I used the clicker on my dog when he was around 4months, when I was teaching him the fundamentals of obedience.
I feel it helped me let him know exactly what I wanted, he heard the click and then received a treat, only when he is correct. He is now very good at obedience, all due to the clicker... I don't know.
I now no longer use the clicker with obedience, but if I am going to teach him something new, I would use it again.
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I still don't get it. Does the clicker actually speed the learning process for dogs in training? How? How would you measure that? If you have another thing to ween the dog off in training does it counter the time saved in training with the clicker?
Why? Why? Why? How many years have people been training dogs? Now a clicker? Is this dog training for dummies?
I guess if you need a toy for yourself to focus on in training, then go for it. I think it is huey. Your voice can do the same thing as a clicker. Or if you are a little slow, someone elses voice can do it for you, in the one second it takes for you to catch up and praise.
It must come in handy for some people or they wouldn't be selling. I think Vince made a solid argument for them. I think I'll stick to "good boy" though. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Geez! It's JUST a tool, folks! Don't knock it til you've tried it, kinda like granola. Personally I like mine with cranberries and almonds.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
I look at it this way. I don't use a clicker. I don't really understand the need for it. I wouldn't suggest that others use it. I just don't understand adding another step to what is a fairly simple concept of praising for obedient behavior. I used to react in the very same way jason did in his first post. I thought it was a needless fad that just the warm-fuzzy love tree people embraced as the cure-all for all training problems. All that being said, there are many people who have success using them. I have some friends who have had some good success training their pet dogs using a clicker. The bottom line is results so why not? It's not for me but If it works for others so be it. That's pretty much how I feel about the subject.
What's wrong with a little tool evaluation? Any good tool should survive a thrashing. I thought the clicker faired pretty well!! Nobody has made me a born-again clicker trainer or anything though (yet) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Want to make a point... its not the "clicker" that makes training successful but the operant conditioning techniques that these trainers use.
Often, very tough dogs that refuse to be dominated can learn to enjoy training if purely positive reinforcement is used for the first few months.
An added benefit--later on, less force (softer correction) will often achieve compliance since they don't grow immune to being yanked on (leather-neck syndrome)
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