Dogs, horses, and rats. Birds, goldfish, cats. Dolphins, raccoons, and elephants. What animals can’t we train? In this section you’ll find lots of great training stories and tips. You will also get to meet many of the wonderful animals that I get to train. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading about my adventures (and misadventures) and that these articles and tales can provide you with insight that will help you with your own animals.
We’ve spent a lot of time recently playing with pool noodles. And, I’ve been quite pleased with all of the progress that Chewie has made. Chewie is a good helper when I set up the noodles! As I wrote about in last week’s post (Week 63: Pool noodles!), I tried introducing Chewie to the noodles […]
One of my favorite horse agility obstacles is the noodle walk. It’s a fun obstacle, but also a practical obstacle. This obstacle can help a horse learn to be calm and confident if something unexpectedly touches their side or bushes up against them. In these types of situations, may horses are quick to spook, panic, […]
I wrote last week about the Horse Agility Club’s BARTA fundraiser course and about the training that Chewie and I had been working on for the course. If you missed it, you can check out that post here. Chewie and I submitted our entry at the end of last week, and I was really pleased […]
For March and April, the Horse Agility Club has offered a special fundraiser course in collaboration with BARTA. Read more about it here. BARTA is the British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association. They are a non-profit organization that seeks to improve the welfare of animals in emergency situations. BARTA provides specialized training for firefighters, vets, […]
Happy birthday, Chewie! Chewie got lots of extra treats and scratches today for her birthday. I don’t know Chewie’s exact birthday. However, the rescue organization and their vet used April 1 for her health records, which means that today is Chewie’s more-or-less official birthday. So, Chewie is now three. She is starting to look like […]
I’m just recently back from New York, where I spent three days lecturing as part of ClickerExpo, an annual conference organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. This year, I gave two lectures at the conference. In addition, I presented two learning labs and participated in a symposium about multiple markers. It was a busy weekend! […]
