Training

Small dogs also "need gentle, positive obedience training." A trainer as well as an award-winning pet writer, Arden is "a firm believer in clicker training" because, she said, it's easy, and it works.

Clicker training has grown up on the Internet, through the communications of trainers from all walks of life meeting online and discussing their trials and their joys. Now there are a variety of clicker training discussions groups, including at least one for every species and application imaginable. These online groups are populated with wonderful folks who are eager to help their fellow animal lovers. Many of us subscribe to a subset of these lists, and want to stay keep up with what's going on—but sometimes it's difficult to find time to keep up with all the reading. What's a clicker trainer to do?