Introduction to Clicker Training - PART 2: Teaching Tricks (by Honey the Great Dane)

www.bighoneydog.com / Honey the Great Dane shows how you can teach dog tricks with clicker training, including step-by-step for 3 easy tricks to start with: Hand Targeting, Spin and Beg.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• clicker training
• hand
• targeting
• reward-based
• marker
• signal
• clicker
• dog
• train
• tricks
• canine freestyle
• pet
• great dane
• teach
• beg
• spin
• positive reinforcement

[sethrd]

Should you be charging the clicker before each "session" of training?

[hsinyicohen]

@sethrd No, once the understands the meaning of the "click" (ie. you got it right and a reward is coming), you don't need to keep charging the clicker. But for the first couple of sessions, it's doesn't hurt to charge the clicker a little bit before you start - just to remind the dog what the "Click" means. Once you have been clicker training for a while (depending on how often you do it - a few weeks +) - you can stop because the dog will have learnt the association and won't forget anymore.

[hsinyicohen]

@sethrd But even after you've been training for a while. it's still sometimes good to start a session with clicking & treating for something really easy (eg. SIT) - just to get the dog excited and into the groove and wanting to work for the click - sort of like whetting his appetite - before you move onto the new, difficult stuff.

[vidgirl4444]

can we use a paper or something else then a hand?

[hsinyicohen]

@vidgirl4444 - yes, of course, you can teach your dog to target to anything - you just have to decide and make it consistent.

[ineedalover2]

where can i get a clicker?

[hsinyicohen]

@ineedalover2 - If you go to the "Clicker Training & Tricks" page on Honey's website (URL is in the video title page) - there is more info there on clicker training & where to get clickers, etc.

[asubjectiveopinion]

Great video, you inspired me to get a clicker.

It's brilliant and has changed the way that I interact with my dog.

:)

[threebadfish]

The pawing behavior was really distracting and is an issue that should be addressed. Rewarding her for pawing when you aren't asking shouldn't be desirable. That can be very dangerous in a home with small children.

[Dabstaar]

Do you need targeting for the spin trick?

[32888999a]

What is the targeting for? is it just another trick or it comes after charging the clicker?

[swanfae]

I´m learning a lot with you, thanks lots!!!

[giantsfan245]

Do you have to reload the clicker before each training session forever, or just load the clicker once, and then the dog understands what the click means, since even when doing something for the click, he's still being rewarded.

[rukadams]

@vidgirl4444 what's the best way to clickertrain two dogs? One is more of an issue and needs some help with behavioral issues around other dogs. My second dog is fine around other dogs so clicker training not as much as an issue