Follow Jessie’s actual progress during the first steps learning to turn on a light switch. In under 4 minutes (approx. 45 clicks), she has the main idea.
Have you considered training your own assistance or service dog? Or trying out a new trick to impress friends?
Clicker training is the best way I have found to successfully train almost any dog.
I have been asked several times for footage of a dog learning a task or being shaped for the first time so new trainers could see the actual process and know what to expect. So here it is! Lots of repetition. Note she doesn’t get clicked for any behavior she offers that I don’t want later on such as pawing, stepping on or scratching the switch plate.
The only editing was for slow periods where she scrambled for food, when I repositioned myself as I was uncomfortable or when I turned on and off the camera.
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@rocawear6i9 You …
@rocawear6i9 You are welcome. I wish we studied this when I took Psyc! Donna
Thank you for …
Thank you for sharing this! I’ve adopted my very first puppy. I’m taking him to puppy classes and socializing him. He’s 5 months old and I’m clueless but doing what I can think to do. I’m looking to connect with avalanche SAR folks to help train him for this work and get further guidance. This video was very helpful to me!
@Candorsmayhem Glad …
@Candorsmayhem Glad it was a good demo for you! D
The best example of …
The best example of clicker training I have seen. Thanks for the demo
Wow, it’s amazing, …
Wow, it’s amazing, you can almost see what he’s thinking! “Should I put my paw on the wood? No… Maybe if I- Yes! Treat!”
I’m going to try this with my cat, just started conditioning her tonight, and when she heard the clicker in the video she came running. (maybe I’ll have to use headphones from now on)
Thanks so much for …
Thanks so much for posting this. It is really helpful to me as I begin the journey of training a very busy, smart, and stubborn terrier.
@supernaturalbc2008 …
@supernaturalbc2008 There was a “Big Bang Theory” episode devoted to exactly this. It was hilarious and something my girlfriend discovered that I do to her. LoL
Why do you have he …
Why do you have he light switch on the floor? How do you get one? Answer please!
thumbs up this …
thumbs up this comment if this video made you kick a squirrel.
im studying this in …
im studying this in psychology! this is pretty cool lol. thanks for the upload
Wow, this was so …
Wow, this was so helpful! Thank you so much for this video! I want to train service dogs someday, so this is really inspiring and helpful in the training of my current (and very first) dog. Thanks!!
Jessie is both smart and adorable :3
@shteffeh Glad it …
@shteffeh Glad it helped! I sure wish we were taught this stuff at university! I know my animal behavior experiment/term paper would have been very different had I known about Operant Conditioning!
I’m revising for my …
I’m revising for my animal training module at university and was having difficulty getting my head around using the clicker as a reinforcer, this video has been a brilliant demonstration thanks!
Super job! Very …
Super job! Very well shown and explained. Thank you!
my dog can do this. …
my dog can do this… I’ll be posting videos of her when shes trained and when I get a new web cam. mine is broken now.
@MrTazz1000 The …
@MrTazz1000 The first all dogs need to be taught is food zen! Then you go from there!
wow my 3 month old …
wow my 3 month old lab would savage the open pot of treats lol
My puppy is already …
My puppy is already 10 weeks, he already knows sit & down & sleep (for naptime if hes too hyper). I am trying find out how I can train him to alert me sounds because I want to able train him as my hearing assistance dog… so its kinda complex bc I am deaf…any suggestion?
awesome! my dog …
good video though! 
awesome! my dog knows how to turn on the lights, but we have difernrt light switches, and he cant use his nose for them, but he is a small dog, so he uses his paws to turn on and off the lights
@noe2rs Ha. Ha. …
@noe2rs Ha. Ha. Aren’t they? Especially when they know what you are doing! LOL!
Great video–I’ve …
Great video–I’ve been training dogs all my life and it still helps to see step-by-step training. Good idea on the girlfriend training…I try this with my husband all the time. They are so much tricker to train than dogs!
@bionikata Since …
@bionikata Since women are smarter than males, no doubt she is already using it on you.
great video! Thanks!
great video! Thanks!
I’ve been using it …
I’ve been using it on my kids! Lol, they think it’s great. So you could try the girlfriend.
It is truly …
It is truly astounding to watch Jessie figure the whole thing out !
That is great !