Positive reinforcement training for dogs and their humans
Positive reinforcement training for dogs and their humans
Capturing: Any behavior your dog willingly does on his own can be captured and put on cue. For “sit”, begin with your pup in front of you (he can be on leash if he has a tendency to wander off) start moving back and forth, coaxing him along with a happy voice, silly noises, or …
Folks are often concerned about using food rewards to train because they think their pup will become reliant on them and have to be bribed into compliance. Not true! We’re going to wean your pup off of tangible rewards as quickly as we can but as slowly as we need to in order to keep …
The clicker is what is known as a conditioned reinforcer (CR) or conditioned reward marker. In and of itself it has no meaning, but when it is associated with an unconditioned reinforcer, which can be anything your dog naturally enjoys like food, play, petting, etc. it becomes reinforcing. It is also known as a “bridging …