help me please!!!!!!

    • Bronze

    help me please!!!!!!

    i need a clicker i don't have any money so anyone could help me get one or if you might have one i could have i would really areciate it if i don't get ahold  of one i may have to get rid of my dog, she needs training bad!!!!!!!

    • Gold Top Dog

    I am going to assume you are kidding about getting rid of your dog for lack of a clickerWink People trained dogs for centuries before someone discovered clicker training.You do not need to buy a clicker,a ball point pen makes the same sound.Surely you have one of those lying around.

    Tena

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    • Gold Top Dog

    A clicker should only cost about $2 at Petco.  http://www.petco.com/product/9698/PETCO-Dog-Training-Clicker.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch

    As a matter of fact, last I saw, Petco had a kit on their training kiosk in the stores that includes a clicker and training instruction flip cards from Karen Pryor all for about $12.  Anyway, there's plenty of free advice on clicker training and if you seriously cannot afford the $2 clicker at Petco, you can get by with the lid from a baby food jar - only about an 80cent investment.  The dogs will love the baby food (all meat) on their food, too.  I'm sure clicker trainers will advice other options - just using the word YES as a marker, or some other noise or word, can be just as effective. 

    It's not about the tool, it's about the methods and your committment to training that dog.  Good luck, and check out the Training section for further advice. 

    • Gold Top Dog

     Yeah, THAT ^ ^ , pretty much.  There are many ways to teach a dog what he needs to know... the clicker is a useful, but not essential tool.  If you really want one, they are extraordinarily inexpensive.  If you can't afford a clicker, I do wonder how you are able to purchase food for the dog....

    • Gold Top Dog

     Exactly what everyone else has said.

     Then you have the free method, "YES!" instead of clicking say the word "YES!" in a cheerful tone.  It's a one syllabol word you can get out fast.  I had entire training classes we used "YES!" instead.  It works just the same.