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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985  That's pretty much how I was taught to use it and I really saw no difference between clicker and non-clicker. You reward behavior either way!
I think my biggest problem with training is you say the command once then wait for the desired action, but in the waiting, I think Kaji gets intimidated! I watch so I can mark (with clicker or a simple yes/si) the behavior I want but he starts to put his head down like he's done something naughty. Maybe I have a naturally mean face.  |
I agree with the theory behind it, but in practice, I found that I sometimes do have to say the command more than once. The idea is that you don't want to have to say "sit, sit, sit" to get them to sit. I do think you should pause for a few seconds, but I found that when I introduce a hand signal to the command, he learns the word much better. If we are working on a new trick, and Joey gets a little sad or frustrated I switch back to a trick he knows or just do the fetch trick, and his confidence comes back. Humans have to understand that our language is very foreign to them, and dogs will never learn words as easily as tone. I use the word uh-uh, for "no" during training, and he doesn't seem to get as frustrated, he knows the word uh-uh means he can do something else to get the reward.