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In clicker training, timing is everything!

I thought those of you who do clicker training might find this funny.

I was clicker training Dixie to touch an object last night, and things were going pretty well until I messed up my timing. As she touched, I went to click but didn't quite get my timing right, and I accidentally clicked just as she overshot the object and accidentally bumped my in the crotch.

So, of course, she thought that was the trick, and kept doing it to try to get a treat. Uggghhh! Wonder how long it will take to extinguish that one? :sigh: And the worst part is I can't even be annoyed at her because I taught her to do it.

Sometimes having a dog that's a quick learner is not a good thing! LOL

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Re: In clicker training, timing is everything!

  • LOL!! I've never used clicker training; Zoey has picked up all the basics/simple stuff without one, but I've been considering getting one for future (hopefully harder) behaviors.

    Oh Dixie! I hope you're smart enough to unlearn that trick real quick!

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  • Lol!  Yep, that command is going to be pretty awkward until you get her straightened out!  :)
  • Oops!  Lol!  Gloria recently learned touch too, it's a fun trick! 
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  • Ha, you are so right.  Timing is difficult and definitely important.  I hope she learns quickly.
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  • bwahaha!  that's actually one of the reasons i dislike clicker training...it can be a difficult learning curve for some people.

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  • Haha! That is really funny. Having a fast learner is a blessing and a curse, like you said. Extinguising is such a pain too. I accidently reinforced a touch as a lick and have been working for weeks to get rid of it. I swear it physically hurts my dog to NOT lick me all the time. So gross.
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    Haha! That is really funny. Having a fast learner is a blessing and a curse, like you said. Extinguising is such a pain too. I accidently reinforced a touch as a lick and have been working for weeks to get rid of it. I swear it physically hurts my dog to NOT lick me all the time. So gross.

    LOL!

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