Clicker training helps dogs understand exactly what behavior is being rewarded. The clicking sound acts as a signal or “marker” that tells the dog they’ve done the right thing.

Quite simply, dogs figure out patterns, and using this method, Fluffy figures out the corollary between her compliance and the click. My problem with this technique has always been threefold.

Clicker training is simply using a sound marker to tell a dog at the exact moment when he's done something you approve of, with a reward that comes quickly after the sound marker. Usually, we are ...

The clicker became a popular tool for dog training in the 1980s. It has also caught on with humans — helping people to become better dancers, fishermen, golfers, and now, surgeons.

“My dogs are conservation detection dogs,” explains Lindsay Ware, owner of Science Dogs of New England. “So it’s very similar ...

I found that some people, like myself find the clicker loud and ear piercing, not to mention annoying at best. I would try to train my dogs, and accidentally set it off.

It may surprise you to find that so-called "clicker training" is not really a training method for dogs, but it may help you when you want to teach your pet.