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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The “down”, is not something every dog will get the hang of first time. Be
patient and take your time. If it is not working, come back on another training
session and try again.
Note: Once your dog has given the full behavior, do not reward any
successive approximations, wait for the full behavior (“down”), CLICK
THEN REWARD. End the session with “ALL DONE”.
Recall
This one is a fun exercise!
As suggested, start the session with “LET’S GO!”
Find a nice flat surface such as a concrete, wooden floor, tiles, laminate or
perhaps some carpet. Grass or sand make this exercise difficult: nice flat floors
are a lot easier.
1.
Hold a piece of food by your dog's head, maybe one foot away
2.
Throw the food away from your dog within its line of view, so they can
see the food bouncing along the floor. This will wake up chase drive in
your dog, so they will feel the urge to follow it.
3.
When your dog chases and eats the food, it will naturally run back
towards you.
4.
CLICK move backwards THEN REWARD.
This exercise builds the desire to come back to you and it is super fun. It is
known as a food chasing game.
Once your dog is doing this with ease and the game is flowing, you can move to
the next phase.
Wait until your dog turns back and starts moving towards you. Here, we use a
recall command, such as “COME”, followed immediately by a CLICK, move
backward, THEN REWARD when they get to you.
Note: You want your dog to be coming back when you CLICK, so it’s important
that we only use the “COME” command when your dog is good at this exercise,
and you know they will reliably come back to you. The CLICK should make your
dog come back with even more speed and enthusiasm.