Tips on clicker training?!

I wonder whether anyone can help or share?
Vernon is such an active guy and needs lots of stimulation. I thought clicker training would be a good idea.
Checked our thread out and also some literature and it all sounds good.      
Where would I get a clicker from. I will check on the net but they say you need to find the right one, not to noisy, the right sound and so on........  
Has any of the hoppers experience in this and if so share their knowledge.
Many thanks
Vernon and Claudia   

Clicker training is something I've always wanted to try. Molly is very, very clever and I think Junior would just follow her lead, but I've never had the time to look into it properly

When we spoke about it on here last someone suggested using a pen with a clicker for sensitive bunny ears, as opposed to a proper clicker. I tried it around Molly and Junior a few times but that's about as far as I got

We should do this together!!!

Thumper2001 wrote:When we spoke about it on here last someone suggested using a pen with a clicker for sensitive bunny ears, as opposed to a proper clicker. I tried it around Molly and Junior a few times but that's about as far as I got

We should do this together!!!

   
Ohh yes please. Had a look at clickers and there is about 20 pages of them on google. Some seem to be louder and others have got different clicks to them. It certainly sounds like hopping fun.   
Can you remember where you got yours from?

I have never tried a clicker and maybe I should because my bunnies have never taken any notice of discipline I have tried to exercise   

Please let me know how your bunnies get on with one.

Hugs
JO xx

I have a clicker I got on ebay for a few ££. I just went for the cheapest one! I've not actually tried it yet...

Its one of these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dog-Training-Clicker-Trainer-Teaching-Tool-Dogs-Puppy-Cats-Horse-Bird-Click-Pet-/291197157201?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Kitchen_Washing_Machines_Dryers&var=&hash=item43ccb3ff51

I gave up, so im not the best person to ask! I did however teach them to come back to their cage on command, simply by making kissing noises and shaking a tub of treats. Eventually they made the association and i just had to make kissy noises.

marleyNfriends wrote:I gave up, so im not the best person to ask! I did however teach them to come back to their cage on command, simply by making kissing noises and shaking a tub of treats. Eventually they made the association and i just had to make kissy noises.

Same! I shout 'bunnies' and make kissy noises   I do sometimes still need to combine it with rattling treats or herb bags!

marleyNfriends wrote:I gave up, so im not the best person to ask! I did however teach them to come back to their cage on command, simply by making kissing noises and shaking a tub of treats. Eventually they made the association and i just had to make kissy noises.

Now that is interesting. Vernon will command to his little plastic tub filled with treats when I rattle it or the big tub with his pellets. Straight away! He seemd sensitive to noises when I got him. The big no nos: Hoover, lawn mower, g tech, clapping hands, dog barking. On the other side any noise a little more gentle like kissing, cooing, the cats miaowing or purring will get a positive response. OH tells me that he now responses to me coming home and will hear the car about 2 minutes before I arrive, getting a
Erred ears up, paras coping and so on. Clever boy if mummy comes home there may be some noms involved    
He also loves to listen to the radio. Not loudly but gentle sounds in the background he enjoyes. So if I go for longer shifts he gets classic fm or radio 4.
Is my bunny weird? Never mind, love him dearly .

c.bolduan wrote:

marleyNfriends wrote:I gave up, so im not the best person to ask! I did however teach them to come back to their cage on command, simply by making kissing noises and shaking a tub of treats. Eventually they made the association and i just had to make kissy noises.

Now that is interesting. Vernon will command to his little plastic tub filled with treats when I rattle it or the big tub with his pellets. Straight away! He seemd sensitive to noises when I got him. The big no nos: Hoover, lawn mower, g tech, clapping hands, dog barking. On the other side any noise a little more gentle like kissing, cooing, the cats miaowing or purring will get a positive response. OH tells me that he now responses to me coming home and will hear the car about 2 minutes before I arrive, getting a
Erred ears up, paras coping and so on. Clever boy if mummy comes home there may be some noms involved    
He also loves to listen to the radio. Not loudly but gentle sounds in the background he enjoyes. So if I go for longer shifts he gets classic fm or radio 4.
Is my bunny weird? Never mind, love him dearly .

Bless him. Not weird at all!! ...if he responds to the treats, use that as your basis for training. It makes things much easier in the long run! I taught all of our dogs using hand signals and the odd treat as a reward, and it took me an awful long time to teach them using clicker training as they were already conditioned the other way. As i had the clickers, i thought id have a go with the buns, but as i said, i gave up

I'd love to try this but Willow gets a bit 'bull in a china shop' whenever she knows there are treats about, and therefore I think she'd lack the necessary concentration

Mr Mo might respond well but I'd have to remove Willow in order to try it with him, and then he'd just be stressing about where she was and frantically looking for her...

Never mind - one day maybe!

Good luck if you do try it with Vernon xx

Holly doesn't have a hutch but luckily she goes to bed on her own at night and once I turn the TV off she knows. A friend's bunny has just stayed with us and when it was time to swap over for free time, we just shouted "hutch" and in she went.

Hugs
Jo xx

It is not a out to get him anywhere or do anything, it will be for fun and entertainment bunny style. Got a clicker from my neighbour and all he does at the moment is looking high alert when he hears the noise. So just gentle get used to it for the moment to this lovely boy.  

i have never tried a clicker with Dougal but Sparky did suggest it to me so i may give it a try as Dougal is so clever. He responds to his name and noms or nom noms, he is so cute. I wanted to try it more for getting him into his carrier and a few things like that to help, see if I can get him to go into on command with it and teach him to hop on the sofa and back off etc. He is an active cleaver bunny.

You could use a pen, Sparky said they work just as well and saves you buying a clicker. Let us know if you do try it and what the outcome is, I may do same with Dougal.

Please keep us updated, it will be lovely to read about the fun you will have with him.  

Hugs
JO xx

I think,he is scared of the clicker I got.if I used it it's all ears up in high alert.
Maybe try a pen for a few days.
He still loves his treats, I guess that's good news?!?