Your first time.

There is a first time for everything. Including clicking your clicker. So click it as many times as you want when you first get it. Away from your dog in another area of your house. If you are like me, you may like to fiddle with buttons. Click it as many times as you want and get your fix, because after this, the click sound will have a meaning to your dog and mean a reward is coming every time you use it.

Start with a command your dog already knows and has been taught without the clicker. Im going to assume your dog has been taught to sit already, without the use of a clicker.

Thats right, put your shiny new clicker away, but just for a second. Ask your dog to sit. If it helps your dog obey, but a leash on their collar so they will pay more attention to you. (Most of the time just a well fitted buckle collar or martingale collar is fine.) CLICK once and reward with a treat. We are getting your dog used to the idea of the the click cuing the desired behavior.

A dog will know they are doing the desired behavior right, because she already knows how to sit. She will soon start to associate the click with the food coming next.

A note about the food you use- use something special that your dog will want to work for.