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re daiSmith -
...what age is it best to start this form of training?
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hey, dai! :--)
check out Puppy Prodigies website -
Video Clips
they have a clip of 3-Wo pups learning to sit with pos-R.
these are future-SD candidates, who are bred to the purpose; not all will become assistance-k9s, tho. some washouts
are placed in new careers; others become pets with a hobby - therapy-visits, literacy dogs, etc.
ANYtime is fine to begin click-training or marker-training -
my Akita was a crossover dog at 6-MO, when i was trying to teach her hand=signals, and she was assiduously evading
SEEING my signals, LOL... after all, if the poor dear is distracted by a passing flock of sparrows, it is not *her* fault
that she missed the cue?!...
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note to all humans debating WHich breed / Which dog...
go for the friendly, not-too-bright candidate if U want a simple life, LOL...
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i have used a clicker with excellent results with many species (cats, dogs, chickens, parrots, horses, other livestock,
wildlife, etc), and at any age from in the nest, to geriatric.
in non-humans, i have taught infants and old-folks, and anything in-between;
also children and adult human-HANDLERS on the other end of the leash (click for good body-mechanix, keeping leash loose,
cueing dog ahead of a turn by slowing steps, and so on).
see the prior-post on starting clicker-training for links - Canis Clicker Academy offers FREE one-page daily lessons, delivered as a link via e-mail for a week.
cheers, and happy training!
--- terry