I’ll Break the First Rule of Clicker Training…

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…By dwelling on the negative, and pointing out what clicker training is not. Clicker trainers tend to focus not only on positive training with animals, but also on positive-oriented language in their dealings with clients, friends, family and peers. Rarely will you hear the word “no” or any of its derivatives in training or even everyday conversation. We’d much rather take a negatively-skewed comment and turn it into an opportunity to highlight the positive, and then strive for improvement. So I’ll summarize all the negativity very quickly… In clicker training: A click is not intended to serve as a punishment in of itself. A click is not intended as a warning that punishment is coming. A click is not intended to serve as a cue to a behavior. Recently, I’ve been thrilled to hear about other practical applications for clicker training, until I heard about how it was actually being … Read More