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Pitfalls in Socialization
The process of socialization is about more than “exposure” and social exposures need to be provided in just the right quantity and quality, and at the right time for maximum...
Building Long Behavior Sequences with Back-chaining
Training individual behaviors effectively can be challenging. Connecting several behaviors into a behavior sequence that will be reliable in performance, without rewards?...
Viewing Human Mistakes as Feedback
As positive reinforcement trainers, we don’t dwell on an animal’s mistakes or punish them, we set up the environment to increase the likelihood for success the next time. But...
Start Your Training Session with Focus and Enthusiasm
We all want a dog that leaps into every training session with enthusiasm—focused, ready to work, and actively engaged in the learning process. Engagement is a sexy term in the...
Polite Door Greetings Cue Transfer
Reactivity and aggression directed toward unfamiliar people entering the home is a common behavior complaint of dog owners. In the video below, Debbie Martin demonstrates how...
The Value of Non-Auditory Communication
It’s National Deaf Dog Awareness Week, and in honor of all our four-legged friends who are deaf or who will lose their hearing with age, check out this great video by Terrie...
The Counting Game
A simple training game that’s fun and effective? Yes, please! In the video below, you’ll see Chirag Patel use The Counting Game to teach a “drop” behavior, “follow me,” and a...
Back-chaining for Nose Work
A nose work search often requires long-duration problem-solving in complex environments. How do you ensure the dog is always working toward the behavior he has practiced?...
Embracing Noise & Movement
How do we turn potential aversives like noise and movement into valuable experiences that our dogs seek out and enjoy participating in? Join Emelie Johnson Vegh and Eva...
Improving Husbandry Behaviors in Any Environment
At ClickerExpo you’ll learn more than you thought possible with our world-class faculty of 20+ leaders in positive reinforcement teaching and training. Among them, you can...
Inside Their Shells: Working with “Shy” or “Skittish” Animals
In one of Ken Ramirez’s brand-new ClickerExpo courses, you will learn different strategies for working with and earning the trust of an animal that is uncomfortable around...
ClickerExpo 2020 Sneak Peek
Here’s your sneak peek at the 2020 ClickerExpo program from Ken Ramirez! Hear some of the many new and exciting things about the Seattle and Louisville events....
Uncensored: Let’s Talk Canine Sports
What's new at ClickerExpo 2020? A brand-new course format, Uncensored, where a panel of faculty members and speakers have a lively, unscripted, and uncensored conversation on...
Please Sir: May I Have Some Food, Water… & Control?
What is behavior for? Check out this short clip from the ClickerExpo Session, “Please Sir: May I Have Some Food, Water... and Control? From Surviving to Thriving,” in which...
Making New Mistakes
In “Making New Mistakes,” Michele Pouliot delves into the hot topic of errorless learning versus learning with mistakes. Check out this clip from the Session, and then click...
Offering a Giraffe Choice
ClickerExpo is a great place for learning about animal training and behavior across species! Here is ClickerExpo faculty member, Eva Bertilsson of Carpe Momentum, offering a...
Duration without Frustration
Hannah Branigan of Wonderpups LLC has just the stuff for training your dog to increase duration without the frustration! Check out this great video where Hannah works with...
Free is Highly Reinforcing!
Gotta love free and low-cost toys - like this cardboard box that is highly reinforcing to these adorable service puppies in training! Trainers too find low-cost and no-cost...
The Voluntary Sharing Protocol
In this video, ClickerExpo 2019 speaker Leslie McDevitt demonstrates the Voluntary Sharing protocol. When Ever lowers her head, Sage can have a treat. When Ever is sitting on...
Chin Rest for Suture Removal
Good medical health underpins good behavioral health, but many pets and their owners dread a visit to the groomer or vet. In this video, ClickerExpo 2019 speaker Laura Monaco...
Raising Fearless Puppies
Proper socialization is essential for a healthy, happy family dog, yet socialization is one of the most misunderstood and under-utilized concepts among pet owners. Instead of...
Give Training Back to the Animals
Open wide! Watch as Chirag Patel teaches Cody to cooperate in his own care by opening his mouth for inspection and dental work. Cody is now ready for the training conversation...
What A Cue Can Do
Start the new year off right with a foundation of successful training, cueing! Effective cueing is essential for maximizing clarity and achieving reliable responses. Kathy...
A Puppy on a Platform
Platform training is an important foundation for shaping the skills needed in competition. Watch as this adorable puppy learns to offer variety in behavior using a platform....
Start Buttons in Teeter Training
What a great start button behavior! Watch as Scout dips her head to let Eva and Emelie know she is ready for the teeter to move or make a bang when hitting the ground. By...
Breaking it Down
There is a saying, “Training the dog is the easy part. It’s the human that’s the challenge.” Both people and animals learn best when skills are broken down into manageable...
Behind the Scenes of a Successful Group Class
If you want people (and their dogs) to love your class, and you want to love teaching it, being thoughtful about safety and other important policies can make all the...
Horse Playing “Catch”
Training should be fun for the trainer and the learner! Watch as Panda, a miniature horse Alexandra Kurland trained to be a guide for the blind, plays her favorite game,...
Aging Dogs: Functioning for Life
As dogs age, they slow down just as we do. Many dogs lose the ability to function in daily activities, like going up and down stairs, which is partially due to muscle...
Turning the Cone of Shame into a Game!
So many things to fear on Halloween, but a cone doesn’t have to be one of them! Watch as Debbie Martin and Iris prove that, with a little conditioning, wearing a cone isn’t...
Capturing Small Success Points
We don’t advocate flooding techniques with an animal learner. So why would we overwhelm an animal or handler with too many steps at once? In this video, Laura Monaco Torelli...
Clicker-Training Horses
As positive reinforcement trainers, we continually search for ways to create great partnerships with our horses. Watch this little horse “give permission” to examine his teeth...
How do you Measure Relationships?
How do you define and measure “a good relationship” with the animals you work with? Are relationships just about reinforcement history? In this segment from ClickerExpo 2018,...
What is Arousal, and What Does it Look Like?
In shelter adoption centers we often see behaviors we label as “high arousal.” What is arousal? How do conditions and consequences increase or reduce aroused behavior? Can we...
Time to Go Out! Start-Button Behaviors
Start buttons are an integral part of training, providing greater control to the animals, enhancing communication and trust, and improving results! Watch as puppy Tessa...
Sneak Peek: Fit for Life
Fitness is important for your dog’s health, and doing fitness exercises with your dog is fun and enriching for both of you! Join Lori Stevens at ClickerExpo Portland or...
Backing Up
Teaching dogs to back up in conjunction with or independently from a handler is a vital skill for competition! Watch this incredible musical routine by three-time...
Precise Heeling
When you see a team, like Hannah Branigan and Rugby, moving together in sync, heeling looks almost like a dance. Flashy, top-scoring heeling requires fluent understanding of...
The “Back Up” Sit
Emma Parsons demonstrates a great foundation behavior, the “Back Up” Sit. When trained properly, backing up becomes the cue to turn and sit front. If a reactive dog begins to...
Voluntary Sharing
Here's a sneak peek from one of Leslie McDevitt's new ClickerExpo courses, Reactive to Relaxed: What's Next in Control Unleashed. Attendees will learn about new protocols and...
Dog Safety Video
If you’re bringing your dog to ClickerExpo for the first time (or even the fifth!), make sure to review this important information. Please watch this video about dog safety at...
Sneak Peek: Effective Non-Food Reinforcement
The effective use of non-food reinforcers is a critical skill that all trainers will likely use or need at some point in their training career. In this video, Ken Ramirez uses...
Watch the ClickerExpo Experience
See and hear first-hand what the world’s most innovative animal training conference is really like!...
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