November 9th, 2011 
admin Question by sunny: Clicker training a puppy to ‘come’? People with clicker training experience only!?
if i am planning on clicker training my new puppy and I was wondering when you are teaching them ‘come’ do you CLICK as soon as they start toward you or wait till they get to you?
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Answer by letterstoheather
http://www.ehow.com/how_4540609_teach-dog-using-clicker.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Simple-Steps-to-Teaching-Your-Dog-to-Come-Back-to-You-Every-Time&id=2300420
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I was taught to point down to the floor right in front of you and then click. If they start for you click once more and then pet him or give him a treat. trainers have many different ways for this, i think this way is the more effective way.
Or you can click once you’ve called and they come to you. The reason i say this is because you wont always have the clicker around, by calling their name they respond to it either way.
I have used a clicker for several years however I have never used it for a recall. When you click this denotes the end of an exercise, consequently if you click before your dog gets to you, you will have to give it a treat immediately. In theory this will work if at first you click as your dog starts coming towards you, then get her to come closer each time. Finally you must withhold the click until your dog is close to you.
Clicker training is fantastic, don’t mess around, buy a book and watch videos etc., Lots of people criticise the clicker simply because they are incapable of understanding the concept of this. Clicker training speeds up the training and it’s kind. I have some info in my archives on how to condition a dog to the clicker. email me if you want me to send this to you.
Clicker training is a fantastic way to train your dog, what I do is say to my puppy “come” I raise my arm, and have a treat in this hand, then when he gets to me, I click, then treat it works every time, send him away each time and practise this recall.
The quick answer is, as soon as they start coming towards you.
The longer answer is: Break up the behavior and work in small increments. I like to teach a “whiplash turn” as the first step in a recall with puppies (or adults for that matter). This means that I say the puppies name, and he just barely starts to turn his head, and that is when I click. This makes for an incredibly immediate response.
Once I start getting the whiplash turn, I start adding distance. Whereas I start with doing the whiplash turn standing or sitting next to the pup, now I start moving a couple of feet away, and then adding more distance. Each click is followed by reinforcement- food treats, or playing with you, delivered close to you.
After I have gotten to about 12 feet away, I do start varying where I click- most will be immediate, but occasionally I’ll start delaying till the pup has taken a step or two. So out of 10 reps, 8 or 9 will be when the dog does the whiplash turn, and one will be at a different point in the process.