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Originally Posted by YorkieMother  Oh you are right it a tough one to manage it all.
I tend to not take a clicker if I working a dog with aggression in public cause if you go over thresh hold you in trouble and you need all hands on deck. Sometimes working fear I feeding as fast as I can and have no time to click so we stay under threshhold. It all in what you can manage and really you can do.
You want to sharpen the skill get someone to bounce a ball and have a click as it hits the top of it flip up and then as it hits the ground. You will get better. Then add in click ball up and pass a treat to a bowl by the person pretend it the dogs mouth.. It works even for your yes and to help timing.. Oh everyone timing is not great at first.
One thing correct you yes it should be more staccato, short, sharp and crisp.. like a click because Yessss it leaves the thing you are marking open to to much. A dog can give you a ten or more behaviours in that Yessss and you miss you mark and slow down the action and sometimes confuse the dog. OK! Make sence ??
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Yesssss! I majored in learning and behavior, so I'm familiar with reward, punishment, target behavior, and the theory involved, however, I don't know much about the specifics of dog training, just that it's important to train correctly, because unlearning a behavior is more difficult that learning one. What I'm trying to say, is yes, you're correct, I should say the "yes" faster, more like a clicker, to reward just the target behavior. Thanks again, for all your tips.