Summary How to Train Your Dog with a CLICKER. (Youtube) www.youtube.com
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n/a Normally, when I train a dog, I use verbal markers. Meaning, I say yes, which means the dog's going to receive a reward, or I say free, which means the dog is released and they're going to receive a reward. Reward. But I'm often asked by people how can they do the training by using a clicker. A clicker is a very common tool that's used in the dog training industry.
n/a So I've been using the clicker with a young puppy, I'm gonna demonstrate today exactly how I like to teach a young puppy and how I like to use a clicker in my training. When I'm using a clicker, instead of having 2 markers, the continuation marker and the reward. Terminal marker for my dogs, I use yes and free. With a clicker, I treat it as a terminal marker. So that means the click means the dog is going to receive a reward, but they're also release from the position.
n/a If I wanna work on duration in a position, so if I am working a stay, instead of using a continuation marker, I simply use verbal praise. So I'm gonna start working with Jett here. He's a young puppy, and the moment he does the behavior when he completes it. So his butt hits the ground, click. Reward.
n/a His elbows hit the ground for the down. Click. He completes the spin. Click. He jumps on the climb.
n/a Click. So pay attention to when I click a with clicker clicker. And, also, just like our yes and our free, every time you click, you owe your dog a reward. Remember, the click is just like a paycheck. Reward.
n/a It only has value because it always predicts the reward. And with him, since he's a young puppy and it's new training, we're going to be using continual reinforcement. Reward. So I'm going to reward every single correct behavior from him. I'm gonna use a combination of leash pressure as well as luring.
n/a Also notice how I say the command before I present the physical cue and I click before I give the dog a treat. So So I'm gonna start with climb, then the queue. There's the click. Sit, queue, clicker. Another thing that helps quite often when I'm doing this is because it's difficult to hold the clicker, the treat, as well as the leash.
n/a So what I like to do is I take the leash, I put my middle finger through it, and then I wrap it around my 2 fingers. And And then I can hold the clicker, and I have control of the leash. So we're gonna do some more recommend. Down, then the queue. I'm gonna use the leash.
n/a Reward. Very good, buddy. Off, then the queue. Sit, then the queue. Good.
n/a Reward. Spin, then the queue. Down, Then the cue. Very nice, little man. I also like to incorporate the come when called.
n/a So we're gonna say recommend then back up. Stop and lift. Click. Reward. Very good.
n/a We're gonna guide him into heel position by stepping back with our left foot using the leash to help guide as well. Bring him around back in the heel. Boom. Click for that. We're gonna ask him to sit, lift, click.
n/a Oops. I clicked a little early there. That's okay. Down, then the cue. There's the click.
n/a Remember, click is releasing him. Climb, then the cue. Boom. So you have to be good at clicking the moment your dog does the behavior correctly. Let's ask for a
n/a sit. Good boy.
n/a I'm gonna do another down. This time, I'm going to use luring instead of the leash. Down, then the cue. Re very nice. Very, very good, my little man.
n/a So you can see if you've watched some of my other training videos, re if I wasn't using the clicker, it would be this. Now you're gonna see how I'm going to replace the click with free, And that's how I train most of my dogs. So if I was using my voice, I would say off, free, then reward. Oops. I dropped it.
n/a Come, Then the cue, free. Then the reward, spin. Hey. Free. Reward.
n/a So once again, go back to the clicker, climb, then the queue. Boom. There's the click. Sit. Good.
n/a Remember, it's release and reward. So now let's say I wanna do the climb stay. I wanna start working on a little bit of that duration getting the dog to maintain the position. I don't like to use the word stay, so I don't walk away saying stay to a dog. You can if you like.
n/a It won't negatively impact the training, but it's not necessary. Once we place our dogs on a commanded position, the stay is implied. So I have him on a climb stay right now. Re and if I'm gonna walk away and I wanna reinforce the climb stay, instead of saying stay, I just say climb even though he's on it. So he jumps off, I would say wrong.
n/a I would grab the leash, guide them back up. Good boy. Now if you've seen my other stay videos, I don't like to reward them right away if they re the stay. But after they hold it for a few seconds, I can give them a reward. So instead of saying yes or clicking, I'm just gonna give verbal feedback.
n/a So I'm gonna step back. Reward. Good boy. Build more distance. Good.
n/a Wrong. Grabbed the leash. And, again, you can use whatever word you like. So I was actually working with a client the other day, and he preferred to use stay instead of wrong. How can I incorporate stay?
n/a Well, if you wanna incorporate stay, instead of saying wrong when your dog breaks the position, say stay the moment your dog breaks the position. So watch how I do. Re stay. Then I come back and put them on. So now stay is actually predicting something.
n/a That's the most important thing. When we're working with our dogs, we have to make sure each word products something. Our words mean what they predict. Reward. Good boy.
n/a So I can use a verbal marker too if I want. I can say yes. Nice job. Or what I do is just good boy. Very nice verbal phrase.
n/a Praise wrong or stay. Whatever word you wanna YouTube, bring them back. Good boy. Very good. After he We hold it for a few seconds.
n/a We can reward again. Wrong. Take the leash. I prefer to use wrong, so I'm gonna use that. Come on, big guy.
n/a So I'm I'm using the leash and By telling him wrong the moment he jumps off the position and we put him back on, it teaches him what he needs to do is either stop what he's doing or go back to the previous position. When your dog understands that and you say wrong or stay or whatever word you choose, your dog will either freeze or go back into the same reposition. Another thing to keep in mind, climb, when I give a dog a command such as come, for me, it doesn't mean reward. Come to me, what it means is a position. So let me me let me show you what I mean by that.
n/a So right here, if I bring to me. Come here, big guy. This, that's come. That position, just like re this is center. That's a position.
n/a This is heel. Well, a little sloppy heel, but that's a position. And Amazon, that's a position. Climb, a. So if I had a dog that was 20 feet away, that dog's gonna come to me if I say center or if I say heel or if I say come.
n/a You You can use whatever commands you like. We'll just do a few more of these, and that'll be a good session for this guy. Sit.
n/a Good boy. Reward. Down. Very good. I'm gonna have him come off.
n/a Reward. Excellent. Nice work, buddy. Sit. Good.
n/a Heel. Re Very good.
n/a Good. Good job.
n/a Down. Reward. Excellent. Now he's warming up. Sit.
n/a Very good, buddy. Off. Reward. Good. And remember, we wanna make the training really fun and really engaging for the dog.
n/a So I'm often doing a lot of different commanded positions. Remember, It's not just sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down the entire time that's going to be boring. You wanna incorporate the sit, off, stand, down, come, reward. Heel, center, spin, walking backwards, all these different things is going to make the training more interesting, more fun. Therefore, in the long run, your dog's gonna do better Because they're gonna enjoy it more, and you're gonna have an overall better performing dog in all these different commands.