Shaping Explained- Part 1 of Training Your Dog to Turn on a Light Switch with Clicker
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Follow Jessie’s actual progress during the first steps learning to turn on a light switch. In under 4 minutes (approx. 45 clicks), she has the main idea.
Have you considered training your own assistance or service dog? Or trying out a new trick to impress friends?
Clicker training is the best way I have found to successfully train almost any dog.
I have been asked several times for footage of a dog learning a task or being shaped for the first time so new trainers could see the actual process and know what to expect. So here it is! Lots of repetition. Note she doesn’t get clicked for any behavior she offers that I don’t want later on such as pawing, stepping on or scratching the switch plate.
The only editing was for slow periods where she scrambled for food, when I repositioned myself as I was uncomfortable or when I turned on and off the camera.
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@shteffeh Glad it …
@shteffeh Glad it helped! I sure wish we were taught this stuff at university! I know my animal behavior experiment/term paper would have been very different had I known about Operant Conditioning!
I’m revising for my …
I’m revising for my animal training module at university and was having difficulty getting my head around using the clicker as a reinforcer, this video has been a brilliant demonstration thanks!
Super job! Very …
Super job! Very well shown and explained. Thank you!
my dog can do this. …
my dog can do this… I’ll be posting videos of her when shes trained and when I get a new web cam. mine is broken now.
@MrTazz1000 The …
@MrTazz1000 The first all dogs need to be taught is food zen! Then you go from there!
wow my 3 month old …
wow my 3 month old lab would savage the open pot of treats lol
My puppy is already …
My puppy is already 10 weeks, he already knows sit & down & sleep (for naptime if hes too hyper). I am trying find out how I can train him to alert me sounds because I want to able train him as my hearing assistance dog… so its kinda complex bc I am deaf…any suggestion?
awesome! my dog …
good video though! 
awesome! my dog knows how to turn on the lights, but we have difernrt light switches, and he cant use his nose for them, but he is a small dog, so he uses his paws to turn on and off the lights
@noe2rs Ha. Ha. …
@noe2rs Ha. Ha. Aren’t they? Especially when they know what you are doing! LOL!
Great video–I’ve …
Great video–I’ve been training dogs all my life and it still helps to see step-by-step training. Good idea on the girlfriend training…I try this with my husband all the time. They are so much tricker to train than dogs!
@bionikata Since …
@bionikata Since women are smarter than males, no doubt she is already using it on you.
great video! Thanks!
great video! Thanks!
I’ve been using it …
I’ve been using it on my kids! Lol, they think it’s great. So you could try the girlfriend.
It is truly …
It is truly astounding to watch Jessie figure the whole thing out !
That is great !
Yes! it’s called …
Yes! it’s called TAG teaching! Teaching with Acoustical Guidance! Or you can be more subtle and just reinforce behaviors you want and ignore the ones you don’t!
Glad it helped!
Glad it helped!
Thanks so much for …
Thanks so much for this video! Our german shepherd puppy is in obedience class, but it’s me who needs better training, especially on using clickers! This video really made it clear to me.
can you use the …
can you use the clicker on your girlfriend too?
You are very …
You are very welcome! It’s great to have the feedback as well!
Your videos have …
Your videos have been most helpful for this novice dog trainer. Both my dog and myself have had great success using your techniques. Thank you!
woah….totally …
woah….totally awesome
Because clicker …
Because clicker training is about the dog making choices, you can start clicker training as young as 4 weeks old! So go for it and have fun!
im really impressed …
im really impressed,, congratulations
i wanna ask something i have a doberman puppy shes almost 3 months she know how to sit, lay down, come, stay, give the paw, play death but whitout the clicker so i wanna start the clicker training it is ok she can start learning with a different form ?? or can be more hard for her?
yes offcource! ;O) …
yes offcource! ;O) I uploading today, and i will start with a nose target that looks like a light switch…i dont have one exept from the wall,and thats abit high up. i will se what i can make that reselbles. he has done some hand targeting with be since i got him and he is pretty good. i guess he will transfere that to this assessment! im exited to start;O)
talk later
Can’t wait to see …
Can’t wait to see your video! You can upload it as a video response if you like!