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.
The 2013 Canis Film Festival is coming up soon! If you’ve not heard of the Canis Film Festival, it’s a very cool film festival that is sponsored by Karen Pryor Clicker Training and is held every two years. From Karen Pryor’s website: The Canis Film Festival is designed to showcase innovative, highly–communicative, short videos on […]
Recently, at the end of May, the American Veterinary Medical Association sponsored the 2013 Dog Bite Prevention Week. The sad thing about dog bites is that most bites could have been prevented. However, this is a good thing as well, because it means that by educating people about dog behavior and about how to safely interact […]
I'm in Minneapolis for a few days, at the annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. I am having a great time so far and have gotten a chance to catch up with lots of friends, as well as had time to meet plenty of new ones. My advisor, Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz, […]
I’m heading to Minneapolis this weekend for the 39th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, International. This will be my 3rd time to attend and I am really excited. It’s a four day conference, full of lots of fascinating lectures and presentations about both human and animal behavior. I’ll be pretty busy while […]
I often make my ratties “work” for their dinner. I’ll take their dinner, divide it into several portions and then make it into some sort of puzzle. For example, I often hide their rat blocks and dry food in boxes, toilet tissue rolls, or egg cartons. Then, they have to chew through the paper and […]
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. […]
