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Clicker training makes use of a small device; a plastic box containing a small metal strip that makes a distinctive “click” sound when pressed. This device is known as a “clicker”, hence the name – clicker training. Clicker training is known as one of the most effective and humane training methods around, but how does it work?

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Effective Dog Training – Ian Dunbar


Noted veterinarian and dog trainer Dr. Ian Dunbar offers a few of the “million different ways” to train a dog, outlining three simple strategies. EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding. EG is a rich extension of these ideas – a conference that explores the attitude of understanding in music, film, television, radio, technology, advertising, gaming, interactivity and the web – The Entertainment Gathering Dr. Ian Dunbar is a veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and writer. Dr. Dunbar received his veterinary degree and a Special Honors degree in Physiology & Biochemistry from the Royal Veterinary College (London University) and a doctorate in animal behavior from the Psychology Department at the University of California in Berkeley, where he spent ten years researching olfactory communication, the development of hierarchical social behavior, and aggression in domestic dogs. Dr. Dunbar has written numerous books, including How To Teach A New Dog Old Tricks, the Good Little Dog Book and a series of Behavior Booklets: separate educational booklets on each of the most common pet behavior problems. Additionally, Dunbar has hosted eleven videotapes on puppy/dog behavior and training, including SIRIUS ® Puppy Training, Training Dogs With Dunbar and Every Picture Tells A Story. All his videos have won a variety of awards.

I heard that if you want your dog to stop barking you fill a dixie cup with water and when the dog barks you throw the water onto the dog and leave silently.
has anyone done this does it work??
What are some other ways to teach my dog to stop barking?

Clicker Training, is a training method created on operant conditioning which comes from the fact that the reinforcer used a small mechanical noisemaker that produces clicking sound called the clicker. Clicker training can be used to train animals other than dogs like horses, cats, pigeons, etc.


The real difficulty when training a dog, is in communicating accurately and at the right time when the dog is behaving correctly. Traditionally when a dog did behave correctly, you praise him only after he move to some other behavior which may not be a good behavior and thus strengthening something that you might not want. Besides the precise timing of the communication, your tone, loudness of your voice, pronunciation and speed may send confusing signal to your dog.

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What is the first and probably the biggest problem that most dog owners encounter?  A dogs potty training.  How are you supposed to go about doing this type of training properly?  First, don’t learn by trial and error, there are methods that will work.  In fact there are a lot of different opinions about the best way to accomplish this project, but there are some general techniques that will help you.

Dogs learn by being corrected for undesirable behavior and rewarded for desirable behavior.  This technique can be used in a dogs potty training just as it is in training other behaviors.  As you work with your dog consistently, the dog will learn the desired behavior.  What a relief it will be when your dog is potty trained, whether you are training your dog to go outside or at a designated area inside.

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