Nowadays training your dog can feel like such a chore and frankly, very overwhelming. With a simple clicker tool, training at ...

Question: We just got a puppy and I have a friend who swears by something called "clicker training." What is clicker training and is it worth pursuing with my dog? Answer: The "clicker" used in ...

The other day, I observed a man running down the street after his dog. The dog stopped and sniffed something. The man got close enough to grab the dog’s collar. But the dog bolted down the street ...

I was watching an intermediate level dog obedience training class where the dogs were being trained to respond to hand signals. Floating over the usual class related sounds produced by people's voices ...

Clicker training is based on creating a special reward of this nature. Technically it involves the classical conditioning of emotions. After all, it is not the actual piece of food that we use as a ...

A dog is shown participating in fly-ball at the Bully Walk at Woodward Park. MARK CROSSE Fresno Bee Staff Photo Dear Old Trainer: I saw an Australian Shepherd jump over her human’s arm on command. I’d ...