Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Clicker Training

There are different methods and ways to train your dog. In this post, I am going to explain clicker training.

Clicker training is not difficult. You first start out by letting your dog know that that certain click is positive. You want them to thinks it is a reward for doing something good. That way, you will not have to use treats every time they do a trick.

How do you do that though? Well, all you have to do is press the clicker then give them a treat. Over and over until they associate that noise with a treat. Make sure to limit how many treats you give them though, DO NOT Overfeed!

It can take days for some dogs, and sometimes weeks for others. Just keep doing it until they understand.

Once a dog is clicker trained, all you have to do is get them to do a trick, then reward them with the clicker sound. Of course, it's always nice to also praise them with scratch behind the ears!

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