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Clicker Training Your Dog: A Positive Training Technique
By Kathy Reed of http://wwww.petdesigns4u.com
The purpose of clicker training is to quickly reinforce a behavior that the dog performs in a positive and instantly recognizable manner. The clicker noise substitutes for the words "good dog" and has more meaning because it is a very specific and can't be confused. No matter what mood you are in, the noise of the clicker remains constant and will not be changed by your mood, as your tone of voice might change! For example there are dozens of times every day and many situations where you use the words "good dog" and this may be a very enthusiastic "good dog" statement or may mean not much at all to the dog, depending on your mood. But when a clicker trained dog hears the clicker, he has been reinforced and has learned that the sound of the clicker ALWAYS mean he has "done something right".
Furthermore, clicker training encourages the dog to perform his own behavior, without being jerked or pulled by a leash or other restraint. (This is often referred to as the "jerk and pull" method of training.)
Clicker training encourages the dog to preform a behavior and "test" to see if this is the behavior you, his master, are looking for. When he performs the correct behavior, he is "clicked" (rewarded) and the behavior, since it is instantly reinforced in a positive manner, then becomes a part of his repertoire much faster than any other method of training. If the dog performs an unwanted behavior, the dog is simply not reinforced. thus there is no negative reinforcement, except for the lack of any positive reinforcement. Clicker training is the epitome of positive training techniques. |
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Interesting, Kathy! Thanks.
Regards,
Jim
I can see where this would work well as long as the dog doesn't learn how to use the clicker.
The only reservation I have with clicker training is that it is so impersonal. The dog loses the vital inter-action with its owner. My dogs, for example, will know from the tone and sound of my voice the 'degree' of pleasure that they have given me by their actions and will often try harder to please me if my enthusiasm is less than 100%. The clicker removes this incentive to try harder. Also, of course, with the clicker I can't make a big fuss of the dog without first 'clicking' - let's face it, the huge fuss and stupid voices we use with our dogs are a lot of the fun of having a dog. Both were originally clicker trained for returning to me if off the lead but, for me, it was like having a remote control in my hand that could switch something on and off but with nothing in between. The clicker training has been allowed to decay because my voice is far more versatile and audible at much greater distances (No. I don't shout at my dogs, they have typical dog sharp hearing and can hear my normal speaking voice up to 100 metres away). I did ask a couple of local dog trainers their reasons for not using clickers. "Purely economical. We can only have one dog in a clicker class or 20 - 30 in a voice class which also socialises the dogs and their owners."
Very constructive information, Kathy. Obedience is so critical to a great relationship.
Thank you for sharing.
Keep up the good work.
Best wishes.
Frederick
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