My advisor, Dr. Rosales-Ruiz will be giving a 2-day seminar in Missouri this summer. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the science of clicker training and animal training. Registration for the seminar opened recently and, as I understand, it is filling up fast. Here’s some information about the seminar that was posted […]
How many rats can you fit in a Kleenex box? Apparently, three rats! Here’s just a fun picture from yesterday. I went to check on the girls and all three of them were curled up in a Kleenex box together. They do all three fit, although I will say that they look a bit squished. […]
I’ve started teaching Amy to use my iPad! Actually, this is really a project I started on about two years ago. In 2011, I worked some on teaching Ginger, my parent’s dog, to use my iPad. Although she did learn to touch a square button on the iPad, we never really progressed past that point. […]
Here’s Willy Wonka, the pot-bellied pig that I wrote about in yesterday’s post. He was such a smarty and caught on to clicker training so fast. He had clicker training and targeting mastered in about five minutes flat! I started with a short session introducing him to the sound of the clicker and then clicking […]
My friend Bonnie volunteers at a nearby sanctuary for farm animals. Last weekend, I got a chance to go with her and visit the animals! We also did a bit of training while we were there. The sanctuary has an assortment of critters, including pigs, horses, donkeys, sheep, chickens, and a few dogs and cats. […]
This post is part of my notes from the 2013 Stamford, Connecticut ClickerExpo. ClickerExpo is 3-day conference for positive animal trainers that is organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. For the rest of the notes in this series, please visit my Conference and Clinics Notes page. The second session I attended at ClickerExpo was another […]
