Chewie and I have been playing with flags. As I mentioned in last week’s post about hula hoops, I would eventually like to do some horse agility with Chewie. One common horse agility obstacle is a flag on a pole. The horse might have to walk past a flag or walk in between two (or […]
Chewie and I have been working on some horse agility training! One of my long-term goals is to compete with Chewie in the Horse Agility Club, as I did with my Arabian, Apollo. I have been introducing Chewie to some of the different horse agility obstacles, and we are starting to play around with creating […]
On the Thursday before ClickerExpo, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and I gave a one-day PORTL workshop to an excellent group of about 40 Karen Pryor Academy trainers. Here’s one interesting idea that came up during our discussions. As we interact with our animal or human learners, the patterns of behavior we reinforce can sometimes unknowingly create […]
Using clicker training, Ginger dog has recently learned how to bow! I’ve included a short video clip at the bottom so you can watch her practicing her bow. With clicker training, many dog trainers advise to get the behavior occurring at a high rate BEFORE trying to add a cue to it. This actually makes […]
Ginger and I have been working on Doggie Zen, which is an exercise from Sue Ailsby’s training levels. Doggie Zen is a leave it type exercise. At the early stages, you teach the dog to ignore and leave alone a piece of food in your open hand. Later on, this evolves into more complicated exercises, […]
