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15 Responses to “Which method for dog training is better clicker or reward?”

1. renee k, on January 19th, 2010 at 9:42 am Said:

   what ever werkt voor u.we gebruik traktaties

2. ajmommy002, on January 21st, 2010 at 7:36 pm Said:

   In order to start clicker training you use it with a reward …so my answer is both.

3. dobiz_rule, on January 24th, 2010 at 1:18 am Said:

   clicker + reward training is what our trainer recommends. personally i find the clicker annoying but it seems to work well. we only use it to teach something new and than its only reward and than nothing. before our obedience training we used just rewards and that worked pretty well 2, but i think clicker gets her attention faster and the response is faster so she stays focused better.

   just to clarify what clicker training that we used is

   it goes like this
   1) you give command
   2) dog performs
   3) you click right away
   4) and give a treat right away.
   so click and treat in almost one move. clicker sound is unique and they associate that with something good (as a praise followed by a treat). you than slowly fade it out.

4. Grossed out in Georgia, on January 25th, 2010 at 11:16 pm Said:

   My dog especially since he is expecting cookie and is expecting cookie and is expecting cookie and is not going to be too excited.

5. andrea z, on January 28th, 2010 at 8:22 am Said:

   We used both at first and slowly went to treats only. After a few weeks of only treats we only showed love.

6. twirldpeas, on January 28th, 2010 at 6:19 pm Said:

   Er is geen 'betere opleiding. " Het hangt af van de hond. Sommige honden reageren op de clicker andere niet! De clicker werkt als een beloning, want als je begint te gebruiken, klik je belonen en consequent naar de hond te helpen leren om te reageren op de clicker. Een van mijn honden is bang van het geluid van de clicker, de andere reageert onmiddellijk op! Houd in gedachten dat positieve opleiding is goed, negatief / misbruik opleiding is het niet!

7. Leanna G, on January 30th, 2010 at 6:23 am Said:

   My trainer recommended instead of a clicker, use a marker word. So we use the word “Good” instead of a click. We always have our words but may not have a clicker.

8. Patricia G, on February 2nd, 2010 at 3:32 pm Said:

   Clickers can be good and bad. For TEACHING tricks they can be very helpful so your dog knows exactly when he did the right thing. They can help a lot with more complicated tricks. For obedience they are a waste of time. Chasing after a dog with a clicker to try and get it to come will not work.

   Always use treats when teaching a new trick or obedience. Once they know it just praise them and give them a treat every now and then, but they should just do it for praise.

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9. drb, on February 2nd, 2010 at 6:42 pm Said:

   Some basic learning theory:

   Reinforcement is the process whereby a given behavior is made stronger. This can be done in a couple of ways. Positive reinforcement is when something good follows the behavior. The dog sits, and you give a treat. The treat is the reinforcer. The appearance of the reinforcer produces reinforcement, which is an internal process. Negative reinforcement occurs when the behavior results in something unpleasant going away, such as the pressure of a choke collar easing when the dog gets back into heel position. Walking at heel is reinforced by the easing of the pressure.

   Things that have reinforcing qualities in and of themselves are called primary reinforcers. Food is one of the big ones. A treat then, is a primary reinforcer. The sound of a clicker in and of itself is not a reinforcer at all, until it is conditioned to a primary reinforcer. Then it becomes a conditioned or secondary reinforcer.

   Here’s the deal with clicker training. You first have to get your dog to associate the sound of the clicker with a primary reinforcer. You do this by pairing the sound of the clicker with a primary reinforcer until it becomes a conditioned reinforcer. Click the clicker, give a treat. Repeat several times. Take a break, then repeat the whole sequence. Do this enough, and the clicker will take on reinforcing properties. Now when you’re training your dog, click the clicker as soon as he performs the desired behavior, and the dog will be reinforced. Occasionally, you should go back and repeat the click-treat bit, just to keep the association between clicker and treat going. That’s sometimes called loading the clicker.

   Rather than a clicker, try making a clicking sound with your tongue, or any little short, sharp sound you can. This has the advatanges of your not having to fumble with the clicker in one hand, and the lead in the other. Also, it’s unique to you, nobody else can duplicate it. Anyone can get a clicker, and if one goes off at the wrong time, it can mess up what you’re trying to do. Finally, it’s free and you won’t leave it at home or lose it.

   So if you try to train a dog with a clicker without first building the association between the click and some really good treat, you’re probably not going to get too far.

10. Joh, on February 5th, 2010 at 9:00 pm Said:

    The click comes before the treat.
    The click comes before the click comes before the click comes before the click comes before the click comes before the treat.

11. Yuff, on February 6th, 2010 at 12:02 am Said:

    clicker is easier but you wont always have it with you

12. sabumitz, on February 7th, 2010 at 12:40 am Said:

    El clicker sólo 'marcas' el comportamiento que usted desea y permite que el perro sepa que es un placer venir. Usted puede hacer lo mismo por decir "sí" o "buen perro". El clicker puede ser más preciso y una vez que el perro entiende lo que significa, pueden aprender a trabajar por los clics, el aprendizaje de nuevos comportamientos máss]The clicker just ‘marks’ the behavior you want and lets the dog know a treat is coming. You can do the same thing by saying ‘yes’ or ‘good dog’. The clicker can be more precise and once the dog understands what it means, can learn to work for clicks, learning new behaviors more easily.
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13. shibalover616, on February 10th, 2010 at 11:22 am Said:

    Mijn hond en ik zijn op dit moment met beide. Toen hij de truc doet, geef hem het lekkers terwijl u op de clicker. Op die manier als je ooit in een gehoorzaamheid onderzoek (omdat zij niet behandelt laten) gebruiken de clicker, zal de hond denkt dat je behandelt met je mee. Good Luck!

14. Nancy M, on February 12th, 2010 at 7:02 am Said:

    eigenlijk clickertraining is beloning opleiding – de klikker is gewoon een marker voor een gedrag dat de hond dat het zal worden beloond voor het doen van dit specifieke gedrag vertelt. Met 'soort beloning "opleiding zonder een clicker, je gewoon iets anders gebruiken als marker als een woord of klank en dan belonen. Evenmin is 'beter' dan de andere gewoon anders. Met ofwel u gebruik maken van iets wat de hond graag (speelgoed, te behandelen) te belonen na het merken van het gedrag – hond zit, klikt u op of zegt ja of glimlachen of wat dan ook dan en behandel de hond. Als u niet in overeenstemming zijn met de marker misschien een clicker is beter voor u, maar het enkel afhankelijk is van je. Ik vind het niet gemakkelijker het gebruik van een clicker als ik niet dat een gecoördineerde en ben gewend aan het gebruik van een verbale marker. Succes. Toevoegen: u kunt niet een clicker gebruiken in een proces gehoorzaamheid meer dan u een traktatie kunt gebruiken. Beide moeten worden gespeend af zodra de hond daadwerkelijk wordt opgeleid voor een oefening en worden dus beloond sporatically dat doet het niet aan het behandelen, maar omdat het getraind is. In de gehoorzaamheid ring kunt u alleen geven de juiste opdracht en dat is alles.

15. kirsty m, on February 12th, 2010 at 1:15 pm Said:

    Clicker training is very like reward training, but the click preceeds the reward. Clicks can be delivered at exactly the moment the dog is doing the right thing, regardless of how far away from the dog you are at the time. The food reward immediately follows the click. It’s a more precise way of using positive reinforcement to train an animal. Here is a little video introduction
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