Clicker Training

August 26th, 2006
Posted in Zeeke, Zoe/Training

That clicker makes me enjoy training them more. Or at least gets me motivated. I see it sitting there - along with the treat apron - and it’s easy to just start. Only using kibble, though - I need to find some better treats to train with. Zoe isn’t too keen on the kibble (and she’s the chow-hound!).

Zeeke is doing flatly excellent with the clicker. It’s great to work with him because he learns so quickly - the clicker is just speeding it up even more. Although, we never used a marker word with him, so I don’t know if the clicker itself is helping or the marker. Either way, he really really likes that clicker.

Zoe however isn’t paying it much attention. Neither the treats. She just seems kind of out in la-la land. She really doesn’t have that drive that Zeeke does - heck, she doesn’t have the drive that Oreo does (when it comes to treats). I’ve continued to use the “Yes” marker with her, it seems to work well since she knows it. And I’m worried about confusing the two dogs using the clicker for both of them.

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