Originally posted by clara4457
If Tikeya gets frustrated when she is learning a new trick, you probably want to break it down into smaller parts.

First you have to establish the relationship between the click and a treat - spend a couple of days doing 3 - 5 minute sessions where you just click - treat, click - treat, click treat.

Then when you are ready to train the behavior - write down how you can break it into parts. Something like this

Step 1 - Dog turns head in correct direction - reward

Step 2 - Dog starts moving in that direction - reward

Step 3 - Dog does a quarter turn in that direction - reward

Step 4 - Dog does a half turn in that direction - reward

Step 5 - Dog does a 3/4 turn in that direction - reward

Step 6 - Dog does full turn - reward - jackpot

Not these steps do not need to happen in the same training session. You might work for 1 session clicking and treating the head turn then the next session waiting for her to turn the correct direction and taking a step before you click and treat and so on.

One thing you must do is always end training sessions on a positive note. If she is having trouble at any stage, back up to the previous one and work on it some more. If Tikeya is getting frustrated, you might be trying to move too far too fast.

Here is a link to clicker training by Karen Pryor. There are a lot of good tips on her website.

Good Luck
what do you use for a clicker??? i havent seen any around here before...