{"id":485,"date":"2017-09-10T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/?p=485"},"modified":"2017-09-10T19:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T19:15:25","slug":"click-not-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/","title":{"rendered":"To Click Or Not To Click"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clicker Training<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The clicker training application was invented and developed more than 40 years ago. It first reached widespread use in the training of marine mammals. Those trainers used whistles rather than the dog trainer clicker but the principals are the same as we use in dogs.<\/p>\n<p>A clicker is a small box that when the button is compressed it makes a click sound. We use the clicker as a way to communicate to our dogs \u201cyou did the correct thing\u201d. A clicker marks an event as correct. For example, you ask your dog to \u201cSit\u201d, *Click* the picture perfect sit and reward with a tasty treat.<\/p>\n<p>Benefits Of A Clicker<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Positive based training<\/li>\n<li>No punishment or aversives<\/li>\n<li>Dogs learn faster<\/li>\n<li>Training is black and white<\/li>\n<li>Has no bad emotion attached to it<\/li>\n<li>If we use words we can inadvertently attach our emotions to it. We can feel frustrated, excited, angry etc.<\/li>\n<li>Clickers are used as Behaviour Modification tools<\/li>\n<li>From aggression to separation anxiety!<\/li>\n<li>Builds confidence and enthusiasm<\/li>\n<li>Highly rewarding atmosphere which encourages exploration and trying new things!<\/li>\n<li>Never say the wrong marker<\/li>\n<li>Clear form of communication. Clicker is monotone and always means the same thing.<\/li>\n<li>Any dog and person can use a clicker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Limitations Of A Clicker<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes it is nice to add more emotion to a marker. Say the word \u201cYessss!\u201d with enthusiasm<\/li>\n<li>If your dog isn\u2019t food motivated it makes clicker training much more difficult.<\/li>\n<li>Not impossible but it is more difficult to reward with toy (less frequency, must know a drop, lose training momentum)<\/li>\n<li>If you forget your clicker at home you will be without your marker<\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s why it\u2019s good to train with both a clicker and a marker word (yes)<\/li>\n<li>Some dogs are initially afraid of the clicker noise<\/li>\n<li>What you click is what you train<\/li>\n<li>If you click to early, too late or the wrong behaviour you are marking it as correct<\/li>\n<li>It takes some coordination in the beginning to get used to the timing of the click and the reward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is no real bad side to using a clicker. All of my dogs are clicker trained &amp; marker trained and I believe all pet parents should try it! What do you have to lose? You might just fix an unwanted behaviour, learn at a faster rate or simply make your bond strong!<br \/>\nOn Thursday September 14th we are having a Free Clicker Training Workshop!<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"mailto:burlington@dogtopia.com?subject=Sept%20Clicker%20Class\">Clicker Here To Sign Up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Clicker Training &nbsp; The clicker training application was invented and developed more than 40 years ago. It first reached widespread use in the training of marine mammals. Those trainers used whistles rather than the dog trainer clicker but the principals are the same as we use in dogs. A clicker is a small box &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/>Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,13],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.6 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>To Click Or Not To Click - Burlington<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"To Click Or Not To Click\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Clicker Training &nbsp; The clicker training application was invented and developed more than 40 years ago. It first reached widespread use in the training of marine mammals. Those trainers used whistles rather than the dog trainer clicker but the principals are the same as we use in dogs. A clicker is a small box &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Burlington\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-10T19:15:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"burlington\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"burlington\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/\",\"name\":\"To Click Or Not To Click - Burlington\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-10T19:15:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-10T19:15:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#\/schema\/person\/a6f5818cbaf87db3cf640b25436cedc1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"To Click Or Not To Click\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/\",\"name\":\"Burlington\",\"description\":\"Dogtopia of Burlington\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/search\/{search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#\/schema\/person\/a6f5818cbaf87db3cf640b25436cedc1\",\"name\":\"burlington\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/785374b774ba924e1d1af552b2369390?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/785374b774ba924e1d1af552b2369390?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"burlington\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/author\/burlington\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"To Click Or Not To Click - Burlington","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"To Click Or Not To Click","og_description":"&nbsp; Clicker Training &nbsp; The clicker training application was invented and developed more than 40 years ago. It first reached widespread use in the training of marine mammals. Those trainers used whistles rather than the dog trainer clicker but the principals are the same as we use in dogs. A clicker is a small box &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/","og_site_name":"Burlington","article_published_time":"2017-09-10T19:15:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"burlington","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"burlington","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/","name":"To Click Or Not To Click - Burlington","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg","datePublished":"2017-09-10T19:15:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-09-10T19:15:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#\/schema\/person\/a6f5818cbaf87db3cf640b25436cedc1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg","width":700,"height":350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/click-not-click\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"To Click Or Not To Click"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/","name":"Burlington","description":"Dogtopia of Burlington","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/search\/{search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#\/schema\/person\/a6f5818cbaf87db3cf640b25436cedc1","name":"burlington","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/785374b774ba924e1d1af552b2369390?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/785374b774ba924e1d1af552b2369390?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"burlington"},"url":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/author\/burlington\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/s3-prod.dogtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2017\/09\/Clicker-.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8P0pX-7P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogtopia.com\/burlington\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}