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.
Izzy rat wasn’t feeling very well at all. So, she had to go to the vet. Twice in one week! The office cat at the vet’s office was VERY interested in saying “Hi” to Izzy and Georgie. (Georgie came along to keep Izzy company). The rats didn’t seem bothered by the kitty and she had […]
I recently had someone ask a great question about one of my YouTube videos of my rat Georgie. In the video, Georgie gets clicked for going through a piece of PVC pipe. The person asked: I don’t mean this as a criticism, but as an honest question– I’m looking at the timing of your click, […]
One of my newest blogging friends is Allison, who blogs over at Adventures with Shyloh. Shyloh has learned quite a few tricks using clicker training. She loves to show off all her tricks, such as smiling at people. Allison sent me a few photos of Shyloh last week, after I remarked that I love to […]
The Extreme Mutt Makeover is a one of a kind event that helps promote pet adoption and the benefits of positive training. I was really excited when I heard that my friend Michelle would be participating this fall in the Extreme Mutt Makeover. I asked Michelle if she would be interested in writing a couple […]
Happy Wednesday! The wonderful horse above, Zohar, belongs to one of my facebook friends, Carol Robertson. (The photo is used with her permission.) This photo is a great testament to the power of clicker training and positive training methods. Zohar initially absolutely hated having his skin touched, because of a medical problem with sarcoids. He […]
As I wrote about recently, the World Equine Clicker Games are fast approaching! I hear SO many people say that horses can’t be clicker trained, or that clicker training is only good for tricks. Well, clicker training is great for tricks, but it’s great for lots of other types of horse training as well. Here […]
