It's interesting how sometimes, I find myself explaining clicker training to someone and doing that this question pops into my head, thing I haven actually thought about before and I realize I have no answer to it and have no idea why is something happening. And I realize how I don't understand clicker training as well as i thought I did.
so, the question is: If one of the ways to get rid of the unwanted behavior is to put it on cue, i.e. when you put a behavior on cue it's not supposed to occur unless you give a cue, how come my dog still sits and lies down? For example, I captured my 'settle and relax' and it's been put on cue. But, my dog will still lay down and relax when bored or whatever. Why?
I wouldn't say my training was bad, my dog lays and relaxes when I tell him to, but he does that even when I don't tell him too. And that kind of contradicts the theory I started with. I've seen advice on getting rid of alarm barking by putting it on cue.. but why wouldn't dog continue doing it even when he's not provided with a cue, the same thing he's doing with a down?
I'm really confused here, so I would appreciate some help...
