Liz Folks can do clicker training without a class - but I'm sure having a class is much BETTER! Apparently there are many places, such as where I live, where clicker training classes are simply not available - no one is doing them - yet -- I'm sure it is coming, but it 'ain't here yet' --
Karen Pryor's book is wonderful. I've 'dabbled' in clicker training off & on - and I find even with my clumsy puttering around, my dogs key in quickly! It is definitely a fun way to work with your dog! Joan Robinson Liz Gordon wrote: > In a message dated 3/11/2002 9:57:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Can someone explain to a new list member what Clicker class is? > > Well, I'm sure others can explain Clicker training better than I since I've > only had one exposure. But here goes. Clicker training is a positive training > and philosophy method. Dr. Ian Dunbar is the father of the positive teaching > method and Karen Pryor, another founder of this technique, helped bring this > method to the public with her books and classes. She coined the term "clicker > training." It's a different way of thinking. It really creates a partnership > between the trainer and the animal. Trainers use a noisemaker like a small > clicker to identify behaviors you want your animal to continue. After you > click for that behavior you give them a small treat-usually a tiny bit of > food-I used diced cooked chicken and liver. > Clicker training does not allow choke chains or any other force to get the > results they want. It's more of a Pavlovian method if you remember your high > school psychology. You lead the dog to a conditioned response by giving it a > treat when it performs what you want it to do and then you do it over and > over again until they have it down. You do NOT take your noisemakers into any > show or obedience ring to annoy others. EVER! > My teacher's website doesn't always work well but she has all the info on it > including other websites and the books to buy (and I bought them all). > www.geocities.com/familydogtraining I especially liked the books Clicking > with your Dog by Peggy Tillman, who writes for Whole Dog Journal, and Click > to Win (clicker training for the show ring) by Karen Pryor. But you really > have to take a class to get it right. Hope that briefly explains the method. > As I said, I saw my Cavalier's brain open wide and it was amazing. > Liz Gordon > Merrychase > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
