Clicker Training

"How is clicker training used in the vet field?"

Clicker training is used in the vet field in many ways. First of all clicker training can be used in the treatment room as a way to calm or distract an animal. In a treatment room an animal could be distracted from what the vet is doing if the owner is using clicker training with the animal. It keeps the animals mind off the unwanted but necessary treatment. Clicker training can be used to help with behavior problems. It is a quick way to train an animal. Clicker training uses targets and cues which the animal learns quicker then voice commands. The click is what notifies the animal of what he has done correctly. With clicker training there are many opportunities to train an animal.

What you can use clicker training for is to train a new puppy simple commands, or the complete opposite train older dogs how to do simple or more complicated tricks or commands. Clicker training can be used by any type of person in the animal field. Animals learn by the owner giving a cue clicking and then rewarding and praising the animal.

Ways that I would use clicker training is to train my dog to stay, and lay down. The way I would go about this is first giving her a simple cue to show her what I would like her to do. Then I would follow that with demonstrating, then waiting for her to do it on her own. After she did it right I would click and praise her. Clicker training is the most efficient and quick training and I think that the method is the best.

-Heather Angotti