Welcome to Jean and Cricket, Marissa and Ginger, Jane and Nikki, Janet and Kendra, Barb and Lexie, Sandy and Maddy, Robin and Montana, Laura and Brutus, Laura and Kaylie, and Sarah and Franklin!!!!
Take a look at this blogsite for lots of good information. You might want to note to the side of this post are links to the full Sue Ailsby materials which are partially reprinted in your manual. You have levels 1-3 in the manual, the rest of the levels and some good adjunct materials are at her site. Also tons of good clicker information and supplies are at the Karen Pryor website link to the right. Finally there is a link to the Kalamazoo Dog Training Club website which is the organization that runs the classes at the Fairgrounds.
On behalf of Melissa, Kathy, Ben and myself (Jim)---we invite you to make use of this website during class (and after classa---it is a publically accessible blog for clicker training in Southwest Michigan). You become an active part by "clicking' (with you mouse, not the clicker) on the link at the end of this page labeled "comments", and follow the instructions for posting your comments.
This week we are particularly encouraging two things: First introduce yourself and your dog---tell us a bit about your history with dogs and dog training as well as any experience you have had with clicker training. Feel free to share whatever you think might be relevant for us and other class members (and whatever oather dog related fun information abut yourself too!). Second, ask questions or share experiences from the class, or from the dog training that you do this week. These questions or experiences are often helpful to others. I will make new posts from some of your questions and experiences and we can focus on those issues. Also feel free to respond to other person's introduction or questions.
SO PLEASE POST SOME COMMENTS---MORE INTERACTION MAKES FOR BETTER LEARNING!
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I have had many dogs in my lifetime including German Shepherds.
I rescued Nikki, also a GSD, a year ago July and she came with a fair amount of baggage. She was not responding well to the traditional classes and as I watched the clicker classes, I thought it would be worth a try.
Nikki has now been in 3 clicker classes, and while the progress has been slow, it has tremendously improved her behavior and attention on me.
What I want of future classes? To continue seeing an improvement in her behavior and the number of things she learns.
Jane and Nikki
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