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 […]
My advisor, Dr. Rosales-Ruiz will be giving a 2-day seminar in Missouri this summer. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the science of clicker training and animal training. Registration for the seminar opened recently and, as I understand, it is filling up fast. Here’s some information about the seminar that was posted […]
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. […]
I’ve started teaching Amy to use my iPad! Actually, this is really a project I started on about two years ago. In 2011, I worked some on teaching Ginger, my parent’s dog, to use my iPad. Although she did learn to touch a square button on the iPad, we never really progressed past that point. […]
Here’s Willy Wonka, the pot-bellied pig that I wrote about in yesterday’s post. He was such a smarty and caught on to clicker training so fast. He had clicker training and targeting mastered in about five minutes flat! I started with a short session introducing him to the sound of the clicker and then clicking […]
My friend Bonnie volunteers at a nearby sanctuary for farm animals. Last weekend, I got a chance to go with her and visit the animals! We also did a bit of training while we were there. The sanctuary has an assortment of critters, including pigs, horses, donkeys, sheep, chickens, and a few dogs and cats. […]
