Mid-Atlantic Border Collie Rescue

Welcome. We have done our best to compile good educational materials regarding Border Collies, canine health and well being, sports involving dogs, training and behaviour as well as other topics we feel may be of interest to visitors to our website. Should you have suggestions for links, articles or reading material to add to our site, please contact us. We welcome authors to submit works to be published on our page as well.

Jack, is seen to the right, training with Renee Premaza. Click here to learn how clicker training saved the life of this agressive Border Collie.

Clicker training is a form of operant conditioning. A dog (or other animal, such as a dolphin, or a cat, etc.) who is being clicker trained learns that he can manipulate his trainer into giving him a treat by doing a particular behavior. A clicker is a small plastic box with a metal clicker in the center. When you push on the clicker, it sounds just like a cricket. When a trainer uses the clicker, he is looking for a specific behavior and offers the treat as the dog's reward for complying. It is one of the most positive ways to train an animal and requires absolutely no punishment or correction of any kind. When the dog becomes so familiar with clicker training, he will actually work more for the click than the treat. The click is consistent sounding praise.

General Clicker Training Links:

• Gary Wilkes Click and Treat Training Site
• http://www.clickersolutions.com/ A wealth of info & articles on clicker training. Also has statewide listing of clicker trainers.
• http://www.clickertraining.com/ Great information and you can purchase clickers.
• Karen Pryor’s site
• View a video of a puppy clicker class
• Clicker Training Read how clicker training was used with an agressive Border Collie
• A Lesson in Clicker Training By Terri Wilkes, Volunteer for MABCR and Caroline Co. Humane Society, Inc.

Clicker Training Trainers

“The listing of trainers and training places is not an endorsement by MABCR, but for informational purposes only. It's always a good idea to check references.”

Pennsylvania

The following Dog Sports Club is located in Wyndmoor, just north of Philadelphia, PA. Y2K9s uses Operant Conditioning in the form commonly known as “Clicker Training” as the basis for instruction at all levels and in all arenas.

Web site: http://www.y2k9s.net/