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A "dog blog" about all breeds and issues of importance to people who value the dogs in their lives, with a special emphasis on Search and Rescue dogs, in particular the training of my Newfoundland Dogs

Monday, July 25, 2005

BASICS OF CLICKER TRAINING

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST!! a down to earth beginning guide to starting clicker training! And more to come in the weeks ahead! Quoting diretly from the first paragraph:
"the whole key to clicker training is to get the dog to a stage in his training where you can quickly reinforce a behavior that he does in order to tell him that he is "doing something right". The clicker is a substitute for "good dog" and has more meaning because it is very specific to the dog. for example there are dozens of times every day and many situations where you use the words "good dog" (or at least there should be) but when you use a clicker you are working towards the end result of putting the dog into a "learning mode" and in the end he will understand, when you are "clicking" that he has performed a behavior which was correct and he will be rewarded."

Click on the title to read all of this article!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

absolutely the best!

Anonymous said...

a really good description for the beginner! I just couldnt figure out how to get started and now I know!

Anonymous said...

worth reading!