This is one of the best explanations I have seen on clicker training.

I'm in several dog discussion groups on Facebook and Reddit, so I link this video a lot to folks who are new to it. When people ask about good training resources, this is one of the first channels I link!

@Krissykris1468

6 жыл бұрын

mandy347 aww, you're so sweet! Thank you 😊

I didn't know anything about clicker training. I was reading a book in the evening, it told a story about a dog that, no matter what they did, would not lay down. My young girl Teaghan was much the same way. I got up and started shaping her to a down, it took 2 session, maybe 5 minutes total. I like the bribery vs. reinforcement section of your video. I just think of it this way, bribery is showing a treat *before* the behavior. Reinforcement is payment after the behavior.

I just started clicker training with my parents' maltese (age 9) and yorkshire terrier (age 5). They're pretty well behaved dogs, but they've developed a few bad habits that I'd like to break them of. I introduced them to the clicker by running through the basic tricks they know and rewarding them accordingly. The yorkie was intimidated by the sound at first, but she warmed up when she connected it with the snack reward. Now they both come running to heel when I pick up the clicker. I love it!

Thank you so much for making this video. I've trained two dogs in the past but I've never heard of clicker training or prt. After watching your video I ran out and bought a clicker cause we just got and puppy. She's 13 weeks and already shows signs that she learns quick. I'm excited to start her training with a clicker! I'll keep you posted on her performance. Thanks again!!!!

My wife and I just got a one-year old Aussie from a rescue organization, and we'll be watching your training videos a LOT! Terrific training videos. Thank you!!

have been watching some dog training vids for my future corgi! probably another year to wait, came across clicker training a lot (have heard of it but never really bothered fo research). this vid is amazing! explains it so well! thank you :)

I just got my Cardigan Corgi poppy and a couple of days ago I saw the clicker in the pet shop, but I had not idea what was this for. I was training my dog with treats, but your video was so easy to understand that I decided to give a try to the Clicker. Thank you so much!!!

This video was very informative. I just bought my clicker and I want to make sure I'm doing everything correctly. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.

You nailed the bribery/reinforcement! I just bought a clicker today for my 14 week old cocker spaniel. Looking forward to watching your videos! Keep them coming! Thx

Kris, thank you for being awesome and posting these videos!

Kristin, I click for you doing your video(s). You have helped me and my dad with our ongoing training. I am a Small Medical Alert Service Dog. Dad insists that I do well when we are out and about. But he also insists on practicing & learning new things. That's where you and your furbabies videos have been so helpful. SO CLICK & a STEAK for you.

Always love your videos, I too had different ideas about training once, mostly out of ignorance as you say. Eventually I fell upon it on my own and it helped me to be a better mom.Hope your do more videos. Love Luna hanging out, so cute. Blessings.

Thank you for the great video. Your videos are extremely informative and helpful.

Thanks for being so honest at the beginning. Dog training seems so daunting so I think it's good to know that people can get things wrong and not be perfect all the time! :)

I just saw your video on how to use a clicker. It really helped me on start training my 4 month old german sherpherd pup. I'm sure I will see your video a couple so I can get the hang of the clicker training

Nice, basic instructional video on clicker training, thank you. I have been training dogs since 91 starting with Military Working Dogs. Obviously dog training has evolved over the last 25 years and I watched your video to see if there was anything more to clicker training than what I already assumed I knew. hahaha, and there were a few tips you mentioned that I thought were very important that I didn't consider. Thanks again.

@Krissykris1468

8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Bly You're very welcome! I swear even now with the science behind learning, it will change again in 10 years. I always stay very open to new ideas and the possibility of change :)

Really helpful video, thank you. I've just begun clicker training a lamb, having never used clicker training before, so I need all the help I can get and this was great! :)

Definitely one of the best videos for clicker training, I'm using this method for my two rabbits and it seems to be going relatively well so far! I must remember not to have them present when I watch this though, all the clicking was sending them into a mad frenzy!! Mayhem!

just watched your video 10 out of 10.........i have been given a rescue tri colour collie to look after and it has a habit of running off across fields and not returning for ages...having too much fun.........so i am going to try a clicker and may be teach him a few of your tricks !!!!!!!!.....many thanks

Great video! definitely answered a bunch of questions i had about this clicker training.

I've watched 4 of your videos so far and I'm so glad your right to the point without wasting a lot of time chatting. I want to learn and not waste time. Thank you. We have a border collie that's 5 months old and came from a unruly household about a week ago. Probably the worst behaved dog we've ever seen. She's getting better but we had to go so far as to change her name.

AMAZING over view. So conscientious. Gratitude.

It took two minutes for you to get going, but once you did this was outstanding. Looking forward to more of your vids. Your gorgeous dog got bored at the end :)

Thank you for the awesome videos! I plan to have a border collie soon and your channel will be my guide 101 for training her. Thank you so much!

GREAT video. Ive watched a few clicker videos and none explained this well. THANK YOU

This is a great video, I have an Australian Cattle Dog and I have been training him with great success, but I would like more, this seems like a great method, thank you for your video!

Like a number of others... I want to thank you for an excellent description of the clicker training. I, like you in the beginning of your video, was unfamiliar with them and thought that they were silly. I changed my mind after reading a Karen Pryor article and after buying one I looked for info on how to properly use it. Your explanation satisfied that need. My dog is an 8 month old GSD/Husky. I will try to remember to return in a month or two to let everyone know how well we did... me and the dog. Thanks muchly!!

@Krissykris1468

8 жыл бұрын

+Chuck Taylor Karen Pryor is amazing!

@kimberleedirkson7120

7 жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much! This video is really awesome and we started clicking this morning! You have great explanation skills :)

Thank for your information, we have a 4 month old bordercollie pup. This help us to start training, warm regards Mike

Great video which I ask my customers to watch. Summed up nicely within 15 minutes. Thank you from The Galleywoofers.

@Krissykris1468

7 жыл бұрын

Tony Cruse thank you and thank you for sharing 😊

Thanks for the info we are getting a Doberman puppy in about four weeks...Thanks for clarifying what exactly clicker training is and what the do's and don't's are.

Newly retired and just lost our Border Collie. Planning on devoting a lot of time and energy to our next one. Great stuff! Even after having dogs all my life, I feel I have a lot to learn. This shall be the foundation going forward. One additional comment, after having a Border Collie I can't see having any other dog as a partner.

@donmoore7785

6 жыл бұрын

I feel the same as you about Shelties and he one I lost, and I can understand you having that feeling. Border Collies are awesome!

Very instructive...I have just started working with my retired Greyhound!

My dog got super excited and came over to me when he heard all the clicking at the start of this video! Hahah! Awesome!

I am SO glad I found your channel!!! I am so keen to get started that I found a clicker app for my phone that I can use until I can buy a clicker! :D

I like the mention of muffling the sound. Some people think that if they have it a foot away it is fine, when a lot of the time it isn't. Personally, I have two clickers. I live in a household where the TV is often on and so I have a loud very sharp clicker for distance work and work with the TV on, ect, and a soft click for working on the ground, at night when it is quiet, ect ect. My favourite saying is, "The clicker is not a reward and it is not a command. It is only a sign that a reward is coming." I know somebody who used one only to teach their dog to come, and now they use the clicker or snap their fingers to get their dog to come. Which is all well and good, but now to actually use the clicker correctly, they would need to desensitize and recharge the clicker, which, depending on the dog, may be incredibly difficult. I have only recently started using a clicker and the difference between my dogs is shocking. One is traditionally trained, the other clicker trained. One is basically terrified if he thinks I am angry and the other comes over and gives me kisses if he thinks I am angry. One takes a good 10 minutes to warm up to doing tricks, the other will do them rain, hail, or shine, reward or no reward. I think that clicker training my dog has made me a better person, and has very much opened my eyes to how dogs think. I wish to be a dog behaviorist and spread awareness about clicker training and it's benefits. I recently came into contact with people saying that positive training was just bribery and that you couldn't train a working dog to herd using it. I showed them to a video of a very talented treibball dog, and while I am sure I didn't away anybody, I know that this is what I want to do from now on.

Great description & intro to positive reinforcement. I have shared this intro because you are informative and "right on the money". I Look forward to browsing your other videos. Thanks and Happy Training :-)

@Krissykris1468

8 жыл бұрын

+Mary Fleshman Thank you so much for your kind words!

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7 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for the videos! I am a new mini aussie owner...I'm trying to do right by her but hiring a trainer is not optional without a 2 hour drive. Thanks for making training available!

thanks for the informant video! I look forward to watching more on clicker training!

Fantastic video, thank you! We are just starting with clicker training (as in getting him to associate the click with reward) and waiting for the book but have the clicker. Our dog doesn't like the sound of the clicker (even when it's muffled) so we are using the click of a ball point pen for now, which is working.

Great instruction on what clicker training is I'm new to it, but have found it a great way to teach our Pom a Poo recall.

Sorry For the previous question! I just saw you have a video on that, a good one! Thanks again!

thanks! you answered some of my questions about always useing treats and how to back off from that. also learned some good info on how to better use the clicker. so thanks :)

Thank you for this well informative video on using the clicker for training our Border Collie puppy.

Enjoyed watching the training session for clicker

Thanks so much, I found your training really helpful

Thanks for the video, i'm a kid and i'm about to start training my dog. I cant wait to start training him

It's a toss up between sit, down or a positive interrupter. Depending on where you live and your lifestyle it would really differ. I taught Luna sit, down, paw, interrupter, stay, recall (I believe in that order) - it was so long ago. But I really get my clients to teach a positive interrupter at the same time frame as sitting and recall.

Perfect explanation. I learned a lot. Thank you!

simple video and great explanation!! Good job!

Thank you so much, I have a x breed jack Russell fox terrier and am interested in agilty training for him, he's 1 year old and has basic training, will be purchasing a clicker tomorrow, thanks again great info, Michele from Australia :)

Great video and such fun to watch her!

I would like to say that positive activity does work. click training, training collar, and even force training. I've had several labs and depending on the dog I have had to resort to just about all. Also one of my labs was Alpha or dominant trait from 6 weeks, which I needed to try and reduce or eradicate. She ended up being my best Dog 16 years

Yes, it's always a good idea to incorporate known behaviours when first using a clicker, such as sit or down (if your dog knows these). Once you see your dog looking in anticipation for the reward after the click.

This was so helpful - thanks a bunch for sharing! ❤️🇨🇦

The clicker is just for the learning stage in training a behaviour. You would give a cue, shape the behaviour or capture it, click as soon as it happens, reward with food as well as praise. After the dog knows the behaviour reliably, you can take out the clicker and just use praise and food rewards, then once it's perfect you can start weaning out food rewards at a ratio of 4:5, 3:5, 2:5, 1:5, every perfect performance.

Great video - thanks so much for your help!!

I was wondering how to manage clicker training with two dogs. I guess the obvious is to train at different times with one dog only. However, in my situation without leaving my house it will be difficult to use the clicker with one dog without the other hearing it. I have a 10 week old spoodle and a four yr old border collie x kelpie. The 4 yr old was basically trained without the clicker ( we were unaware of this method at the time) but could benefit from further training to improve consistency and response time to certain behaviours. I'm wondering if I train one and the other can hear but is not receiving treats will that desensitize the other to the clicker.

Wow, great intro video...I can do this! Thanks for clear explanations and breaking it down so simply.

Thanks for sharing! A good way I found to silence the clicker was to put some sticky putty (stuff to hang posters with) on the dented part.

Thank you so much for sharing this.

Hi...and thank you so much for the explanation and especially the detailed use of the clicker and how bribery and reinforcement differ. I noticed that at the end of the video, you mentioned using it in fear/aggression training. Can you explain a bit more please? I assume that I need a "safe/happy" word (like LASER that you use with Luna) and then a CLICK to reinforce the positive "change" out of the negative behavior with a reward for doing so. Is this correct? (would 2 dogs need 2 different "happy" words or can they use the same one?). Thank you so much!

Hi there, I have question about a comment you made in this video about clicking as a distraction. I've watched all your videos in the past, but I don't remember if you use the positive interrupter (which I learned about from kikopup). As far as I understand, Emily charges her interrupter cue the same way she charges the clicker, then makes the noise to interrupt undesirable behaviors. Would making that noise while the dog is performing an unwanted behavior only reinforce that behavior?

Thanks so much for this explanation! It really helped!

What treats do you use?

This is very helpful, thank you!

Thank you this helped me a lot! I'm getting a collie pup and I want to train him well :)

Definitely helped!!!!! keep up the videos!! they are great

Great explanation! Thank you!

Thank you for the wonderful explanation. I want to start clicker training...i have 5 dogs that all need to learn some manners.

Great video. I don't have any money right now to get a clicker but I wanted to get started clicker training right away. I found that I can make an effective clicker from a Starbucks lid by using a hammer to exaggerate the safety button. It's noisy, easy to use, and the button can't jam. My little Boaz is catching on really fast. :)

@connies419

6 жыл бұрын

You can also use a ball-point pen, clicking it open and shut. Also, clickers can cost as little as a dollar-change. :-)

I found this very helpful, thanks

Yes that could definitely work. Watch the timing though as it may be hard to quickly snap it at the right time. Remember the click is just a distinctive noise that you don't hear regularly so the dog can associate it with "hey I did something right!", you can use a clicker on a pen, a whistle, YES (verbal word).

wow, that is a fantastic way of describing it! Very creative ;)

i just got a shetland sheepdog or from what i understand is also called a border collie also she is three months old. i bought her from the mall, i am just starting to potty train her to go outside but she will not do it. and once i put her back in her kennel she goes right away which i am guessing because she has been in a box for the last month and a half. do you have any advice? besides the same potty spot or treats or waiting in that spot? she just keeps holding it until i put her back in.

When you have multiple dogs in a household I would say to really work on no bugging. It teaches the other dogs to be calm when working with one, this teaches fantastic impulse control, patience and calm behaviours.

@neil9815

3 жыл бұрын

Can you train me with a clicker to stop getting drunk on wine and watching your youtube videos when i dont even have a dog please?

very nice tutorial thanks a lot for the information and the help !

Thanks for clearing the difference between bribery and reinforcement. It seems to me that I have been using bribery with my dog because he only does his tricks when i show him the treats. My dog knows a lot of tricks at this time and is practicing it for a long time now and I am not sure if I can still teach him the right way (reinforcement) how to do it without anything in my hand. Is it possible to change the way he does the tricks or will I teach the tricks all over again? Great video! TY

I'm considering starting with a clicker, as I have found my dog is pretty smart, and want to train her all the way up to being a therapy dog.(I work in the medical field) She is 4 months, and her name is ALSO Luna! My questions is, when starting the clicker training, should I associate it with known tricks? She already has sit/stay/shake/down/High five. Should I "charge" her understanding of the clicker (as you put it), and then proceed to using known tricks with it? Then carry on to new stuff?

Interesting ... I know of a number of trainers who both learned and began by positive only and were seeing their clients continually struggle with it, and when they went to more balanced training, they started to succeed greatly. They were not at all with misconceptions about using treats, in fact, a great majority of what they still do is on the basis of treats in training. I don't use a clicker, but I do use marker training for my dogs, just, verbally marking the behavior with specific words followed by a reward.

Do you need to use a clicker or can you use something else that can make a sound at precise time to? Because i cant find clickers in stores

i see, thank you for your reply. i would love to see a clip, maybe you already did one, i dont know, about the old methods like what cesar millan is working. what's you take on his "pack leader " thing?

Awesome videos! It seems to me that most dog owners don't know what the "basics" are for every dog. (Sit, down, stay, come on command...) Could you do a video on that?

Awesome explanation, thanks.

where can you get small training treats because ive looked at petsmart and they only have big treats. also i try to keep my dog on a healthy diet and usually treats are filled with some sort of glutan. i have a border collie too. also i yet do not have a clicker but i would really love to try the method. QUESTION: when i teach her to jump over hurdles, when would be the best time to click the clicker??? any help???

I have a question,Can we use clicker training with dogs which do not managed well the stress?Can we do if we get a good timing?I heard that clicker is not good for dogs too excited,thanks a lot.

Hello I've done the first step introducing my dog to the clicker. My question is since I've started with the clicker do I have to use the clicker throughout the day with every command? Or do I just use the clicker when I'm teaching my dog a new clicker trick/command? Any info you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

We're getting a border collie for the first time in 2 weeks and were wondering what type of dog food and treats you use for Luna and any other advice/tips? Thanks!

Hi great video but i didnt understood very well one thing... After you train the dog with the clicker training and you go out with him and after a while when you stop to speak with someone you say for example "seat", will he be waiting for the sound and treat after sitting or not? its because its not easy to go out always with cliker and the treat... thanks (sorry any mistake but i'm not english)

If your teaching your puppy to sit and they continue to sit after the first command, would you continue to click and reward several times while they stay there? Would you continue to the next trick, such as down, to get him/her to move back and forth between tricks? How do you know if you're overloading him/her with too many tricks too soon?

hi, great videos. wanted to ask what would be the first thing you would train a 3 month old pup to do? thanx

Thank you, Very informative!

Where did you get your certification? I'm in high school now but I really want to be a dog trainer once I'm done with it. I've been clicker training my dog an he's just about perfect now. He does really well with basic doggy manners and he knows around 35 tricks.

Kristin, My dog (Yorkshire Terrier) Jack is afraid of the sound of the clicker. I even got a clicker with a soft sound, but no matter what I try or what treat I offer, if I "click", he refuses the treat and runs away. Any suggestions?

Loved the video, my question is how old should the puppy be when you start using the clicker?

Hi, have watched nearly all your videos and your very good at what you do . Will be using your techniques on my dog . I was wondering though what treat your using ? Its clear to see luna loves it whatever it is .

First of all thank you for all the wonderful and helpful videos :) I do have a question about when you are slowly going to give less treats for the asked behaviour. For example if you first give treats for every well performed action and then slowly are decreasing it to for example 1 treat every 2 times. Are you at that stage also only clicking on the second time or are you still clicking each time but just giving less treats?

I am not entirely sure the treats I am using for charging my clicker are reinforcing enough for my puppy. Is there any way to tell what IS reinforcing enough? I use these little liver flavoured dog/puppy treats, which according to the package, contain mostly natural ingredients. Will real chicken/beef work better? how do you keep the real meat? just in the fridge? or do you freeze it?

You can start right away. I don't have any housetraining videos unfortunately, you can search Kikopup on youtube and find hers which are wonderful.