From: Natural Awakenings Lansing Mid-Michigan November, 2011 Edition Dawn Pizzoferrato, owner of Arrow Dog Training, offers clicker training classes for dogs of all breeds and sizes in groups on Wednesday evenings at AnnaBelle’s Pet Station and privately through in-home training. Certified as a dog trainer through the Animal Behavior College, she says, “My focus has […]
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What is “Shaping” and Why Should You Use This Training Technique With Your Dog?
Saturday, July 10th, 2010By: Dawn Archer Pizzoferrato, ABCDT, Owner of Arrow Dog Training So what is this thing called “shaping”? Some in the dog training world use the term “shaping” to describe any training that increases a response in small increments, even though they may get the response by luring, force, verbal instruction, environmental manipulation, or other external […]
Why Clicker Training?
Monday, August 24th, 2009Author: Dawn Archer Pizzoferrato, ABCDT owns Arrow Dog Training and offers dog training classes at AnnaBelle’s Pet Station. Usually the first question I am asked when tell people I offer clicker training is, “what is clicker training?” The answer to that is simple…It’s a dog training method using a clicker to mark the desired behavior. […]