Never miss a click™
Never miss a click™
Unveiled to dog owners and trainers across the globe is a new training tool researched and designed by Stephen G. King.
Cutting edge technology, engineering and construction is behind the new EasyClick™ clicker training device. The ergonomic design combined with the latest research used to TRAIN ‘good’ behaviour means this product is set to find its way into dog owners’ pockets around the world!
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Targeting
You can use the Target Touch Stick as your prompt to make the dog go where you want, instead of baiting with food, or physical pushing and pulling. You can target the dog onto a grooming table, onto agility equipment, over jumps, or walk in the “heel” position on or off a loose lead.
Ready, Steady, Click! by Stephen G. King is an excellent introduction to dog training based on positive reinforcement. The author clearly and concisely describes the science that underlies learning in all species, and applies it well to the training of pet dogs. The twenty Training Tips for Success at the end of the book are great guidelines for all trainers.
Deborah Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Kent State University Stark Campus
Planet Canine / Akron, OH
APDT Member #1663
By Karen Pryor
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Scribner Book Company; 1 edition (16 Jun 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0743297768
ISBN-13: 978-0743297769
From the pioneer in the field of clicker training comes an illuminating and revealing look into the minds of all animals.
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Attila Szkukalek PhD
Attila Szkukalek, PhD has bred, showed and trained dogs (Schutzhund) and instructed training classes for over 30 years and worked as a consultant for training service dogs with the police and military forces in Czechoslovakia. He completed the Advanced Pet Behaviour Therapy Course here in the UK and in April 1997 established the Happy Pets Education, Behaviour Rehabilitation & Training Services in Norwich (UK). Attila is a registered member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (00352).
In addition to his behaviour therapy and training work Attila also runs Clicker Training, Ringcraft and Dog-Rhythmics workshops and gives lectures on dog & cat behaviour and training topics both nationally and internationally.
Attila with his Border Collie Fly started competing in Freestyle / Heelwork to Music in 1999. Since then they have won several National competitions and the World Video Competition in the United States. Following his competition success Attila & Fly have been regularly asked to do demonstrations at National Dog shows and the CRUFTS. They also performed in several TV programmes; Blue Peter, Channel 4’s Big Breakfast, East Anglia TV News, South West BBC News, in the Theatre Royal in Norwich and has been featured in the Guardian, Eastern Daily Press and Mail on Sunday.
Attila recently has released a training video, called Rhythmic Paws, explaining and demonstrating how to teach dogs different exercises, moves and routines.
Clicker and whistle combination.
What is Clicker Training : Whether you are clicker training your Dog, Puppy or even a Cat this article gives a good introduction to clicker training by one of the UK’s leading animal behaviourist’s simply and concisely.
So what is a clicker?
A clicker is a child’s toy that clicker trainers have decided to use to reinforce or reward an animal’s behaviour. The clicker is a small metal and plastic device that makes a double clicking sound. Above is my new invention the WHIZZCLICK! Which is a combination clicker and whistle?
David Tazzyman original artwork
Dogs pull on the lead for many different reasons, but the main one is usually that we inadvertently reward them for doing it!!
It can start from when we take our puppy out for their first walk.
Most dogs tend to get excited when they see the lead as it means ‘walkies’. You put the lead on. He pulls you to the front door. Then down the garden path. The dog pulls all the way to the park and what do we do when we get to the park? We let him off the lead!! From your dogs’ point of view, he has been rewarded for pulling you all the way to the park. (behaviour chain)
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Positive Reinforcement
Teach precision and reliability in your dog through shaping and positive reinforcement. Whether you are a pet dog owner or are involved in Obedience, Agility, Working Trials or Show Dog training, this book will give you a great insight on how dogs learn and how to train your dog without force or compulsion. If you want a dog you can be proud of, then this book will show you how, even if you have never trained a dog before.
Here is another excellent and useful publication from Crosskeys and Stephen King. King is a pioneer in putting forth the practice of clicker training and the scientific principles that underlie it.
Karen Pryor USA.
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