Question: We just got a puppy and I have a friend who swears by something called "clicker training." What is clicker training and is it worth pursuing with my dog? Answer: The "clicker" used in ...

In her new book, Reaching the Animal Mind ($25, Scribner), Karen Pryor offers a lively, wide-ranging overview of the use of operant conditioning for training, well, nearly any animal you can think of.

I was watching an intermediate level dog obedience training class where the dogs were being trained to respond to hand signals. Floating over the usual class related sounds produced by people's voices ...

Episode two of this clicker and marker training series demonstrates how timing and consistency shape a dog’s learning process ...

Without the clicker teaching her anything is hopeless." In recent years there has been a lot of attention given to "clicker training," which is viewed by some people as a more efficient way of ...