Clicker Training 4
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THE DIFFERENCE YOU WILL FIND IN MY METHOD
The clicker and whistle were used this way for years, and the animals remained very very consistent. But something amazing happened in the late 70's and early 80's. Some very good trainers that I learned from at Sea World started taking it a step further and actually advanced the use of the clicker and whistle from the constant clicking and feeding to a whole other level!
They decided to not necessarily feed the animal every time they blew the whistle or clicked the clicker. This means that when the animal came back to the stage, he might have been sent off on another behavior without a reward. Why would the animal take off on another behavior without getting a reward? Lets go back to basic behavior and the pigeon. A pigeon is in a cage. He hits a lever with his beak, and gets a seed. He does it again and gets another seed. Over time he learns that he hits the lever and gets a seed. But lets say one time, he hits the lever and does not get the seed. What will he do? He will hit the lever again! But harder!
It was a fact that if you did not reward the animal all the time, and sent the animal on another behavior, the next behavior's height would be higher. This intermittent rewarding created attitude, energy, and drive.
We also began to vary the types rewards too, in that they did not always give a food reward. The reward that they used might have been a game, or something else that the animal liked. The bottom line is that the clicker or whistle got to a point where it DID NOT necessarily mean food or a treat. It became a form of communication that told the animal that he did the behavior correctly.
Page 1 - CLICKER TRAINING
Page 2 - HOW THE CLICKER WORKS
Page 3 - IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN USING A CLICKER WITH MARINE MAMMALS AND DOGS?
Page 4 - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY STYLE AND OTHERS
Page 5 - WHAT VARYING THE REWARDING OF THE ANIMAL ACCOMPLISHES
Page 6 - WHAT CONSTANT CLICKING AND FEEDING CAN CREATE
Page 7 - SHOULD I USE A CLICKER ON ALL DOGS
Page 8 - SHOULD I USE A CLICKER ON ALL BEHAVIORS I TRAIN
Page 9 - YOUR DOG'S POTENTIAL
