Clicker Training - Ideal for beginners and people who have no idea

If you have a dog that you train and you want to do yourself, clicker training is for you because it is agile and fun method. It will seem that you and your dog will only be playing while in reality will be in full training.

The clicker is a kind of pressure you box that makes a sound similar to a click - click. What you should achieve as a first step, is that your dog relates this sound with something pleasant, such as food. Once your dog to perform the action that you ordered, just do sound this box and give him a reward, after a few repetitions you will have achieved what you wanted to teach.

Once you do this, you should add to the action that your dog has learned, a verbal order. For example, if you want to stay still, once you do it to receive the reward you say "still" and see how after a few repetitions, he will report directly to the order. You may wonder then why use a clicker if I seek to respond to the order? Well, although the goal is to teach them to obey verbal commands issued, allowing you the clicker is to mark the exact moment that made the desired behavior, thus facilitating learning.

The clicker training method has many advantages, especially if the person conducting the training inexperienced. Among the most important advantages we can mention the increased confidence of your pet with respect to learning as the clicker pursue a purpose and not learn the habit, that is, be aware of their behavior. It is also a method that can be used on dogs of any breed and age. And finally, it is simple, fast, effective and above all, fun.

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