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Clicker training is the most effective way of interacting with your dog when training. The clicking sound that the clicker creates is much more reliable than any spoken cue a person’s mouth could ever give. Using a clicker can avoid many miss communications between you and your dog which will make the clicker worth your time. A clicker is a little noisemaker that has a button on one side. When this button is pushed, it will release a unique “click” sound. When your dog hears this “click” it should indicate that he has done something appropriate like sitting on cue.
Loading the clicker is educating your dog to affiliate the clicking sound with having done something right. The way you can go about doing this is to just click, then provide your dog with a treat. Do this plenty of times until you are sure that your dog is aware of the concept; you click, he gets a treat. Please notice that the first several times your dog hears the click, he might be a little surprised. It’s okay because your dog will adapt to the sound soon.
Timing truly is important when you are clicker training your dog because if you are clicking at the incorrect times, your dog might be learning bad things. For example: if you are coaching your dog to shake your hand and you are clicking after you let go of his paw, this is educating the dog that when you say shake he should just keep his paw down. In this example, the appropriate way to do it is to click right when he places his paw in your hand and then provide him a treat.
Another side of clicker training you will need to time well is your spoken cue. Once your dog has the command figured out with a clicker you will want to educate your dog to do it without. The appropriate way to do this is to first make your dog do the command. During this time, click your clicker. Second, you should say your spoken cue “Sit”. Third, you should reward your dog with a treat. (Be sure to do these three actions as near to each other as possible.)
If you are looking for your first clicker for your dog, than I thoroughly recommend Nancy Pryor’s i-Click Dog Training Education. This little clicker is excellent for puppies because it has a much less harsh sounding audio you might get from bigger clickers. Larger clickers might frighten your dog. I also like this clicker because it has a raised button. This is a crucial advantage because it allows for on time and precise clicking which is important. Finally as I described before, It is light, portable, and reasonably small so that it can fit in your pocket if need be.
In conclusion, clickers a smarter and more effective way to train. If you are having trouble communicating with your dog, than this could be the way to get through to him. They are not very expensive at all and if you have about five bucks and an untrained puppy, I fully recommend buying one.
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