Clicker Training
By Arden Moore
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Arden Moore
Arden Moore is the author of more than two dozen books on cats and dogs, including A Kid’s Guide to Cats, A Kid’s Guide to Dogs, The Cat Behavior Answer Book, The Dog Behavior Answer Book, and Real Food for Dogs. She hosts the award-winning Oh! Behave Show on Pet Life Radio and travels North America teaching veterinarian-approved pet first aid and pet behavior classes with her dog, Kona, and cat, Casey. She has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and is an in-demand speaker at pet conferences. Learn more by visiting her at www.ardenmoore.com.
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Clicker Training - Arden Moore
Introduction
The headliner at SeaWorld weighs a mighty seven tons and answers to Shamu.
People from all over come to the San Diego theme park to witness this killer whale soar high in the air on cue and create a mega splash that soaks the first fifteen rows.
At county fairs, clever chickens peck the appropriate lever to win a food prize. In some indoor arenas, smart cats soar over hurdles and race up ramps to win blue ribbons. Why mention these feats in a dog book? Because Shamu, chickens, and cats have a lot in common with some talented canines: all learned their tricks through clicker training.
This positive technique relies on operant conditioning to shape a desired behavior without force or cajoling. The premise is simple: performing appropriate actions and behaviors earns rewards. The notion of operant conditioning first gained prominence in the 1920s, when Harvard psychologists B. F. Skinner and Fred Keller successfully shaped human behaviors in positive ways. Keller and Marian Breland expanded this concept to the animal world in the 1940s, amazing crowds with raccoons, parrots, and sheep trained to perform tricks at the sound of a whistle.
About two decades ago, veteran dolphin trainer Karen Pryor began experimenting with dog training. She traded