There are many ways to potty train a dog. Some of them work and some of them don’t. This is normal since practically everything is trial and error! In this article, I will show you a simple but very effective method of potty training your dog.
The method I want to introduce to you is called clicker training. What the heck is clicker training? This type of training is a practical application of operational conditioning and an effective scientific method of behavior modification for training any animal, even dogs. Make no mistake, this is not another fad in dog training. As I said before, it is highly effective not only for dogs but for any type of animal!
It includes the use of a small cheap plastic noise generator generally called a clicker to notice a dog’s good behavior and compensate for it with food or any other available compensation. The main reason this is a very effective method is its accuracy. You must bear in mind that time is very important in dog training, that is why it is very effective. When you click, the dog realizes that everything he did was rewarded, that means it was okay, so he wants to repeat it.
This method helps you shape your dog’s behavior pattern perfectly. It helps to eliminate the wrong behavior from the correct one, simply because any behavior for which the dog is not rewarded, he feels that it is not correct and gives up on it. It’s really fun!