Wow! I can’t believe that 2011 is already over. What a busy year. I finished my first year of graduate school and started my second, spent another great summer living at the horse rescue, and had lots of fun training all my animals. As I’ve done the past two years, I’ve gone through and collected [...]
Stale Cheerios: Best of 2010
It’s late January, but I still wanted to put together a short Best of 2010 list. This post features the 10 best posts of last year. I picked most of the posts on this list because of the number of hits and comments they received–I know you all really enjoyed reading them. They are also [...]
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 most, as well as some of your favorites–posts that got the most views and the most comments. Let me know if I’ve left any of your favorites off the list! If you are a newer [...]
Submit to the October Clicker Carnival
Do you blog about positive animal training? Submit your favorite blog post from September to the October edition of the Clicker Carnival, the only blog carnival specifically for clicker trainers. All submissions related to positive training are welcome, from personal training stories, to how-to articles and videos, to product and book reviews. Read more about [...]
Laurie Luck’s Smart Dog Blog
I’ve found a new blog that I really like. It’s the blog of Laurie Luck, a Certified Pet Dog Trainer and Karen Pryor Certified Training Partner. She also has a M.A. in psychology and is the Vice President of the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. She’s recently blogged about two topics that are near [...]
Dog and Horse Blog Carnivals
Stale Cheerios has been included in a few Blog Carnivals* this month. If you’re looking for some interesting horse and dog related blog posts to read, you ought to check out either of the carnivals. The April 2009 National Dog Blog Carnival Carnival of the Horse, April 2009 (*From wikipedia: “A blog carnival is a [...]
Equine Artists
I love positive training methods and clicker training because it opens up a whole range of new behaviors we can teach our animals that could never be possible with traditional methods. I’ve recently found a new blog that I love. Cheryl, the woman who owns the website, has taught all four of her horses to [...]
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I'm a graduate student studying the science of behavior and training. On this blog I share stories of my animal training adventures, as well as tips, techniques and tricks to help you improve your training. Although most of this blog centers around training rescue horses, the ideas discussed apply equally to all species. The other animals I work with, including dogs and rats, also appear occasionally on the blog.
Mary Hunter
cheeriotrainer@gmail.com
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