I believe everyone will be deeply impressed by the clip of training velociraptors in the hit movie "Jurassic World": the male protagonist first uses a pig to guide four velociraptors in front of him, and then uses words, body movements and a " Combining the "click-click" sounds, facing the four individuals, he issued instructions one by one. When the dragons obeyed the instructions and stopped chasing and attacking, the male protagonist made a long series of "click-click" sounds. Then he called the dragons by name and gave them delicious food one by one, and finally ended this "behavioral training" with the command and behavior of "start". While being shocked by the video, I wonder if you have noticed the magical "click-click" sound during the process.

1. Conditioned reflex - the principle of clicker training

Before we talk about clicker training, we have to first introduce the soul of the dog training world and the founder of the theory - Mr. Pavlov.

Pavlov's dog and Schrödinger's cat are both called the two mythical beasts in the scientific world, because they both laid a major foundational theory in the scientific world. Pavlov's dog laid the foundation for the theory of classical conditioned reflexes, which has provided great foundations for medicine and biology. Science and animal training (if it can be called a subject) provide a theoretical basis.

I believe everyone has heard of Pavlov’s classic experiment with dogs: when feeding a dog, the dog will drool when seeing the food; then when feeding the dog, the dog will drool when seeing the food and shake a bell. ;After a period of time, even if the dog is not fed, the dog will still drool when hearing the bell. This experiment is the most classic case of conditioned reflex. Modern dog training methods of clicker training basically follow this principle. The clicker is the bell in the experiment.

　2. Click, click, click-understand the magical clicker training

The clicker training method was first used to train dolphins. Dolphin trainer Karan Pryor was the first to transplant this dolphin training method to dogs. It has now become the mainstream of dog training at home and abroad. Training with this method A large number of highly capable dogs such as police dogs, guide dogs, and rescue dogs have emerged.

Before doing clicker training, it is important to let the dog know the clicker, so that the clicking sound is associated with the food in the dog’s little head. All you have to do is to give the dog the clicker training method like Pavlov. Click the clicker before the dog eats the treat. The specific steps are as follows:

1. Hold the clicker and don’t drop it

2. Prepare snacks and hide them with youDon’t let the dog see it

3. Let the dog calm down and click the clicker in your hand

4. After confirming that the dog hears the noise, drop the snacks on the ground for the dog to find and eat

5. Repeat actions 1-4 until the dog hears the sound of the clicker and can go to the ground to find food without losing the snack.

Pay attention to the training time not to last too long, generally 3-5 minutes is appropriate, otherwise the dog will lose interest in training if the time is too long. Studies have shown that short-term and high-frequency training methods are the most effective. Dog owners must not be eager for quick success.