yup I use a clicker to train behaviours too, and it is wonderful! The click is a noise that's actually been proven to stimulate the instinctual part of their brains, giving a far more instant 'YES!!' reaction than a verbal marker, which gives for very fast very precise training! I too switch to a verbal 'yes' marker as the behaviour is trained, simply cos I don't always have my clicker on me! But for the inital training, nothing beats it. A very useful tool!
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