Hello everyone I have a 14 month old german shepherd he is lovely and generally well behaved. I have had him since he was a puppy and he is an awesome dog we have a great bond he is one of my best friends. Anyway we joined a german shepherd training club 2 months ago and he works really well considering that short space of time. But there are bad habits he has picked up from a puppy when I tried to train him myself for example when walking to heel he will not stay right beside me and when I ask him to sit he doesn’t sit on the spot he takes a few steps back and then sits this is a pain when he is supposed to sit right in-front of me so I looked on the internet and thought I would try clicker training to mark the exact behaviour and apparently it works really well in teaching new tricks/behaviors any way bought a clicker and armed myself with a mass amount and variety of his favorite treats and as it said to do 1 click-treat-click-treat-click-treat I did this 15 to 20 times then supposedly he is supposed to look when he hears the click because he is anticipating the treat well he doesn’t take any notice! i’ve been trying for 2days now repeating that same method at least 4 times throughout the day it said the dog understands quickly! I don’t know what to do now I need some advice and will be grateful for any help and tips thank you very much
Im not expecting miracles i just wanted advice on how if possible to make it work better i wondered if i was doing something wrong or if there was anything i could do better and if you read it says i take him to GERMAN SHEPHERD TRAINING and this is the advice the professionals gave me so thats why I am trying it and i realise i did it wrong in the first place but now i am trying to make it better and i am doing the right thing now and we have made alot a progess and if i obviously dont know what i am doing then how come he is so well trained and such a good boy that we are competing in a nationwide gsd interbranch competition in oct he is trained fine i just want to break some bad habits thats all
and the training club is brilliant there are 3 professional trainers there all with different ideas to help with training i couldnt ask for more the people are really nice, friendly and helpful they have done wonders in helping me with my dog but i will ring up some other trainers and ask for there advice
and the training club is brilliant there are 3 professional trainers there all with different ideas to help with training i couldnt ask for more the people are really nice, friendly and helpful they have done wonders in helping me with my dog but i will ring up some other trainers and ask for there advice
what i mean is that he hasnt accociated the click with a treat and thats why he doesnt take any notice i know that the clicker shouldnt be used to get attention and only as a reward for doing something but in order to do that the dog has to make the connection that the click means a treat but my dog doesnt lol
because there really busy running this massive dog show and i didnt want to bother them i thought since they real busy i would just ask on here to see if any1 could give me some helpful advice and some one did

Help! I have a 9 month old Papillon and he’s extremely intelligent. I taught him the few commands that he knows in one training session each. He’s very bright and learns quickly.

I recently got a clicker to train him further. However, after only using it about 4 times (meaning 4 clicks) he got scared of the sound and therefore the treat that followed! Now if I tell him to sit or do anything he’s hesitant because he is scared that a loud sound will follow.

I’ve never used treats as a reward for him before- only toys. The toys have worked very well. Is there hope for clicker training him? I know it’s a very effective training method so I’d like to make it work.

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My mother has seen my increased interest in training my dog for therapy work and bought me a dog-training clicker. She says that my aunt used a similar one to train her labrador and that it worked wonders on him.

One problem…I have no clue whatsoever how a little red plastic clicker can train my dog. She’s very food-orientated and I’m worried that once the treats are taken away, the training will go right out of her brain. I don’t see how adding a small clicking noise will make any more difference.

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The down on command is extremely important and can save your dog’s life if properly trained. If for some reason, you have your dog off lead in a park and he sees a cat across the road, you will be very glad you trained him the down on command. Of cause it will take many repetitions before he will be so conditioned to stop in his tracks and go into a down position, when he actually wants to chase that kitty.

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Clicker training was started by Burrhus Frederic “B.F.” Skinner. He made several scientific claims and wrote extensively about human behaviors concerning operant conditioning. According to the dictionary, operant conditioning is the use of consequences to modify the occurrence and form of behavior. This means that when the subject either an animal or a human does an action it will be reinforced negatively or positively.

In most instances, this mechanism can be broken down into positive and negative conditioning wherein the first happens when a positive behavior or attitude is rewarded. For example, a animal could be taught to perform a task. The latter happens when a bad behavior is punished.

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i am learning how to train dogs and i am want to learn how to clicker train dogs.
if anyone has any ideas on how i should do it. please let me know.thank you.

I’m looking for a clicker to train my cats, but all I can find are dog clickers, so would those work for my cats?

I would like to train my female lab (3 years) with a clicker. Where can I buy the clicker and how do I train my dog with it. Thanks!