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Originally Posted by yorkiepuppie  thank you so much!  i am thinking that the reason dogs would respond to clicks than "yes" is probably because we say "yes" in our conversations a lot, and they hear it and learn to also ignore it. but we don't click in our conversations. so they don't learn to ignore the clicks. what you think?
when i took milu to puppy class, i asked about clicker training, and was told that the word "yes" works just as well by the trainer. |
I think you are correct. We took that darn clicker with us everywhere. Every pee, every poopy, every positive thing she did, we clicked and treated. I agree, I think the words are confusing and little nudging by either clicker or hand motions are the best. I can get Sophie to sit and to go down by moving my hand a certain way. Which was all part of the training at PetSmart. I'm sure there are many on here that have their dogs doing all kinds of neat stuff. Mine are just basic commands.