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    It works better too if you have really really really good treats and make sure they are a little hungry. I make garlic chicken for Laika's and Owen's classes.
    It's kinda stinky though. They like string cheese too.

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    Now Mr. Butters, whose only fears in the past were of that orange dinosaur toy and running out of food, is scared to death of the clicker!!! I keep trying to associate clicker = food, but it's going to take a while with him!

    Rigby, on the other hand, is less afraid of the clicker already!
    Tracy, Mr. Butters, Rigby, Ariana Marie & Isabella Charlotte

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    Natural Balance roll makes great bait too, and it's actually food so it is healthy. I also used cooked chicken cut into small cubes. And if you REALLY want her attention then a cooked steak cut up into teenie tiny pieces works awesome.

    Clicker training is something you have to practice everyday. You might want to put Butters away for about 10 - 20 minutes everyday just to work alone with Rigby. And then if you want 10 minutes alone with Butters. The hardest part of clicker training for me was you have to be super fast with giving them the treat right after the click so they can make the association. I have tried training two at once and it is a disaster and re-enforces a lot of their issues (ie., food agression etc.)

    You will do wonderfully. Rigby is a smartie pants, I know she will pick it up really fast.

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    :cheer2: Way to go Rigby!! I hope next week is even better!
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    ummm. at least she did not blow poop juice at the trainer?

    Glad there is another of "our kind" in there. Am sure Miz Wigby will be the star of the show in no time.
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    Tracy, is Butter afraid of the clicker itself or the sound of it? You can soften it by wrap it with a towel or something. He doesn't need to SEE the clicker. I think as soon as he can associate that clicking = food, he won't leave you alone. It works well for food motivated dogs. Yeah and use good treats too! Cheese works well for Gigi. Just don't use anything that's crumply. You don't want their nose on the ground sniffing.
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    It's the sound it makes. I can give him the clicker and he'll sniff it, but the sound freaks him out!
    Tracy, Mr. Butters, Rigby, Ariana Marie & Isabella Charlotte

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    I got overzealous with the clicking when I was trying to train Dolly. She definately did NOT like that noise any more, and would slink off away from it. I used freeze dried liver treats cut up with hot dogs, very small. Her love of the food overcame my ignorant clicking, and I bought a quieter clicker.

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    :cheer2: :cheer2: Ms. Rigby! Hope you have a better second class.Maybe you can get a boyfriend out of this and some training:hearts: .YAY!:banana:
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    I will definitely wrap the clicker up and soften the sound... maybe just a barely soft click inside your pocket? imediately follows with great treats?
    Jen & Gigi


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