It is important to understand that the clicker gives the dog information. The clicker also acts as a bridging signal, bridging the behaviour with the reward, while the click can be inherently rewarding to the dog, it is best not to weaken the power of the clicker, reward your dog with a treat every time you click. What happens after the click is not important as the click ends the behaviour. Don't ask your dog to do anything, just click and treat, after a short while, if the treats are really good, you should see your dog alert when you click, you now have your conditioned reinforcer. The basic unit of weaving is two poles, so to start our dog we have to shape the behaviour of weaving through two poles.
All behaviours are homogenious for easy backchaining.
We get the basic weave behaviour first, the cue goes on a known weaving behaviour. Eliminates superstitious cues . The finished behaviour of weaving is independant of the number of poles. With your clicker and tasty treats at the ready, your dog off lead, you are ready to start. S et up two units of poles, place the new unit in front of the one used in Step 3.