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04-09-2010, 04:53 PM | #1 |
Currently Suspended! Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Salt Lake, UT USA
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| Clicker Training Does Clicker Training work with Yorkies?? And if so, anyone know any good books/videos/websites on it? Thanks so much! |
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04-09-2010, 05:34 PM | #2 |
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| I used clicker training on Toby and it works GREAT! It comes with a little booklet. It's really not difficult. Every time I clicked I would say treat and he would come running. Eventually I did away with the treats and every time he was out in the yard and I was on the deck I would click and he would come to me. They are very inexpensive and in my opinion work great!
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04-09-2010, 05:37 PM | #3 |
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| thank you! I am trying to do research before bringing home my puppy next week! |
04-09-2010, 05:46 PM | #4 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Clicker training is a great way to train your dog. I would love to do it with Thor, but he's terrified of the clicker. A good general book on the principles behind training is "Don't Shoot The Dog", by Karen Pryor. She basically founded the movement, so if you google Karen Pryor Beginning Clicker Training etc, I'm sure you will get tons of hits. She has a website, classes, etc. Let us know how it goes.
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04-09-2010, 06:07 PM | #5 |
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| I sort of do clicker training, but I only recently started using the actual clicker. For the past year, I've trained all of Jackson's tricks using the marker word "yes!" so the "yes!" is kind of like the sound of the clicker. I finally purchased a clicker and it seems to help Jackson learn things a lot faster. Human voice is never 100% consistent, whereas the clicker is, so if you have good timing and click exactly when the dog does the right thing -- they will get it.
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04-09-2010, 06:17 PM | #6 | |
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We mark good behavior all the time by saying 'yes' - then Bailey knows the exact moment that she did something right and knows a treat WILL follow - no exceptions. Sometimes the treat is with me, sometimes its in the house and sometimes its in the fridge - but when Bailey hears 'yes' she KNOWS she's gonna get something and follows me to get it. Bailey has learned house manners - so we mostly use 'yes' outside with the come, stop and leave it commands. Good luck!
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04-09-2010, 06:19 PM | #7 |
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| I have used it twice now with Bella and she caught on immediately. I plan on using it more in the future. I used it to get her to come more quickly when called.
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04-09-2010, 06:24 PM | #8 |
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| so use the clicker WITH a treat? i thought it was in place of a treat, very good to know! ... I kinda feel dumb now... |
04-09-2010, 06:27 PM | #9 |
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04-09-2010, 07:07 PM | #10 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | First you click and treat, click and treat. This is called "charging" the clicker. The dog learns that the click means a treat is coming. Then you can use the clicker to tell the dog, "you did something that's going to get a treat!" Then the dog is happy as soon as he hears the click, since he can expect a treat. It's the same principle as kids hearing the bell for recess. The bell itself isn't inherently great, it's just a noise. It means that recess is coming. But because kids love recess, they learn to love the bell too. When you are teaching something new, it's very consistent. One click, one treat. Then as you go into maintenance mode, you make it more random. But you can cross that bridge when you come to it.
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04-09-2010, 07:52 PM | #11 | |
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"Don't Shoot the Dog" is a great book. You can also get "Clicker Puppy" on Netflix. Daisy loves clicker training. Once you understand how it works, it is even easy to teach it to kids!
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04-09-2010, 07:54 PM | #12 | |
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I suggest one that is not clicker but much needed on the language of dogs that would be On talking terms with dogs but Turid Rigass. I suggest The Culture Clash aby Jean Donaldson Click for joy by Melissa Alexander and her web site ClickerSolutions Home JL
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04-09-2010, 07:56 PM | #13 | |
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Good luck!
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04-09-2010, 09:39 PM | #14 |
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| Thank you all so much for helping me with this! I really want to be prepared for bringing my puppy home next week! And everytime I think I have everything I need, something else gets mentioned and its off to the store! Driving my poor hubby crazy! My puppy is going to have his very own nursery room! lol... I kinda went overboard! |
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