How to Train a Dog- dog training clicker

[cosmomatic100]

@Hpfan75 I have a schnauzer and trained him not to do the behaviors I didn't like,like pulling on leash,using the bathroom in the house and barking with positive reinforcement.

[ak5020]

nyc....kepp it up

[LevelSatisfaction]

Hey! I'm 14 years old and I was thinking about getting a dog and training it with your methods. but I don't know what age I should get the dog at to train it. Does it matter what age the owner has to be to train it? Plus could you train a dog without a clicker?

[slapcompany]

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[kmbrown0671]

hi is it better to have a training session in the morning or any other time?thanks

[BallzandWeiner]

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[NotNadiaK]

I love all of your videos! I just wondered if you had a video that demonstrates how to progress from click and treat to verbal cue and treat to verbal cue alone?  Once the behaviour is consistent, how do you stop clicking and treating and just ask for the behaviour? My clicker trainer says I will "just know", but that is a little vague for me!

[mydogkanskidrums]

@NotNadiaK Hope you don't mind me butting in here. When you want to fade out the clicker, a behaviour should be consistently on cue (either hand or verbal cue). If it is and you don't need to have any food lures in your hand at all, you can start fading out the need for a clicker, e.g. only click and treat for every 2 sits, then every 3, every 4 etc., then remove the clicker altogether and do the same with food. Then make it completely random as this keeps the dog guessing. Hope that helps

[uglyfunface8]

dont use a shock collar on your dog, its not nice. just saying :)

[mit102390]

Shock collars ARE a cruel way to train your dog... The misconception is that they are not.

[livlaughsing]

Can you make a video on how to train a dog to leave a cat litterbox or a cat alone???????please

[gotsomething2eat]

I am trying to teach her to walk with a loose leash, she gets very excited and tends to pull and tug ALOT. When I don't let her get what she wants, she begins to whine. I then take a few steps back and wait for her to come to me, once the leash is loose I begin to walk forward while she jolts ahead of me. Again, I stop and then she ends up jerking herself from the leash and whining again. I do this repetitively.

Any suggestions on what I should do?

[MsZoraZ]

When and how can I phase off the treats?

[gotsomething2eat]

Also, I am trying to teach her to walk with a loose leash, she gets very

excited and tends to pull and tug ALOT. When I don't let her get what she

wants, she begins to whine. I then take a few steps back and wait for her

to come to me, once the leash is loose I begin to walk forward while she

jolts ahead of me. Again, I stop and then she ends up jerking herself from

the leash and whining again. I do this repetitively. Any suggestions on what I should do?

[gotsomething2eat]

Hey Emily,

I just got a 4 month old puppy about a week ago and so I was looking for

training video and came across some of yours. I think your advice and

teachings are very valuable and useful and have used some of it. However,

my dog/puppy was really depressed the first couple of days I got her, is

this normal? and does it affect her training/learning ability since I am

not her original owner?

[sparowes]

Love your video channel!

I have a question: One of my dogs barks at humans and dogs sometimes. I have a sound I use when I want her attention, and I always try to use it before she starts barking, but sometimes She's faster than me and starts barking, then I make the sound and she stops and looks at me. But now she barks more often because she knows I'm going to make the sound and reward her for looking at me, What should I do?

[VTECsqznN2O]

I can vouch for this working....lol

Nice, formal video Em, I like it. :)

[TheAndrassy]

Emily, I need a little hint.... my dog is still young (1 years) and I'm using positive reinforcement but there is one thing that happened 1-2 times already and I cannot handle.... If we walking on the street and a cat runs cross, she starts to chase the cat like a rocket. I cannot prevent, call back, or do anything until around 5-10 seconds when she realizes that ran too far and maybe this is not a good idea. How to handle this?

[xSRjadiex]

I LOVE CHANNEL KIKOPUP!!!!!

[cowgirl141414]

i have try the clicker but my husky pup will not do nothing and i have ask him many times to do it im trying to train him to sit and lay down but he doen't listen

[petloverUK]

Hello there,

I would just like to say that your dog training videos are amazing. I have been researching dogs and what care they need for eight years and will be getting a Yorkshire Terrier puppy in summer this year. Your videos have helped me understand the vital communication between humans and dogs, which can become a beautiful friendship if you train your dog correctly. I look foward to seeng more dog training videos in the future.

Thanks for everything

Petlover

[majingdoo]

Hi Emily, I love your videos. My question: Is there a way to condition/convince my dog that walking near me is better than taking off to chase squirrels? She is a puller and i think the pulling is linked to her prey drive, as she is always on the lookout for squirrels when we walk in the park. Her recall is pretty good as long as there are no squirrels.

[newbear95]

I love this video. It is so detailed and easy to understand. :)

[goodasgold133]

Your videos are so great! I love how your dogs are always offering so many behaviors so you just click when they do the thing I want. My Aussie pup knows lots of tricks, but she doesn't really offer behaviors...she will just sit and wait for me to tell her what to do or lure her! We just have long staring contests when I wait for her to do something. Is there any way I can encourage her to offer behaviors? Thanks!

[sallierebecca1990]

Hey Your videos are great and you have inspired me to be so much more active with my dog and he loves it but I do have issues! I am terrible at coming up with cues and commands... I am stumped here... do you have any advice?

[Hungry2Play]

@kikopup will do but how do I stop her from sniffing everything? Its kind of hard to walk her since she's always pulling and sniffing everything then barks at dogs if she sees one. I've tried your loose leash walking tactics but I'm probably doing it wrong since its not working

[ljbndjb]

Looking fwd to the stop attention seeking behaviours - Kaycee has started barking loudly @ agility class and i reinforced it without thinking by giving her attention to get her to be quiet. I keep give her a kong before she starts for now , but don't want to have to rely on it. Once she starts barking, i cant just ignore her for the sake of the others. Its v. frustrating. Love these vids - so helpful

[RavenBlaze]

awesome use of psychology!

[wercia55509]

Hi emily

I just wanted to say how great you and all the other positive trainers are. I am going to use this method when i get a dog. i recently saw an ad for a shock collar thats said to stop dogs barking. it said that it was the most humane way to stop a dog barking. what do they mean? that we, people, are just going to shock our dogs because its a normal thing to do. the comments for the ad werent great either. "my dogs love it" was one. how can they love it if its hurting them?

bye, wercia



[kikopup]

@wercia55509 well, shock collars have been banned in many parts of Europe as well as Australia for being Inhumane. The only place that really uses them is us here in north america

[AuctioneerBroker]

@kikopup

I think it is a common misperception that "shock collars" are a cruel way to train your dog. The current generation of remote collars have noise, light, vibration and mild adjustable shock. I think they can be used in conjunction with positive training as an "interupter" of problem behaviors. They should never be used as punishment but rather as a signal to "pay attention" much like the pull of the collar. I only use the vibrate setting.

[ganluzi]

@kikopup it's a shame that they are still permitted here in New Zealand

[cattleterrier]

I would like to thank you for for your videos. and my dogs too

[bordergirlsmom]

I love you put as the first point is seeing what you do want your dog to do, a picture of where you want to go!!! Also love your point about not letting a dog rehearse behaviors you dont like!!! Fantastic video!!! Kathy with Cricket/Breeze/Lizzie

[kikopup]

@Caninefan999 I have a video called: "Fading a Lure (while teaching SPIN)" and another one on: "adding a verbal cue" . I dont have one on how to fade the click, or how to go onto a variable schedule yet! Aren't I terrible?!

Basically to stop clicking, when your dog is getting the behavior right about 80% ( some like 90%) I will sometimes click, or sometimes say yes and feed, or sometimes say good boy and feed, or sometimes just toss a treat.

[Hungry2Play]

My dog is hard headed ....

[kikopup]

@Hungry2Play your dog is telling you that he is not finding the things that you thought were reinforcement as reinforcing as you thought they were. Try using new treats (real meat or cheese) and teach him to work for a toy or the things that he loves (like sniffing, etc)

[schweetheartmonkee]

@kikopup Is cheese okay for dogs? would it be too high in sodium? ?

[kikopup]

@schweetheartmonkee it is not healthy for dogs or humans, some dogs are intolerant to it. But tiny crumbles of cheese can work wonders. Also you could do something like smear a small amount of cream cheese in a baggie, and put the dogs kibble in there overnight, the next day the kibble will smell 'cheesey" and most dogs will usually find it highly rewarding

[psykoos]

Don't tell your dog what not to do. Tell your dog what it should do instead!

[kikopup]

@psykoos well said :)

[gizmog]

awesome!!!

[sweetlilella1983]

Hello,

I would like to thank you for all your wonderful videos. I have a standard poodle and a newly acquired Labrador/St. Bernard mix puppy. I trained my poodle to heel using a choke collar. I was unaware of any other method of dog training until I got my new puppy and stumbled upon your videos. Thank you for opening my eyes. I just got done reading a book you recommended, "The Culture Clash". Thank you so much! Your videos are helping dogs everywhere.

Lisa from Oregon

[kikopup]

@sweetlilella1983 :) thanks! When I started making videos on youtube there were no videos on real +R, and the books and dvds on +R methods were very expensive. Now I think information is flowing more freely so that not just the few and far between have access to this kind of information

[ronney2211]

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