User Guide
Table Of Contents
- E-Collar Technologies Premium Finger Clicker training is a positive reinforcement[1] animal training method. The system uses conditioned reinforcers, which a trainer can deliver more quickly and more precisely than primary reinforcers such as food. Th...
- The History & Science: How reward markers work - Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning
- Prepare for your training
- Phase One
- Don’t ask for a behavior when you first begin with the finger clicker: just practice the CLICK THEN REWARD. You don't need your dog to sit or look at you; however, if they are doing this, it’s ok - it’s in fact a good thing as you have their attention...
- No distractions
- Food Type
- Daily Food vs. High Value Rewards
- Treat pouch
- Supply and distribution
- Flat palm
- Be safe
- Pick times when your dog is enthusiastic
- Don’t train your dog if you’re frustrated
- Make it fun for you and your dog
- On or off leash
- Phase Two
- Training your dog with a E-Collar Premium Finger Clicker
- Sit
- Down
- Recall
- Creating Good Associations - Socialization
- Reward events
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E-Collar Technologies Premium Finger Clicker Trainer
E-Collar Technologies Premium Finger Clicker training is a positive
reinforcement
[1]
animal training method. The system uses conditioned
reinforcers, which a trainer can deliver more quickly and more precisely than
primary reinforcers such as food. The term "clicker" originally created from a
small metal cricket noisemaker adapted from a child's toy that the trainer uses
to precisely mark the desired behavior. When training a new behavior, the
clicker helps the animal to quickly identify the precise behavior that results in
the treat.
To help you get started using the Finger Clicker in the most effective way
possible, we are including this free quick start basic guide. We want you and
your dog to have fun! We want you to learn how to train your dog to be more
engaged and responsive to your commands. You will learn how to create
confidence, positive associations, and some behavior science. Only the best for
you and your best friend!
The History & Science: How reward markers work - Pavlov’s Classical
Conditioning
Classical Conditioning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov way back in the late-
1800s. Pavlov noticed his dog would start salivating every time it entered his
laboratory, to only then start salivating more at the sight of his lab technician.
Of course, his lab technician fed Pavlov’s dog within the room each day,
causing the dog to respond involuntarily to his presence. Pavlov’s dog was
salivating because it was subconsciously predicting being fed through the
change of environment, and the appearance of the feeder.
Following this observation, Pavlov started to test his discovery with multiple
animals, to see if he could prompt a classically conditioned response. He would
have a dog positioned behind a wooden door, sound a bell, then slide food
through a wooden hatch for the dog to eat. His results, as you may predict,
were that the dog salivated at the sound of the bell before it received the food,
therefore, paving the first steps to the future of classical conditioning and
reward markers.
In simpler terms, if you CLICK with a premium finger clicker a split second
before you present a piece of food, you will start to create a response in your
dog,
equal if not stronger than the representation of the food.