Surfing the web yesterday, I came across
an article about dog training and phones.
The article showed how you can use your
phone as a clicker to to train.
One of the most effective ways to train
is to use a clicker.
Let me explain how clickers work.
Most folks have heard of Pavlov, the Russian
scientist who became famous for his dogs and
bells.
He discovered that if he rang a bell and
quickly fed some meat powder, the dogs would
become conditioned to the sound.
After repeating the process (bell followed
by food), the sound of the bell would elicit
a physical response.
The dog would drool, expecting food after the
sound of the bell.
This has become very popular in the dog training
world. Clickers are used the same way the bell
was.
To clicker train, you would click and then quickly
give your dog a treat.
At this point you are not teaching any obedience
commands - you are classically conditioning your dog
to the sound of the clicker.
Once your dog has associated the sound of the
clicker with food, you switch to operant
conditioning.
Now you would click when you want to reinforce
a behavior. For instance, you induce your dog
into a sit position.
Once your dog is in the sit position, you would
click and then reinforce the behavior.
The problem is that most people don't carry a
clicker around with them.
But...
....they do carry their cell phone around.
Now there is a clicker app for your phone and
it is F R E E!
Check it out:
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