jnreem wrote:not yet, thats what katrina had talked to me about but they always looked so scarey. I will give it a try. Thanks
kera09 wrote:i was hesitant on it at first too. but it works so if it means a miserable terrible walk or a happy go lucky walk....its worth it! trust me!
katiek0417 wrote:I spoke to her about them yesterday...and I think I'm going to try to meet up with her to show her how to properly fit and use one...it sounds like Buddy is pretty sensitive, so I think he'll respond very well...and she already uses a clicker with him, so I think she'll get the hang of it easily!
amazincc wrote:katiek0417 wrote:I spoke to her about them yesterday...and I think I'm going to try to meet up with her to show her how to properly fit and use one...it sounds like Buddy is pretty sensitive, so I think he'll respond very well...and she already uses a clicker with him, so I think she'll get the hang of it easily!
So, how would that work... using a prong AND a clicker at the same time? Correct w/the collar and click/treat for walking nicely?
I thought the "reward' to the dog would be no pinching of the collar.
amazincc wrote:So the click/treat is the reward... instead of maybe saying "good boy" or whatever?
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I've been doing a lot of reading about clicker training, and everything I've been reading said the clicker should not be paired with a prong or anything corrective like that. The whole point of the clicker (from what I've read) is that eventually the click actually releases "feel-good" chemicals in the dog's brain. If you use the clicker with a prong, then you're negating the clicker.
Just what I've read.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I've been doing a lot of reading about clicker training, and everything I've been reading said the clicker should not be paired with a prong or anything corrective like that. The whole point of the clicker (from what I've read) is that eventually the click actually releases "feel-good" chemicals in the dog's brain. If you use the clicker with a prong, then you're negating the clicker.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I've been doing a lot of reading about clicker training, and everything I've been reading said the clicker should not be paired with a prong or anything corrective like that. The whole point of the clicker (from what I've read) is that eventually the click actually releases "feel-good" chemicals in the dog's brain. If you use the clicker with a prong, then you're negating the clicker.
Just what I've read.
amazincc wrote:I thought the "click" actually meant to signal to the dog that - YES! you're doing what I want... - so a correction WOULDN'T be needed? And the treat is to re-enforce the click...
I've never done choke/prong AND clicker at the same time, so I have no personal experience w/it.
katiek0417 wrote:The click does mean that...but many people use food the same way...as well as verbal markers
It tells them when they're doing the right thing...but it really doesn't communicate when they're doing the wrong thing...
The click is merely to say you've done a good thing...but because you start clicker training by pairing it with food, you're also classically conditioning the dog to understand that the click is a good thing...do you get what I'm saying?
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