I posted recently on my blog about how it’s good to practice your training in a variety of locations. Here’s a great example video that was recently posted on the cat clicker training yahoo group. This cat is practicing crate training on the beach! What is the weirdest place you have ever trained an animal? […]
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The Russians are coming! (A shaping video)
Here’s a great clicker training video I found on youtube recently of a pretty cute dog trick. The dog has been trained to stick her head into a pot. I like this video because, although it is short, it shows all of the steps of the shaping process that was used to train this trick […]
Conversations and Two Happy Ponies
I’m in Houston this weekend to audit a clinic with horse clicker trainer Alexandra Kurland. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to one of Alexandra’s clinics, so I’m excited. I’m sure it will be an action packed weekend with lots of good clicker training conversations and demonstrations. I’ll be sure to post my thoughts and […]
Michele Pouliot and Freestyle Training with Platforms
Last weekend was ClickerExpo, a wonderful clicker training conference that is organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. If you’re not familiar with ClickerExpo, check out my post about why you should go to ClickerExpo. I, sadly, am not going this year. However, this evening I found I blog post that I wrote two year ago […]
Don’t Shoot the Dog! (A book review)
Don’t Shoot the Dog will change the way you think about behavior, teaching and training. If you’ve ever wondered how to change the behavior of a pet, a child, a spouse, a co-worker, or even your own behavior, then Don’t Shoot the Dog is the book for you. You’ll learn how to keep your cat […]
Clicker Training Goes to the Zoo
As many of you know, I’m part of ORCA (the Organization for Reinforcement Contingencies with Animals) at UNT. Much of what ORCA does is research, training and community service. However, one of our other missions is to educate the public about positive training. We do this at our big annual animal training conference and by […]