Authors and clicker trainers Evelyn Pang and Hilary Louie—who happen to be kids themselves—encourage Sasha and Malia Obama to choose clicker training.
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How to Write a Training Plan—Part Two
By trainer@canines... on 02/01/2009When you are ready to move on from a basic training plan, one with simple goals and behaviors defined step-by-step, it's time to learn about expanding behavior, record-keeping, and those inevitable mistakes.
The Life of One Clicker Trained Dog: A Love Story
By Virginia Broitman on 02/01/2009In 1995 a little papillon was born. Thanks to an impressive overbite, she was labeled "pet quality" and made available to a "pedestrian" like me. Papillons can be hard to come by, so I jumped at the chance to meet her. After a long drive to the breeder's home (sadly, more like a puppy mill), I found a litter of pups cowering in the corner of an oversized terrarium. The room's pervasive odor must have choked the voice of reason in my head, as I found myself handing over $500 (cash only, please) to rescue a two-pound bundle of fuzz.
How to Write a Training Plan—Part One
By trainer@canines... on 01/01/2009
"I don't even know where to start. It just seems so huge and daunting. I don't know how to define a plan, what steps to include, or when to raise criteria. It's just easier to go out and do something, muddle around. I know that's not efficient, but at least it's something."
A Climate of Abundance
By Karen Pryor on 12/09/2008My friend and colleague Lynn Loar is a social worker specializing in families at risk for child abuse. In one of her programs, she brings several families together weekly for an evening of clicker training, using naïve shelter dogs. The families also play the shaping game with each other—adults clicking and treating children, children clicking and treating grownups—during the course of the session.
