clicker training

There are times when I'm still doubtful. I don't know why I am strangely reluctant. One of few reasons I can think of is that there are so many resources out there, books, television, the Internet.

Shock collar trainer tells client she is using a "clicker."

MIT research: When success is reinforced, physical changes in neurons observed that enable fast learning. No such changes observed in non-rewarded behavior.

Clicker-trained Crocodiles

Last month at the Bronx Zoo in New York Melissa Nelson, who is curator of all things behavioral, took me to see what’s been accomplished by the reptile keepers.

They have four species of crocodiles, and all are clicker trained.