Category: Horse Training

    2010 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference

    I’m sick and it won’t stop raining, but wow! What a great weekend. I spent the weekend at the 2010 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference, which was hosted by ORCA, an animal training lab in the behavior analysis department at the University of North Texas.
    (I will be adding my notes from the [...]

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    Category: Fish TrainingYoutube Videos

    Fish Training Progress

    Here’s where Blaze and I are at after about 10 days of training.

    Category: Dog Training

    Rainy Day Fun.

     
    It rained all day Wednesday. 
    And most of the day Thursday. 
    Then, it rained all day today. 
    Ginger usually spends most of the day outside, so it was a pretty lousy week, in her opinion. So, we decided to have a bit of fun this afternoon.

    What's New: December 2009

    I've recently updated the layout of the site! Let me know what you think or if you encounter any bugs.


    Check out the third edition of the Clicker Carnival HERE for some great articles related to positive animal training.


    I've recently added quite a few new videos to vimeo. See some training in action by clicking HERE

Best of Last Month (Jan 2010)

Shaping behaviors in a goldfish using clicker training

Blaze is my star fish who I've been clicker training. (Actually, err, he's a goldfish, but he is a star ...

Ginger Takes a Bow

Using clicker training, Ginger dog has recently learned how to bow! I've included a short video clip at the bottom ...

Stale Cheerios: The Best of 2009

These are some of my favorite posts from 2009. I've picked a few of the ones I enjoyed writing the ...

Horse Training

Halter Training Success with Daisy and Gatsby

aisy and Gatsby, the two new horses we recently brought over to the rescue’s main property, had their first session wearing halters yesterday. (You can read more about Daisy and Gatsby, and our adventures trailer loading two not halter trained horses in this post.) I worked with both of them together for about an hour [...]

Dog Training

Ginger Plays Doggie Hide and Seek (video)

On the Rewarding Behaviors Forum, we’re discussing Madison Moore’s seven seeking games this week. The seven seeking games are a set of activities she’s put together that make indoor training fun and interesting for you and your dog. (And as I discussed yesterday, training should be fun!) The games get progressively harder so that you [...]

Book and DVD Reviews

We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee (book review)

I just finished reading We Bought a Zoo, by Benjamin Mee. What an entertaining book! This book is the true story of one daring English family that spent their life savings to buy an old, dilapidated zoo. The zoo has been shut down due to having it’s license revoked and is rife with problems, from [...]

Carnival

Clicker Carnival #5

Welcome to the February 2010 edition of the clicker carnival. Below you’ll find a collection of great blog articles related to positive animal training. There are some great stories, as well as a few intriguing posts that I hope will really get you thinking. Check them all out and if you blog, we’d love for [...]