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When training, it is important to keep in mind that one of your jobs is to break down the behaviors you are teaching into smaller steps. You may not realize that the dog has a job too: to offer behaviors. This means that the dog is willing to move around and experiment a little to see what will cause you to click.

This video excerpted from The Shape of Bow Wow: Shaping Behaviors and Adding Cues:

Learn to shape behavior and put it on cue— the most fundamental skills in clicker training— from the creators of the popular and award-winning Bow Wow Videos.

This video includes:

• An overview of clicker training
• Clicker timing and treat delivery exercises
• How to shape behaviors (including the human shaping game)
• Designing a shaping plan
• How to get a dog to offer behaviors (including