Hi all,

I'm looking to find out how many of you clicker trained your dog and how effective was it? Is Clicker training better than just verbal training?

Monty is now 13 weeks so we need to get learning.

Look forward to your replies,

Darren

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Clicker training is really good fun i have clicker trained Tess and we play games she loves it you can click any good behavioure and then give treat she picked it up quite quick

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Not tried whistle training is it good, and is it easy to teach

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Its a brilliant way of showing the dog that the behaviour shown at that exact moment is what you're happy with.

We clicker trained Zach and found it very fast and effective

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Hi there - we are starting puppy training soon which is based on the clickers and I was wondering, will this be able to help with the nipping/biting at all??

Darren - Monty looks gorge, what sort of pup is he??

He's a Bichon Frise... and growing by the day

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I would definitely recommend clicker training.
The advantages are that its a consistent clear sound and stands out from other everyday sounds, like voices.
And its much easier to get the timing right.
The basics are that you first associate the click noise with getting a treat, you repeat this many time until you dog know that every time you click he gets a treat.
You then move on to using the clicker to train commands, so if you were teaching sit, as soon as the dog sits you would click and treat. The dog very quickly learns that sitting gets him a click which = a treat and will start to sit to get you to click. You then start adding in your commands as the dog goes into the required position.
I find hand commands are learned much faster than verbal commands, so i do both.

There is a bit more to it than that, I don't want people to think all you need is a clicker and suddenly you have a super dog but it gives you an idea.

Thanks for the replies,

Is this clicker suitable?

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