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Using Rewards

Pick up a few tips on what you can use to motivate your dog and keep his attention when you are [...]

Clicker Lesson #4

This lesson covers teaching your dog to target a moving object. It is a helpful step towards teaching a dog to heel or walk on a loose leash using clicker training. [...]

Critics Challenge

Dominance and coercion versus rewards in dog training (from LiveScience.com):

“…many dog trainers and behavior experts criticize [the 'Dog Whisperer'], advocating a gentler approach to training that replaces coercion and physical behavior corrections with food rewards and other forms of positive reinforcement. They point to new studies that have placed the two popular dog-training [...]

I'm Hungry, Let's Talk about Food!

Selecting the right dog food can be a full time chore, but in this column we’ll give you some pointers to make picking a healthy dog food easier. [...]

Clicker Lesson #3

Fly doing a hand touch

HAND TARGET:  Lets get the dog to do something.  How about touch your hand with his nose?  Teaching your dog to touch something with his nose can be really really helpful and is a must for all service dogs.

1. Flash your empty hand a few inches in front of your [...]

Clicker Lesson #1 & 2

This is an introduction to some clicker training [...]

Curious about Clicker

Would you believe you don’t need a clicker to clicker [...]

How are we doing?

Speaking about positive training methods, if  you have taken a class at Chaar, please write in and let us know how it went.  We’d love to hear from you.