A little game
Click & Treat
Your dog is doing all sorts of things. Press Click the moment he sits, then give him a Treat. Whatever you click and treat, he'll do more of. You have 60 seconds.
Tip: a click is a promise. Every click gets a treat — even if you clicked at the wrong moment.
Wait for the sit…
What's going on here?
This is how clicker training works. The click is a marker: it tells your dog exactly which moment earned the reward. The treat is the reinforcement. Behavior that's reinforced happens more often — so the dog in the game sits more and more as you reward sits. Click at the wrong moment and you'll get more of that instead.
Real dogs work the same way. Want help catching the behaviors you like? Train with Annie, or read all about it in How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science.