[Ayoka]

How do you mean not treating until end of work? With more clicker savvy dogs I find you CAN extend the time between cick and treat however 1 click still = 1 treat - that's the power of clicker training. For trials you need to fade clicker and treats simultaneously or eventually the clicker will come to mean nothing to the dog. You would fade both clicker and treat using a variable reinforcement schedule AND by reinforcing things randomly through the routine.

The more I work with clicker training the more I think it gets a bad (i.e. I have tried it and it doesn't work for my dog) because people apply the principles improperly and then become unsatisfied with the results. My guess is that your instructor didn't take "sides" because she herself does not fully understand the method? I know in the classes I attend clicking without treating would be noticed and get a reaction from the instructor like "hey remember if you click you promise to treat".