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.
One of my rats, Lucy, died last week. She was almost exactly 2 years old and had started to slow down some over the past several months, spending a lot more time napping than she use to. Lucy and her sister Georgie were my first two rats, who I got as babies in the fall […]
This fall, Hannah Dawson Equine is hosting the first ever World Clicker Equine Games. The clicker games are a free online video competition where clicker trainers from around the world can show off what they have achieved with their horses using positive training techniques. The judging and awards will take place at the 2012 Equine […]
Here's a fun video that I ran across earlier in the week. The dog in the video, Tara, had previously learned to blow bubbles in a small bowl of water while inside. Now, it's time to practice the behavior in a completely new location — outside! In addition, another big thing has changed, instead of […]
On (almost) Wordless Wednesdays, I feature rescued animal in north Texas. I captured this great photo over the weekend at the rescue of our big black and white gelding, Beau, sticking his tongue out at Gracie. I was a bit far away, but I was pleased that I still managed to get a decent shot. […]
I wrote last Monday about our amazing progress with Beau with halter training. If you missed that post and video, you can check it out here. Last week has been another good week for Beau. We’ve spent some time wandering around the yard working on leading and have also started working on fly mask training. […]
Some of you are familiar with Beau’s story. Beau is our big black and white paint gelding who was very badly mistreated and abused before coming to the rescue. When I first met Beau several years ago, he would turn and run if a person approached within 20-30 feet of him. When we could finally […]
