Clicker Training Workshops

Clicker training has now become a familiar part of dog training. It gives us simple clarity communicating with dogs, it allows us to teach simple behaviours exquisitely, and complex behaviours that amaze. The more we discover the more we realise that the dogs are the super learners and we are just along for the ride. Dogs welcome from 16 weeks old, no upper age limit.

... more about clicker training

Our courses aim to teach you clicker training that can be used for any dog in your future. The Clicker Trainers Course begins with:

Introduction Days A & B, followed by the

Clicker Trainer Super Trainer Workshops a five workshop course, you can attend single days or book for the course.

Advanced Clicker Trainers Week

Clicker training can give you wonderful and unique quality time with your dog, exploring all the fascinating techniques and developing a real sense of achievement. Clicker training is also becoming an essential skill in communication with all animals and you can progress to Certification with the Learning About Dogs Competency Assessment Programme (CAP). Assessment days are held regularly at Wagmore or you can present your evidence for video assessment.

Clicker Training courses are also available as online COLLAR Courses

Introduction Days

No previous experience is required to attend the course

Introduction to Clicker Training. Day A

Learning how clicker training works. It appears simple in principle but demands development of mechanical skills. This workshops will cover: 

• Rewards: the different types, preparation of food, safe delivery, the visual click, and how much to use to be effective.
• The difference between rewards and bribery and at the same time teach self control for food.
• Learning to use the Clicker and setting up games for practicing.
• Basic free shaping experience for both you and your dog

Introduction to Clicker Training. Day B

Following Day A, your skills will be developed

• Looking at the development of clicker training, how it can be applied in many situations with many different types of animals - including people!
• The role of targets, what makes a target, how to teach targeting. The Target stick: use safely and clearly, and using good skills.
• Building duration, developing a behaviour for longer and adding more strength.
• Changing a cue, add a cue. Our language to call upon the behaviours we have taught.

Completion of these two days should provide sufficient skills to prepare for CAP1 Assessment.

Clicker Trainer Super Trainer

with Kay Laurence

Clicker training has now become a familiar part of dog training. It gives us simple clarity communicating with dogs, it allows us to teach simple behaviours exquisitely and complex behaviours that amaze. The more we discover the more we realise that the dogs are the super learners and we are just along for the ride. Dogs welcome from 16 weeks old, no upper age limit.

• Workshop 1: Building your super learner: where choice becomes the power circuit, creating an inexhaustible desire to learn. Taking nature's gift and shaping
• Workshop 2: Creating a range of tools: targets, patterns, cues. Getting the structure for your path ahead. Good disciplines, easy techniques, practice protocols.
• Workshop 3: Adding the passion and power. Acquisition with energy, examining the small detail that makes the learning structure strong.
• Workshop 4: Reaching for the sky. Complex behaviour chains taught in simple stages, using behaviours to affect emotional responses. Exploring your dogs learning capacity.
• Workshop 5: Flying into outer space: Where no trainers have explored before. Cutting edge discoveries, astonishing results, conceptual learning. 

The five types of workshops rotate through the year in the same order. Some familiarity with clicker training is useful. Advancing your learning is often about returning to the beginning to re-discover the subtle details in the journey.

"The voyage of discovery is not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes". All workshops will have a range of learners at different levels. The only requirement is a desire to learn and "have new eyes".

Advanced Clicker Trainers Week

with Kay Laurence

Moving your skill collection to a higher level and charging your training enthusiasm. Building your super learner: where choice becomes the power circuit, creating an inexhaustible desire to learn. Working with the toolbox: targets, patterns, cues. Getting the structure for your path ahead. Good disciplines, easy techniques, practice protocols. Adding the passion and power. Acquisition with energy, examining the small detail that makes the learning structure strong. Reaching for the sky. Complex behaviour chains taught in simple stages, using behaviours to affect emotional responses. Exploring your dogs learning capacity. Flying into outer space: Where no trainers have explored before. Cutting edge discoveries, astonishing results, conceptual learning. 

Participants need a good understanding of the clicker training principles.

Clicker Trainers Preparation for CAP Certification  - 5 days

For trainers wanting to prepare for the Competency Assessment Programme at Level 1, 2 or 3.

During the 5 days you will be assessed for the individual criteria, and where needed given guidelines and practice opportunities to improve your skills to meet the required level.
To prepare for CAP3 you must already have CAP2 before the course begins.
The training is demanding and suitable for people and dogs with some training experience and familiar with learning in this format and have the required basics of clicker training.

There will be an opportunity to be assessed during the course.