[nagdu] Clicker training

[Tami Jarvis]

Stephanie,

The reason to use both click and treat is to associate the sound with 
the reward. A click is not inherently rewarding to a dog, so you add the 
treat. The dog will quickly connect the two, so then the click means 
reward. You continue to use treats to maintain that association. Some 
trainers/handlers follow every click with a treat. Others taper off the 
treat and give it sporadically to maintain the association.

The beauty of the click is that it happens when the desired behavior 
happens. Then you have time to dig out the treat or to move it to where 
the dog can have it, etc., etc. The dog knows that the reward is for 
what it was doing when you clicked, not for something it did while you 
were maneuvering the treat. So I guess you could say that the click is 
the communication, while the treat is the reward.

Hope that makes some sense!

Tami

On 07/19/2013 02:29 AM, Stephanie Mitchell wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a few questions.  First, where do i find the email list? It
> doesn't seem active any more.
> Also, what's the difference between giving a treat for targeting and
> using a clicker and a treat? Why do both?
> Steph
>
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