This session seemed to be the most important for Reggie especially since he started a week late. This was due to the fact that the first cat I was training was unable to finish the clicker training. Reggie had never been associated with the clicker so the first few times he seemed confused and didn't want anything to do with it. Clicker conditioning is where a secondary reinforcer (clicker) is paired with a primary reinforcer (soft cat treats). This signals to Reggie that he's doing the correct behavior. With the free shaping part of the lesson he at first was confused, but after a while he understood that I wanted his free shaping to be “look”. Free shaping is considered building a new behavior by selecting an existing behavior and reinforcing that behavior to increase or strengthen
This session seemed to be the most important for Reggie especially since he started a week late. This was due to the fact that the first cat I was training was unable to finish the clicker training. Reggie had never been associated with the clicker so the first few times he seemed confused and didn't want anything to do with it. Clicker conditioning is where a secondary reinforcer (clicker) is paired with a primary reinforcer (soft cat treats). This signals to Reggie that he's doing the correct behavior. With the free shaping part of the lesson he at first was confused, but after a while he understood that I wanted his free shaping to be “look”. Free shaping is considered building a new behavior by selecting an existing behavior and reinforcing that behavior to increase or strengthen