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.
Okay, as usual, this is going to an an almost Wordless Wednesday post! I’ve been chatting some with Linda, who works at Zooworld in Panama City Beach, Florida. In the picture above she is working on target training (using clicker training) with one of the zoo’s young giraffes. I’ve written before about why training is […]
Here’s a fun how-to video that I found on YouTube this afternoon. (See below for video.) The rat has learned how to pull up on a string to raise a small bucket or basket that contains a treat. I’ve seen this trick on YouTube before, but this is a nice video because it does a […]
This is part seven of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For the rest of the notes, please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Steve White’s lecture at this year’s ORCA conference was titled “Plateau schmateau! Why progress matters.” During his talk, Steve discussed training […]
Happy Friday! I hope you’ve been enjoying the notes that I have been posting from ORCA’s recent Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. I have one talk left to post — notes from Steve White’s talk. If you’ve missed any of them, my notes from this year’s conference (as well as from past conferences) […]
This is part six of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For links to the rest of my notes (which will be posted over the next few weeks), please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Kay Laurence gave a thought-provoking lecture at the ORCA conference […]
This is part three of my notes from ORCA’s 2013 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. For links to the rest of my notes (which will be posted over the next few weeks), please visit the Conference and Clinic Notes section of my site. Alexandra Kurland’s lecture was one of my favorite talks at […]
