The Truth About Clicker Training
What’s the truth about clicker training? Clicker dog training, using a clicker, where does the clicker fit in dog training.
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Positive Dog Training
The “Purely Positive” Dog Training crowd would have you believe that using a pinch collar or a remote electronic collar/e-collar is cruel and inhumane. But the one thing they can’t explain then is: Why is this dog so happy? If correcting your dog is so inhumane, then this dog wouldn’t want to come out of …
The Truth About Using Food In Your Dog Training
There is a right way and a wrong way to use food when training your dog. Proponents of food use in training will argue that by using food in your training regimen, you are working in harmony with your dog’s drive (specifically the food drive) and that it is one of the easiest ways to …
My View On the Problem With “Clicker Dog Training”
Clicker training has become the New Age buzz word amongst the humanist-oriented dog training bunch and the book and pet product promoters eager to capitalize on this latest trend. Based on theories of operant conditioning first expounded by psychologist B.F. Skinner, and later popularized by dolphin trainer Karen Pryor in books such as Don’t Shoot …
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My View On the Problem With “Clicker Training”
Clicker training has become the New Age buzz word amongst the humanist-oriented dog training bunch and the book and pet product promoters eager to capitalize on this latest trend. Based on theories of operant conditioning first expounded by psychologist B.F. Skinner, and later popularized by dolphin trainer Karen Pryor in books such as Don’t Shoot …
Where Does the Clicker Fit in Dog Training
I really don’t have a problem with the clicker, itself. It has it’s place in more advanced training exercises and for tricks. But not for basic obedience and behavior modification that is the result of a fundamental lack of respect from the dog to the owner. And not for behaviors that can be fixed immediately …
Using A Clicker vs Adopting The Flawed Clicker Training Methodology
There are two points you must recognize: 1.) You CAN train a dog using a traditional approach AND use the clicker. It depends on your style, but yes… I’ve had very good results using the clicker as an event marker, and for getting the dog to understand a new behavior… especially a more complex behavior. …
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