What are your opinions on clicker training?
Clicker training means different things to different people. Good clicker training generally involves a change in mind set, a paradigm shift, to get you thinking about setting the dog up to be right, rather than correcting when the dog is wrong. I switched to clicker training about 12 years ago, and love it- my dogs are obedient, enthusiastic partners in the training process, and great to live with. I love the precision and the creativity, and that you can get a dog truly thinking about what he is doing, figuring things out. I compete in agility at the Nationals level, and having an enthusiastic partner who isn't afraid to make a mistake makes a difference in the offered speed which can be the difference between being on the podium, or not. I know most of the top agility people in the country, and most clicker train, especially when doing foundation work. I encourage you to check out www.clickersolutions.com and youtube videos by kikopup, ahimsadogtraining, and supernatualbcs.
Where can i buy a clicker training for dogs in the philippines?
idk who to make one,but you can buy at pet store or anmial shelter.
My dog isn't responding to clicker training any advice?
Hello everyone I have a 14 month old german shepherd he is lovely and generally well behaved. I have had him since he was a puppy and he is an awesome dog we have a great bond he is one of my best friends. Anyway we joined a german shepherd training club 2 months ago and he works really well considering that short space of time. But there are bad habits he has picked up from a puppy when I tried to train him myself for example when walking to heel he will not stay right beside me and when I ask him to sit he doesn't sit on the spot he takes a few steps back and then sits this is a pain when he is supposed to sit right in-front of me so I looked on the internet and thought I would try clicker training to mark the exact behaviour and apparently it works really well in teaching new tricks/behaviors any way bought a clicker and armed myself with a mass amount and variety of his favorite treats and as it said to do 1 click-treat-click-treat-click-treat I did this 15 to 20 times then supposedly he is supposed to look when he hears the click because he is anticipating the treat well he doesn't take any notice! i've been trying for 2days now repeating that same method at least 4 times throughout the day it said the dog understands quickly! I don't know what to do now I need some advice and will be grateful for any help and tips thank you very much :)
What's your thoughts on clicker training?
Nope. I hate it. I won't even use clicker training on my dogs. Sorry, my horse gets in my space enough as it is. I can only imagine how terrible he'd be if I was constantly feeding him treats. Every horse I've met that was clicker trained will happily run you over, bite you, or do some random crap (rear up, throw themselves on the ground, paw, shake their head around, etc...) if they want a treat. And god help you if you're actually holding a treat. You might as well step in front of a semi going 90. EDIT: Basically what you're doing is saying to the horse "every time you do this, I'm going to give you a treat." So then the horse starts looking for the treat. They'll do something that they know earns them a treat (in this case, we'll say that the horse gets a treat when it "bows"). So the horse will bow without you asking because it's begging for a treat. Now how do you correct that? You can't really make the horse "wrong" by giving it a tap with the lead rope to make it stand up again, because the horse is only doing what you've taught it to do. You can't ignore the horse (yeah, lemme know how that goes :p ), you can't really do anything. So now you have a horse that will randomly start bowing to beg for treats. A problem on the ground, but flat out dangerous if you ever have any interest in riding the horse. And as for biting, horses can be a lot smarter then people give them credit for. It doesn't take long for a horse to figure out that when they touch your hand, they get a treat (because when you hand feed a horse, really all they know is that they touch your hand, and all the sudden a yummy treat has seemingly grown out of your hand just for them. So then you get a horse that constantly pushes at you and bites to try and get that awesome treat machine in your hand to start working again. Pretty much, it's a bad deal all the way around from my point of view. EDIT II: Uh, yeah. Sorry about my mini rant. I just get sick of dealing with pushy, bitey horses with bad habits. I deal with enough that the thought of someone (not you, the people who work with the mustangs) turning out more of them makes me want to run down the road screaming at the top of my lungs.
Clicker vs. Shock Collar training?
My dog barks...all the time. He is an 8.5 month old rott/pug/beagle cross. My fiance and I have tried numerous things to make him stop, but nothing is working. We live in an apartment, and its becoming a problem. Cujo will bark at people walking across our "yard" while he is INSIDE. He barks at our neighbors as they enter their apartment, and he KNOWS them, he LIVED there for a few months before we got him. He barks when someone knocks, and then won't STOP barking for ten minutes. He barks when we come home, regardless how many times we let him know its just us (he is crated while we are away) I just cannot stand it anymore. My fiance is hitting the end of his rope also. He wants to invest in a shock collar. I am against it, very against it. I know that shock collars can be a very useful training tool when put in capable hands, but I do not believe my fiance and I are capable hands. I do NOT want to turn that collar into an abusive tool. So, I have suggested we first try a clicker. My idea - when Cujo barks, click to get his attention, then give him a treat as soon as he stops barking. Basically continue doing that till he starts listening to us tell him to stop barking. I do not want to stop his initial warning bark altogether. All I want is to teach him to stop barking when we tell him too. Would my idea work? I know it will not be immediate...and I also know that I am not the world's greatest trainer. But I am trying and I want to do right by Cujo. I do not want this to fail, because I know my fiance will go back to his plan of the collar. Any advice would be great.