So we've been starting to clicker train Nova, and he's doing amazing. But i have one question. While he obeys all commands he likes to bark or sass back while doing the command. Now, it is not all the time, only occasionally. At this point we treat either way. I tried to condition him today to do the commands without him making sounds but sometimes he gets really frustrated and it ruins the whole session. Is it ok to just reward when he obeys the command and just train out the vocal later? Like i said, it's random, usually he does it without it. Maybe it's when hes getting tired? Our sessions are only like 15 min or so, and we usually stop when hes getting antsy when we see it. What do you guys and gals think?

If you don't want him to bark then don't reward him when he barks, it will be a lot easier to train it out now then later. Also, 15 mins is a long time for a puppy, I usually don't go over 5 minutes, not to say that you can't take a short break, maybe another 5 minutes or a little longer and do 5 more minutes of training, but I think 15 mins is too much all at once.