Clicker Training Benefits
Clicker training is an incredibly powerful training system of learning. There are numerous benefits of Clicker Training, some of these include:
* Accelerated learning – scientifically proven!
Competent clicker trainers may accomplish in days what it would take months or years to establish with conventional training methods.
* Strengthens the Human-Animal Bond
The relationship formed with clicker training inherently produces a very deep bond between the learner and the teacher. It is the only outcome possible! Conventional forceful training methods do not produce this positive bond.
* Produces Long Term Re-Call
A clicker trained behavior, once learned, is not forgotten. This impact is quite different from traditional training, where behaviors need to be “brushed up” frequently.
* Produces Creativity and Initiative
Experimentation and initiative are an intrinsic by-product of clicker training. Your dog will become more creative. You will as well! In traditional forceful training methods, dogs become too afraid to experiment and learn new behaviors because they are afraid of being punished.
* Forgives Your Mistakes
If a new clicker trainer clicks at the wrong time or misses an opportunity to click, the worst thing that happens is your dog gets a free piece of food! With traditional methods, collar corrections, a shock, etc. used for punishment can interfere with learning and can shut it down completely as well as lead to fearfulness and aggression.
* Generates Enthusiastic Learners
When the learning process is reinforcing, learning becomes fun. What clicker trainers see in their animal is an enthusiasm for learning and executing because all paths lead to reinforcement.