Are You Clicker Training, or Training with a Clicker?is a great article by Kathy Sdao. I like it because it addresses the fact that just because a trainer uses a clicker, they are not necessarily a clicker trainer. I have found in my consulting that some clients have been led to believe that it is the clicker that does the training – not the person behind the clicker. In our classes, we discuss that the clicker is not magic. The person using the clicker needs to understand a variety of elements including operant conditioning, the importance of timing and how to take small steps in their training to achieve positive results.  Training is a mechanical skill and needs to be practiced and refined – thus, just because a trainer is using a clicker does not necessarily mean they understand clicker training.