It's cool you are using a clicker, by the way. I would love to use one with Thor, but he is scared of the noise.
How far do you plan to take her training? Here are some things I wish I had imprinted right away:
* Start work cue: This just tells her training is going to begin. Someone here says "Homework!" and you can add a sign if you wish. Thor cues much better to signs than to words. For a long time, he didn't seem to understand that words had any significance to him at all, and he still seems to think about half of my verbal commands mean "Sit".
* End TASK cue. So once you have her Sit or Stay reliably, you don't want her to decide for herself when she is finished. I unfortunately trained Thor on the cue "Okay", which he responds to very well, even when it is not directed at him. So if he is sitting and I tell someone "okay", he gets up. You might try "That'll do".
* End ALL WORK cue, meaning you are finished with training. That means (1) treats/training is finished. It will also come in handy when you have taught her the Come command. Thor responds to Come very well, gets his treat, and then immediately rushes back to whatever it was I called him away from in the first place. You want to teach your dog that her default mode is to be hanging out and waiting for her next command. For this, you can use "Go Play!". You can do a little "shoo" motion with your hands, or slap them together in a way that says "all finished."
Make sure to use Go Play! consistently to release her. Even if she starts out by rushing off on her own, say "Go Play!" to associate the words with her action.
Hope this helps.
