As you read all about dog training, dog training tips, and different kinds of dog training, you will probably see as many different opinions as their are trainers! There are a great deal of trainers who are supporting clicker training as the best dog training method around. Clicker training delivers the information to the dog quickly and precisely, telling him what it is exactly that you are rewarding. Dogs thing fast! It’s up to us to try to think as fast as they do.
One of the dog issues you probably see a lot of in the news today is that of dog aggression. It is a very tragic event when a dog hurts another dog or another human. Nine times out of ten it’s because the dog was not properly socialized and trained when he was young. Or he experienced some abuse in his past. Dog aggression is very avoidable with proper training, care, and love to all dogs.
In the world of clicker training dogs, you will probably often hear a the phrase operant conditioning. What exactly is operant conditioning? How does it affect you and your dog? Why do you care about it… and is it too complicated to understand? Well, operant condition is actually a very easy concept to understand, and if you have the information jingling in the back of your head while you train your dog, it can help you and your dog in training!
We take a break from the regularly scheduled dog training articles to go into a little bit of dog training theory. Clicker Training is based on what is called Operant Conditioning. And though we will go over that a little bit later, one of the things dogs trainers use in operant condition and dog training is called the extinction burst. How will this help your training? Read more »
