Clicker training is great when used correctly. I think people have this misunderstanding that you're always supposed to have a clicker on you, or the dog won't listen. A clicker is simply a way of teaching tricks, commands or complex behaviors, and once the dog knows and understands, is no longer necessary.
I mostly taught Jackson without a clicker very successfully. I didn't use a clicker until I wanted to train more complex behaviors and I find it helps him know EXACTLY what I want because the clicker is more precise than human voice and will always sound the same, and if your timing is right, they will know what they did at the exact split second is what you want of them.
Check out Zakgeorge21 on youtube. I love his method of training and it's how I've always trained Jackson. He calls it relationship-based training. |