Clicker training takes the stress out of training.  It takes responsibility for mistakes away from the dog and places them firmly on your shoulders.  Far from being a burden,  this actually gives you more control.    Here are some times when clicker training comes into its own

A calming process.   For any trainer whose patience is not his or her strong point,  learning to clicker train has the benefit of avoiding conflict between handler and dog.  There is no focus on error or mistakes,  the whole process is centred around watching for and rewarding specific actions.  It is simply impossible to get angry if you are clicker training correctly. 

For sensitive dogs.  Any dog that is overly sensitive, will benefit from clicker training.  There is no stress involved whatsoever.  To the dog it is a great game where he has to puzzle out what he needs to do to get the reward. 

For puppies.  For just the same reason the system is ideal for puppies.   Gundog trainers will often tell you to wait until your gundog is six to eight months old before you begin training.  They will tell you to let the dog be a puppy.   This is all well and good for dogs living in kennels,  but sharing a house with an untrained six month old gundog is no joke.  Nearly everyone whose dog lives indoors will start training far sooner,  and with traditional and perhaps rather forceful methods,  may well do more harm than good.  So for an early start to  training with your companion dog/gundog at home - clicker training, or training based on its principles,  may be just what you and your dog need.

For disabled handlers.  If you are physically disabled and cannot move around freely,  clicker training is a useful training tool.  With its emphasis on shaping the dog's behaviour through rewards rather than manipulating the dog the clicker training handler need not be an athlete, or even very mobile. 

For confidence building.  There may be times during your dog's training when his confidence takes a dive.  This could be because you have been pushing him to fast or  too hard.  A spell of clicker training can do  wonders to restore a dog's confidence in you and in training generally. 

For you.  When you have learnt to clicker train,  and followed the principles of the system,  you will almost certainly have a much better understanding of how all training works and how dogs learn than you did before.  Whether or not you decide to pursue the 'positive-only' route,  or to introduce occasional corrections at a later date,  you will almost certainly enjoy clicker training a skill or two  -  it is fun!

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