Click and Play Agility : Clicker Training for Successful Dog Agility

M.Ed., CCBC, CAP2 Angelica Steinker

ISBN 10: 0967920221 / ISBN 13: 9780967920221

Published by Courteous Canine Publishing, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Click and Play Agility : Clicker Training for Successful Dog Agility
• Publisher: Courteous Canine Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967920221
• ISBN 13: 9780967920221
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Agility is a playful game. Dogs don't care if you win or lose, they only care how you play the game. Not only does Click & Play Agility tell you how, but it tells you why the click and play training techniques described work. Let the author guide you through the science of how dogs learn so that you can better understand how to teach agility to your dog. You will learn about the Click & Play Pyramid, which is made up of five layers. The bottom layer, that everything else builds on, is attention. Both the dog giving the handler attention and vice versa. Consistency, the next layer, is critical to the dog's learning process, without consistency a dog's learning is slowed or stopped. Consistency leads to the next layer, which is attitude and motivation. Are both you and your dog having fun? Fun can be exciting and excitement can lead to issues with self-control. Self-control is the fourth layer. Both dog and handler self-control are critical to an agility team's success. The pinnacle of the pyramid is the concept of win/win training. Ideally in all interactions both the handler and the dog win. Throughout Click & Play Agility the emphasis is on having fun and bonding with your dog fun and bonding with your dog while clicker training agility behaviors to the highest level. Use the Click & Play Pyramid concepts to help you and your dog be the best agility team you can be! Click & Play Agility contains the following chapters: Click! Let's Get Started Click! & Play Pyramid Click! & Play Click! Speed and Motivation Click! & Play Training Games Click! Ground Games Click! Contacts Click! Jump Training Click! Obstacles Click! Handling Click! The Adventure Begins Glossary of Terms Recommend Resources Training Plan Ideas Explanation of Titles and Tracking of Legs Angelica Steinker has a Masters degree in Counseling and Development. She competes in agility and is an avid clicker trainer and loves the challenge and process of shaping a behavior.