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Few months before Diesel arrived, I was surfing the net for all sorts of dog information and bumped into a site that talked about clicker training. It sounded very intriguing and having studied some psychology long time ago I was already familiar with behaviourism and Skinner. I decided to learn more about clicker training. I thought operant conditioning and positive reinforcement sounded good and make sense, but of course, I doubted I could stick to it only, sounded like *a lot* of work and trouble.. Maybe I'll try it with some things. However, the more I read, the more convinced I was. By the time Diesel arrived, I had read as much as I could find about clicker training on the net, had ordered few clicker training books, had several clickers and even a homemade target stick and was determined to train my puppy with this method.

I had, naturally, imagined how this new puppy would learn everything in a split second because I somehow would be The Greatest Clicker Trainer By Nature. Things were not that smooth however *grin*. Transferring all that theory into practice with a 7 weeks old Labrador puppy was anything but easy and soon I was feeling miserable. Nonetheless, I didn't give up and after some guidance things started to roll and I can honestly say clicker training is magical and above all FUN. It won't do wonders overnight but it helps you know your dog so much better and guess what, both you and your dog will love it!

I decided to put our training diary online. This is not scientifically detailed diary, rather an emotional one; full of trial and error but don't let my occasional despair fool you, we both love every second of our clicker sessions! I'm hoping it might even help some others starting out.
Laura

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