Welcome to the students in the new Fall 2008 KDTC Wednesday night 6PM clicker class!! We will have students new to dog training, new to clicker training, not new to dog training, and not new to clicker training, or any combination thereof, in this class. So it is even more important that the instructors, and other students too, get to know each student and their dog. This will allow us to individualize what we do in the class more and meet everyone's needs better.
FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE CLASS ONLY: Tell us your name and your dog's name and well as the appearance, breed or breeds of your dog. Then tell us about you and your dog's experience with dog training generally and with clicker training in particular. Finally let us know some things you are wanting to get out of class. Feel free to share whatever else about yourself or dog that you think is relevant.
So look below and click on the comments link. Type your comment as per the paragraph above in the block that will appear in the right column of the page that will open. Type the verification letters under the block as instructed. Then (if you are not logged into google) check the circle by "name/url" and type in your name and your dog's name. Then either click the orange box to publish the comment immediately or click the blue box to preview it first.
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My name is Jean Britton and my dogs name is Sweet Cricket, Cricket, for short. Cricket is a pug that I obtained from a breeder in Hastings, MI. August of 2007. She is registered with AKC She was immediately enrolled in puppy classes at Bark's Fifth Ave. where she learned to walk on a leash, play with other puppies, a meet new people. Further training
involved Beginning, Imtermediate, and Good Citizenship Class. During last spring we took our first Clicker class and I was so impressed with 'getting in the game" that we are back for more advanced training. The biggest problem is ME., learning to think differently from basic training without using voice commands etc. This is the third dog I have trained thru KDTC. I would eventually like a very well behaved companion dog that loves people and knows how to act in public as well as at home.
I am retired from the medical field, after 20 years, and finding retirement great getting to travel with my husband to some of those places we only dreamed of. Coming to class with Cricket is the highlight of my week.
My husband and I have been married 51 years, have three grown children, 6 grandchildren and 4 great-granchildren. Life is Great.
Jean Britton
What a wonderful introduction. Thanks to Jean and Cricket. Cricket has certainly learned to be in the game---do you see the attnetion to Jean and asking to play the clicker/training game in class. Take a look their way during class and you can see one verison of what really being in the game looks like.
So where would you like to go with Cricket? I will look over the sheets your filled our and get some sense, but here--what would you like everyone to know about any goals you have with Cricket.?
By the way--"voice" is used in clicker training. You can use a word to be the cue that a certain behavior is what you want. You just introduce cues that are different than the body posture stuff you used during intitial training AFTER the dog begin to do the behavior. Everyone--be sure to ask about cues, they are important in clicker training--just introduced later in the training process than are the voice "commands" used in traditional training.
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