Why Click?

You’ve heard about clicker training but aren’t sure what the fuss is all about… Find out why people across the world are turning to clicker training to train their animals, in this short, informative course.

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Meet your instructor

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Meet your instructor ✳

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Michelle Martiya

Michelle is a certified dog trainer, certified exotic animal trainer, and the Chair of the Equid Committee for the Pet Professional Guild, an organization dedicated to promoting ethical, force-free animal care and training.

With over 10 years of experience training dogs, equids, and exotic animals, Michelle coaches both pet owners and other animal training professionals in resolving problem behaviors and training via positive reinforcement.

What you’ll learn

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  • Learn everything you need to know about clicker training before you try it with your animals.

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  • Learn about all of the different marker signals that you can use instead of a clicker.

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  • Learn how to introduce a marker signal to your animals through classical and operant conditioning.

Course FAQ

  • This course is just an overview of what clicker training is and why/how we use it. It’s not a how-to but if you decide you want to clicker train your animals after taking the course, I can help you!

  • If you don’t know anything about clicker training yet but plan on training your animals, then this course is for you! You’ll finish this course with a solid understanding of how clicker training works and why you’ll want to use it in training your animals.

  • This is a short course that should take you less than an hour to complete. Of course, you have access to it forever, so you can come back to it at any time!