Comments on: Puppy Clicker Training for Idiots

By: Anxiety Sydney

Anxiety Sydney — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:41:38 +0000

clicker training works i used it on all three of my shihzus and it works wonders i started when they were puppies getting them used to the sound of the clicker and then gradually i started using pieces of chicken when i used the clicker it did not take long for my dogs to associate the clicker with the chicken and training was easy when i wanted my dog to sit i used the clicker he sat and was rewarded with he chicken the same applied when he was off the lead and saw another dog i clicked the clicker rewarded my dog with he chicken and he did not go after the other dog it does work you just need to be patient but its a great way to train your dog.

By: Anxiety Sydney

Anxiety Sydney — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:03:31 +0000

I prefer to use my voice, as opposed to a clicker, as I don’t know that I will have a clicker on my person all the time for the rest of my dog’s life… the idea is to pair a sound (the clicker – or in my case, your voice) with a positive motivator (reward) like food. Don’t think of food as bribery, either – think of it as their “paycheck”… remember that puppies are babies and have limited attention spans, so don’t expect a doggie Einstein at 6 months old

By: Metal Briefcases

Metal Briefcases — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:56:19 +0000

Using a consistent click noise as a signal that your dog gets a treat is a great idea. It is just like the story of pavlov’s dog who associated the bell with food. I guess just giving treats without the click would not work as well as the dog would not have an audio signal to reinforce the good behavior.

By: Scott@How To Make Money For Life

Scott@How To Make Money For Life — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:44:57 +0000

Interesting, I’ve never seen the clickers in the stores. Either way, my dogs will do anything as long as I’m holding a treat. They know everything I’m saying when a treat is visible. Not so much when there is no treat.

By: noel@basic puppy training

noel@basic puppy training — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:51:45 +0000

Greetings,

Clicker training, like ‘hand signals’ can be very useful for quick results.

Puppies from most all breeds are very sensitive to ‘noises’ that interrupt or break into their environment, and the sound of the clicker gets their immediate attention.

Associating a number of clicks with a combination of a verbal command and a hand signal is a technique that I am trying to perfect.

My technique is to get spontaneous response from the combination of a click and hand signals that would substitute a particular verbal command.

The end result would be a little bit different from normal clicker training or hand signal training, to the extent that I can teach much more commands, so that I get different responses on the same single click, because of the different hand signal associated with the click.

I am a lrygectomee, I lost my voice to cancer of the larynx, and speak through the aid of a voice prosthesis inserted into my trachea via a hole in my neck. To activate the voice prosthesis I have to close the hole in my neck with my thumb, that means to talk I need to use a hand – So whenever I talk or use my voice one of my hands become used, and nothing else can be done with it – Get my problem?.

The major problem is, sometimes the prosthesis plays up, and then I am like a mute, cannot even make a noise, leave alone issue a verbal command.

I will post another comment on the level of my success later on.

Noel Benjamin D’Costa.

By: Sandra@1800PetMeds Blog

Sandra@1800PetMeds Blog — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:56:26 +0000

Just one thought about the article, I watched a video which also explains some of the disadvantages of “clicker” training for pups. One of them is that they lose interest to follow your command if you don’t have your clicker with you. How true is this? Any thoughts?