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What is Clicker Training?


Clicker Training is a fun, fast, and effective way to teach your dog obedience, tricks and good behavior.
Professional animal trainers have used it since the 1940s, and today it is becoming popular with dog lovers everywhere:
  • Pet Dog Owners
  • Obedience and Agility Competitors
  • Service and Police Dog Trainers
  • Working Dog Trainers
  • Trainers of animal "actors" for Movies and TV
In Clicker Training, a simple toy clicker is used as a marker for good behavior. The click noise is a signal that tells your dog that he got something right and has earned a reward (often food treats).

More precise and consistent than praise, the clicker is a powerful tool to open a channel of communication with your dog. People who have tried it know that a clicker-trained dog starts to love that "click", and quickly begins to work hard to learn what you want.

Food and clicker are used to teach new behaviors or to improve behaviors. Once the dog has learned what you want, both can be phased out. Trainers will not have to click and treat for every "SIT" forever.

More and more pet owners and dog enthusiasts are enjoying clicker training, thankful that they have found a training method that works - a method where dog and trainer work together, and are not pitted against each other.

Why Choose Clicker Training?

It Works and It’s Fun! With a few minutes of practice a day, you'll find your dog will learn as fast - or even faster! - than with any other training method.
  • Great for puppies, adults, and senior citizens
  • Works with any breed of dog
  • Is easy to learn and "user friendly"
  • Quickly teaches a dog what the trainer expects
  • Is based on the scientific principles of Operant Conditioning
  • Creates trust and cooperation
Conventional training is based on "corrections" or punishment with a choke or prong collar. While it can be effective when the trainer is skilled, most people don't get the results they want.

Conventional training can cross the line into abuse. Punishment can cause dogs to shut down or develop aggression or other problem behaviors.

Book Of The Month
"Click for Joy"

by Melissa Alexander
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Toy Of The Month
"Buster Cube"


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