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 CREATING WELL MANNERED DOGS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAININGWhen you were at school, did you work especially hard for some teachers and not for others? Relationship is key in the learning process.It's no different when training your dog. The question I ask is, 'What is your...

1.  Dogs learn by association (by emotional response). Classical ConditioningHuman example: We humans learn by association, too. When you meet someone for the first time you come away with an association—positive, negative, or neutral. If you really enjoyed the interaction, you are likely to be...

What is clicker training?Clicker training means using a sound (a click) to communicate with your dog. Clickers have been in use for more than forty years. The method is best known from the world of marine animal training where people need a way to communicate...