Your video should show you training a dog a behavior that the dog does not already know using clicker training. We are interested in your training mechanics not the dog’s finished performance. We do not expect to see a finished, fluent and generalized behavior in this short video.
A simple behavior usually works best. For example, targeting a lid, hand, sticky or another item with a nose or paw(s); performing a chin rest on your hand or couch. You can generalize a skill, for instance, if the dog was previously trained to touch your hand with their nose, you can show training the dog to touch a spoon instead.
If you happen to already have video that shows you training a dog a behavior that the dog does not already know using clicker training (for instance, on social media) and the video meets the criteria, you are welcome to submit it by providing the link.
Your video should be approximately 2 min. long and show:
- You training the dog the entire time.
- You marking with a clicker and rewarding desired behavior.
- You adjusting criteria appropriately as per the dog’s responses.
Your video should NOT show no reward markers (no “uhuh,” “ack” or other similar verbalizations).
Preferred method of sharing video: upload the video to Dropbox, Google Drive or YouTube and put the link to the video in your application.