Post by loverocksalot on Feb 16, 2012 8:11:26 GMT -5
Below is excerpts from lifeasahuman.com/2011/pets/myths-about-positive-reinforcement-and-clicker-training-part-2/ I have broken it down in order to talk about it tonight at my program and to make it a shorter post as well.
Look what can be done with clicker training. I understand this video is straight through start to finish no editing.
Some traditional trainers believe that Clicker training is a fad, new age bologna, politically correct nonsense.
These myths are keeping people from trying it. Some think its just too complicated.
BUSTED!
actually its so easy even a child can do it. There are really no downside to clicker training.
All kinds of animals have been trained using clicker training. zoo animals, whales, exotic birds. The animals. The animals learn quickly and retain behaviors longer with less stress and discomfort with clicker training rather than traditional/ averse style.
There are a whole bunch of myths out there
Training with food will make your dog beg from the table — No, feeding your dog from the table will make your dog beg from the table, and feeding your dog from the couch will make your dog beg while you are on the couch.
Clickers and Clicker Training are just gimmicks, fads someone dreamed up — The first clicker was used by Keller Breland in his animal training in the 1950s.
Karen Pryor brought Clicker Training into the public eye in 1984 with her book Don’t Shoot the Dog. In 1987
If you use Clicker Training, your dog won’t work without the clicker or the food rewards — Every Clicker Training book contains clear and detailed instructions for fading out the use of both the clicker and the food rewards as part of the standard training method. Anyone who tells you that either the clicker or food rewards must be present or a Clicker Trained dog won’t perform simply doesn’t understand the basics of Clicker Training.
Clicker Training is unhealthy because food treats will make your dog fat and he will beg for treats — Here’s a fact for you: all dogs eat, usually every day. Eating is not unhealthy. Clicker Training books advocate that trainers use quality food rewards in very small portions (often pellet-sized bits) so the dog can do many repetitions with consuming a lot of extra food.
Look what can be done with clicker training. I understand this video is straight through start to finish no editing.
Some traditional trainers believe that Clicker training is a fad, new age bologna, politically correct nonsense.
These myths are keeping people from trying it. Some think its just too complicated.
BUSTED!
actually its so easy even a child can do it. There are really no downside to clicker training.
All kinds of animals have been trained using clicker training. zoo animals, whales, exotic birds. The animals. The animals learn quickly and retain behaviors longer with less stress and discomfort with clicker training rather than traditional/ averse style.
There are a whole bunch of myths out there
Training with food will make your dog beg from the table — No, feeding your dog from the table will make your dog beg from the table, and feeding your dog from the couch will make your dog beg while you are on the couch.
Clickers and Clicker Training are just gimmicks, fads someone dreamed up — The first clicker was used by Keller Breland in his animal training in the 1950s.
Karen Pryor brought Clicker Training into the public eye in 1984 with her book Don’t Shoot the Dog. In 1987
If you use Clicker Training, your dog won’t work without the clicker or the food rewards — Every Clicker Training book contains clear and detailed instructions for fading out the use of both the clicker and the food rewards as part of the standard training method. Anyone who tells you that either the clicker or food rewards must be present or a Clicker Trained dog won’t perform simply doesn’t understand the basics of Clicker Training.
Clicker Training is unhealthy because food treats will make your dog fat and he will beg for treats — Here’s a fact for you: all dogs eat, usually every day. Eating is not unhealthy. Clicker Training books advocate that trainers use quality food rewards in very small portions (often pellet-sized bits) so the dog can do many repetitions with consuming a lot of extra food.
I look forward to learning much here