready in the other hand. Have your little one in front of you. For this portion of the training it doesn’t matter what your dog is doing, they can be sitting, standing, laying down, playing, and being silly… it really doesn’t matter. You aren’t training a behavior, but teaching them what the click means. For clicker training to work your dog needs to know that the click means treats are coming. Now, click and give your little one a treat. This should get their attention. Do it again, and again. Click, and treat. Within a few minutes your pet should have this figured out. They hear a click, and they’ll get a treat. This is a complete training session. Once they’ve figured out to get their treat when they hear a click, end the session.

When you first begin clicker training it’s best to keep sessions very short, only five to ten minutes at a time. This way your dog will be able to stay focused, and it will encourage him/her to feel as if it’s a game and something really exciting and special. Several short sessions a day is ideal. Eventually (with a high drive dog) you can work up to sessions that may be as long as an hour.

(article from Berita Anjing May/June 2008)

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