The Fish Stick Theory
For those of you who may not know, Elsa and I run a publishing house in Sweden, Klickerförlaget, that publishes dog training books with reward-based
“Don’t stand there like a fish stick” or how to make the task easier for yourself and the dog by reacting quickly.
A while ago we wrote about our motto “Train, Prevent, Interrupt” and it’s actually closely related to today’s topic. We jokingly say “don’t stand there
Train, prevent, interrupt
Here comes a favorite repeat that is about the THINKING behind our training and is one of the foundations of clicker training. Sometimes it can
“But what should I do if I’m not allowed to say no?”
The other day I had an adorable little family in class with their equally adorable 12-week-old puppy, a gun dog. The parents had owned dogs
“Well, my training is positive” – and why common sayings sometimes makes things difficult
So those were the four consequences. As we quoted Thorndike initially, all behaviors are maintained by pleasant or unpleasant consequences. If the consequence leads to
We are clicker trainers
We started our publishing company Klickerförlaget eight years ago because we wanted to publish our own book “Retrieving for All Occacsions” in Swedish – but
“Time to prove yourself!”
Imagine that you are taking a class with your dog. Some of the participants are very experienced, others have some experience, someone is completely new
Just laugh it off
One of the most important building blocks in our training philosophy is that we are looking for the good stuff that the dog does so
Oh my God, I’ve become a “lumper”
“Be a splitter not a lumper”. A pithy saying by Bob Bailey , so established in the world we might call the “clicker world” that
Featured Products
-
Free template: Boost What You Want
Rated 0 out of 5
-
Online course: Casting for rookies - w/o feedback
Rated 0 out of 5$60.00 – $90.00
-
Online Course: Marked Retrieves - w/o feedback
Rated 0 out of 5$80.00 – $108.00
-
Online course: Intermediate Gun Dog Training - Train the Right Things - w/o feedback
Rated 0 out of 5$79.00 – $119.00
-
Online course: Holding an Area - w/o personal feedback
Rated 0 out of 5$60.00 – $90.00