Talk:Obedience training
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Clicker training
I think there needs to be more info on clicker training, since it's the most commonly used training technique, but i'm not sure how to work it in. i also don't know much about the specifics (who, when, etc) of how it came to the dog training arena. any ideas?
Lachatdelarue 18:54, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I'm thinking that clicker training should be its own article, because one could say a lot about it. I'm not sure I'd say that it's the most commonly used technique--most knowledgeable trainers know something about it but not all of them use it (or train their students in it) by far. Actually I'd say that "positive reinforcement" is probably a more common training technique. :-)
Some places to look for info on clicker training (don't know whether they answer your specific questions) include:
- Bailey & Bailey, the preeminent clicker-trainer trainers (http://www.hsnp.com/behavior/index.html)
- Dogpatch clicker training index (http://www.dogpatch.org/obed/obpage4.cfm) (the whole dogpatch site has a lot of useful info that you could browse for general training notes, too)
- Karen Pryor site (http://www.clickertraining.com/home/index.htm)
- Susan Garrett/Say Yes site (http://www.clickerdogs.ca/index.htm)
Elf | Talk 23:46, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Examples
I saw a note in the article that specific examples of typical commands would be desireable. I am working on this, but I have not gotten all my materials together yet. My plan is to include an explanation of the command as well as short videos of dogs in action. If they are included on the same page, it will make for a very long and possibly unwieldy(?) article. Shall I make separate pages for each command to link to (Obedience_training_come, Obedience_training_heel, etc.), or just one long (Obedience_training_commands?) article?The Dogfather 20:22, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I can't imagine that there's enough encyclopedic to say about each command. If we were also doing how-tos, maybe, but otherwise probably not. I think that one article should be fine. On the other hand, I feel that I've barely scratched the surface of dog agility and keep thinking about how or whether I really want to break any of that out (haven't even started talking about command variations there). Elf | Talk 04:16, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Do you think the project might be overkill then? I haven't done much work on it yet, so now would be a good time to stop. It's hard to know when a project stops being encyclopedic, and starts to become a Wikibooks project. I value your opinion, Elf (and anyone else who wants to chime in please do so).The Dogfather 15:05, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Explanations of the commands is perfectly fine. I don't see why we couldn't also have videos of each that people could click on to access. I just don't see that separate articles are needed for each, of course unless someone convinces me otherwise. Elf | Talk 19:16, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- I'm working on descriptions of the commands, and agree that links to videos would be a good idea. Anyone willing to take on that part of the project? User:PaulP
- I'm the one who completed the descriptions of the obedience exercises. I'm new, and I forgot to login before editing. Sorry User:PaulP
