K9Cast #4

All about clicker training! Plus we also have tips for dogs that are spooked by loud noises. Welcome new listeners and new listeners from iTunes! If you are an iPod listener or if you have iTunes on your computer and aren't already listening to us on our iTunes/iPod enhanced feed then you can simply click on this link to bring up our podcast in iTunes and then click "subscribe". Then you'll be able to enjoy our enhanced feed which includes embedded pictures and links that are displayed during the podcast in iTunes and on iPods as we talk about them. Here's what we talked about: 00:00 (Chapter 1) Intro 00:43 (Chapter 2) Help for dogs spooked by loud noises like fireworks or Thunder 03:20 (Chapter 3) Clicker Training 03:25 Erik from TheForce.net's podcast and the RandomChatter.com podcast 05:31 Karen Pryor's book Don't Shoot The Dog 05:59 Pavlov 06:32 First step in clicker training, "charging the clicker" 07:04 Second step, "capturing behavior" 07:50 Also, the click ends the behavior 08:39 Connecting the clicker to the behavior 10:11 Cuing the dog 11:09 If you are interested in doing clicker training 12:04 Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs 13:14 "True clicker training" 13:33 Lure Reward Training 15:14 Compared to Karen Pryor's method 15:45 Sneezing on command 16:25 Karen Pryors Clicker Training Website 17:27 Our dogs go wild for the clicker 18:03 Where to get a clicker 18:15 Sound of the clicker 18:40 One thing to watch out for 19:24 (Chapter 4) Linking to us/Promo page 21:00 (Chapter 5) Outro