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Old November 17th 04, 06:47 AM
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Could someone tell me what clicker training is?
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Old November 17th 04, 08:24 AM
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"Phyloe" wrote:
Could someone tell me what clicker training is?


Clicker training is using a clicker to mark a desired behavior, then following
with a treat to reward the behavior.

There are three basic ways that a clicker can be used.

1. Lure/Reward Training: In the method of luring a dog into position and then
rewarding him, you must have some way to tell him YES, THAT RIGHT THERE when he
does it right. If you're using a verbal marker, you might say YES or GOOD as
soon as he performs the behavior. With a clicker, the sound of the click
becomes that marker. Nothing is different about the method except the sound
that is used to tell the dog YES.

Once you get used to the clicker, you can mark more precisely with it than with
voice. It's faster, and it takes all emotion out of training (i.e., judgement,
exasperation).

In the next two usages, the same principle of marking and rewarding applies.
However, cues, lures, and any other feedback from the human besides click/treat
are kept to a minimum.

2. Shaping Behavior: This requires a lot more thinking on the dog's part. He
offers a behavior, and gets a click/treat when he gets an approximation of what
you want. A clicker-savvy dog will try to repeat the behavior. After he's
getting it reliably, you with-hold the click/treat until he offers a closer
approximation of the behavior.

For example, say you wanted the dog to walk across the room and touch a pole
with his nose. You may first click/treat a glance at the pole. Then when he's
reliably looking at the pole, you wait until he takes one step towards it. You
keep working on it until he's doing what you want.

3. Capturing Behavior: You see something he already does and put it on cue by
click/treating it. For example, say you wanted to teach him to "bow." You
would click/treat when he was in a play bow. A dog who knows the click/treat
game will catch on fairly quickly, and offer the bow again. Then you can give
it a name and ask for it.

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