Whats the truth about clicker training dogs?
Clicker training dogs can be used to more accurately mark subtle differences in behavior, as mentioned above, slight differences in positioning, for teaching the competitive heel. Where I take exception is with the “clicker training dogs methodology” which uses pop psychology terms to try to explain away the necessity of correcting your dog for unwanted behavior. For basic, companion dog obedience , it comes down to this: Why fix it, if it ain’t broke? Especially if the “fix” takes longer and provides no greater benefit to the happiness and well being of the dog? The other issue I have with the “clicker training dogs approach” is that if fails to account for the fact that most owners are smart enough to realize that they can moderate the firmness of their correction, based on the dog’s temperment and the motivation for bad behavior. The “clicker training dogs approach” adopts the viewpoint that every correction is a level 10 correction, and that every dog owner cannot be trusted to not
