Beginners Guide To Clicker Training
Author: Kelly Marshall
While many people consider clicker training a new way to work with dogs and other animals, clicker training has actually been around for many, many years under the name "operant conditioning". Animal trainers, behavior trainers, scientists and even therapist have been using operant training on animals and people for centuries. Operant training works on the principle of pairing a desired behavior with a positive outcome for the animal, one that is not naturally associated with the behavior itself. For example, if a dog is told to sit and does, he or she may receive a treat. If you were also to click a clicker when you gave the treat that would become a positive as well. Over a period of time the dog would come to equate the clicker with "good behavior" even if you didn't also present a treat.
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