Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregg Flowers Question: We just got a puppy and I have a friend who swears by something called "clicker training." What is clicker ...

You may be familiar with clicker training for dogs but did you know that clicker training for cats is recommended by many feline professionals? It’s a popular misconception that cats are untrainable.

Believe or not, the independent canines and felines in our lives can be trained. "Many people are surprised to find that training cats is not that hard," explains Julie Posluns, principal and teacher ...

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 ...

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.

Training used a method called "shaping" or "successive approximations" in which the dog is rewarded for behaviors that get closer and closer to what they finally have to learn to do. The task they ...

Here are 8 of the best puppy training apps on Android and iOS: Dogo, Woofz, Puppr, Doggy Time, DogLog, Pupford, Pocket Puppy School, and GoDog. Each app offers unique features such as clicker training ...

Clicker training has been a popular form of training for decades and is used in zoos, aquariums, and shelters. Only a handful of studies have investigated the efficacy of the clicker-training method ...

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 ...