Questions about clicker training?
I've recently started clicker training with my dog and am a little confused.
1. Is the click supposed to be the only reward, or do you always follow it with a treat when training? Why do you need the click if you are just going to give it a treat right after? My dog stops paying attention to the training if I don't give her a treat.
2. How do you add verbal or physical commands to the actions your dog is doing?
3. How do you use clicker and treats to train your dog to play dead?
No, the clicker is not the reward.
The clicker is to help your speed in marking a behavior. It's a lot quicker and easier to just depress your thumb on the clicker than it is to fish a treat out of a bag. Clickers are there to improve your timing as a trainer, that's all.
So when you see the behavior you're working toward, you click and then treat. If you're doing the clicker training properly, you have taught the dog that the click is praise and a reward is coming.
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