I've always wanted to clicker train but I have limited strength in my hands and I always found the bloomin things too hard to click! I've tried just about every one on the market and none of them were any good, so I gave up. Recently I approached a lady about starting agility. She asked if I clicker trained, when I said I didn't she said that would (understandably) make life harder.

I mentioned this to a friend and she suggested the clicker+. That looks much more promising as the sounds are digital so I would have thought you wouldn't need the pressure you need with a conventional clicker? Then I *thought* I'd tried the i-click but upon reading the spec in full I'm not so sure I have (or maybe I was trying it on the "loud" setting)

So, do any of you have a Clicker+ and if so what do you think of it, how much resistance does the button give when you push it, how long do the batteries last and where did you get yours?

And for those of you that have/have tried the I-Click is it noticeably easier to press than other clickers (clicker+ excepted)?

I thought I may get both but as the Clicker+ is expensive and doesn't seem to be available anywhere I could try it first I thought I'd ask here first!

I'm told that clicking a ballpoint pen (the sort with the retractable nib) is just as effective.

There are loads of differnt types of clickers, and you don't even need a clicker to clicker train, any novel noise will do, some people with noise sensitive dogs use a ball point pen that clicks, as long as you pair the sound with food like you do with a normal clicker it makes very little difference what you use. Some people even use a word, the most important thing is how you use it. A clicker is good because it does make a sound that you wouldn't really hear at ther times though.  I haven't used the one you mention, but the i-click is quite good as its a raised button and can even be operated by your foot if you stand on it. I've also tried the smiley face and bug clickers available from training lines and these hardly need any pressure at all to work.

Jeangenie you got there first! :-)

I use an i-click which I find very easy to use, partly because of the shape - it's quite ergonomic and fits in the palm very well.   I generally use it attached it to a wrist strap which means that I can't drop it or get it gunged up with the treats in my pocket.  If I don't have it with me but want to mark a desirable behaviour I click my tongue for a similar sound - a handy skill!!

I was given a copy of the the Karen Pryor book and the previous owner also gave me a 'metal box' type clicker which I couldn't get on with at all, it was too resistant, too loud, and had to be in a particular position to work properly.  The i-click is much more forgiving, for instance you can push it against your leg to click it.

My training class supplies them but I would imagine eBay is another option if it's difficult to find a UK stockist.  The Karen Pryor site does international postage too.

Or, have you thought of using a whistle? :-)

Just click your tongue, snap your fingers or click your heels!  Cheap, easy and you generally don't forget to take them with you when you go out and about!!  :-D

Yes, I use a clicker for two of my dogs, but click my tongue for the other - she didn't like the clicker sound much but I can alter the loudness of clicking my tongue :-D

I am a tongue clicker too :)
It was taught to me looong before I had ever heard of 'clickers'or that they were even readily available so have always used this method.
The only problem is somewhere down the line I accompanied it with a very cheesy wink which I can't stop and didn't even realise I did until being filmed at our Dog training school (the shame!) I looked like Guido the Sleazey Waiter!!

> The only problem is somewhere down the line I accompanied it with a very cheesy wink which I can't stop and didn't even realise I did until being filmed at our Dog training school (the shame!) I looked like Guido the Sleazey Waiter!!

ROLFL   can just picture this

:-D :-D

I just use clicker words. Lots of people use "yes", mine is "good".