http://www.clickertraining.com/taxonomy/term/233/9 A technique used in traditional training to get behavior. At the outset, the dog is physically guided—or otherwise compelled—into doing the behavior. Pushing a dog’s rear into a sit is modeling. Clicker trainers don’t use modeling because we want our dogs to be active participants in the training process, using their own brains to figure out what will earn them clicks. en