Can someone explain clicker training?

You can try shopping online. I don't know how difficult it is to get to where you are (Indonesia, yes??)

I know some people will snap their fingers instead of using a clicker (at least it's always handy!). A verbal marker like "Yes" also works. Though neither as efficient as a clicker.

I admit that I stopped with the clicker because I found I get misplacing the silly thing...I even bought a couple of spares, and still could never find them. So I mostly use a verbal marker "Yes", even though I know clicker is better.
 
Thanks for the ideas, I'll browse some stuff I have at the office and home. I think I'll find something work as clicker there.

Just to make sure that I got it right about clicker training :
1. Give him a command.
2. Click right when he does it.
3. Give him treat.

How about the command stay, should I click once or click many times as long as he stay? :confused2:

About online shopping twice I try to buy things from ebay to found out that the shipment cost is far more expensive than the prize of the stuff I buy, lol. Lucky they allow me to cancel the transaction.
 
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first you need to charge the clicker. to do that you click and treat several times in a row. once he gets the meaning that click=treats you can start training. the click is a signal that the command is over. so for stay you would have him sit or down whatever you want, wait a second click once treat he is done. next time wait maybe 2 seconds before you click and so on slowly build up how long he has to sit before you click. only click once, occasionally you can give him a jackpot reward which is instead of 1 piece of treat maybe 3 or 4 or a high value treat like liver or chicken.

maybe amazon has clickers cheaper?? or maybe instead of a jar lid you can try a pen or a wireless mouse they wont be as loud but might work ok.
 
I actually never train (nor does anyone that I know personally) that the click is the end of the exercise. The click does not serve as a release. So if you are training a sit, for example, the click does not mean that the dog can then stand up. Likewise with a stay, the click does not mean that the dog can move. Only your release word means that.

For training a stay, start with the dog in heel position, tell them to sit, click/treat when they do, tell them to stay and click/treat about one second after you tell them to stay, then release word and praise physically/verbally. Next time, do the same thing, but wait two seconds before click/treat for the stay, then release and continue.

There are three aspects to a stay command: duration, distance, and distractions. Never work more than one aspect at a time. So work first on duration while you are in close proximity to the dog with minimal distractions. Then go to distance with minimal duration and distractions, build up the duration again at a distance as you did with you in close proximity. Finally, add in distractions. If you try to do two aspects at once, you are just setting your dog up for failure.
 
the book I got from the library said the click is a signal that the exercise is finished? must be different clicker methods. oh well, their are so many training methods I cant keep up :lol:

my sons trainer for 4-h hates when people train their dog to "stay" he says when you tell your dog to sit or down that means the dog doesn't move until you release them. of course he trains personal protection/schutzhund so their training methods are probably different from regular ob.
 
Wow.

That's all I can say. After seeing this thread Ella asked her mom and we ran out to get her a clicker.

That's all it took. She was a ridiculously smart girl before the clicker as she can do about 20 different 'tricks' as well as the normal commands at 9 months, but with the clicker, the learning curve has essentially disappeared.

She normally gets commands within 3 times of hearing the click and associating the behavior, and it's so easier for her to repeat them later on.

And as her 'trainer' and father, I feel so much more in control and in command when I'm training her. I know that she gets when she does the correct behavior and when she doesn't. It's fantastic from my perspective.

So, go out and get a clicker, you won't be disappointed!
 
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