[nagdu] Targeting with the clicker?

[Danielle Burton]

Daryl, I would get a bell . Like a round bell that you can hang on things. Start by dangling it in friendnt of her and if she touches it with her nose immediately click and treat and praise. Eventually she will really learnt that because it makes a sound when she hits it. then you can start putting it on door knobs and rather other things and tell her door or whatever and if she touchs that bell hanging on the door click and treat and praise. I find that Willa loves that. She has a blast learning that way. She really remember what I'm teaching her if I use the bell and then when we go back to it without bell she almost always nails it.    

Danielle and Willa 


> On Aug 23, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> For those of you who use clicker training, I have a couple of questions?
> 
> I have started training Jenny with the clicker; we've had reasonable success with it on things like keeping pace, avoiding dog distractions, leaving tasty ground candy alone... Since using the clicker in general, she has gotten much better about finding counters, empty chairs, and even garbage cans.
> 
> But how do you target with the clicker?  Obviously when the dog does something you want, you click and treat or click and praise, but beforehand?  Confused.
> 
> Daryl and Jenny (who did pretty well in the bakery today!)
> 
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