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Too much of this entry, especially the inclusion of TagTeach, is just an advertisement for Karen Pryor and her Sunshine Publishing company. 172.162.139.227 (talk) 11:50, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It was originally discovered and used with laboratory rats and pigeons, and later was used in training animals such as dolphins and pigeons.
Removed first instance of "and pigeons" - as it is repeated... Shedali (talk) 15:21, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Even common house cats are easily trained using clickers and treats.
It is true that cats can be clicker-trained, but the way the sentence is stated draws focus to the common misconception that "cats can't be trained", as if clicker training is a miracle training method that can train an untrainable animal. It just isn't logical to single them out like that, because it's basically promoting a concept that isn't true--that training a cat is an unusual and amazing feat. It is not. 68.205.68.57 (talk) 19:46, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"At this point the clicker is no longer needed for this behavior (e.g. stimulus control is attained). "
This is not a very accurate statement. While you may not *have* to continue using a clicker, you certainly still need to reinforce behaviors even ones under stimulus control or they will extinguish (sometimes quite quickly!) It might be useful to add information in the article about continual versus variable reinforcement schedules as these are very important concepts in using positive reinforcement methods, particularly in situations when continual reinforcement and/or use of the clicker is not possible and/or desired. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryjo313 (talk • contribs) 00:52, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
addition to external links
An interesting lecture by Bart Weetjens about rats he TAG-trained to find land-mines is available at TED.com
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