This post is part of my notes from the 2013 Stamford, Connecticut ClickerExpo. ClickerExpo is 3-day conference for positive animal trainers that is organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. For the rest of the notes in this series, please visit my Conference and Clinics Notes page. The second session I attended at ClickerExpo was another […]
Last weekend marked the one year anniversary of when I adopted my three SPCA rats. The girls (Amy, Chloe, and Izzy) got a small dish of chocolate cake on Monday to celebrate and I was able to capture some fun photos of them chowing down. Rats love sweets and they were quite happy to get […]
This post is part one of my notes from the 2013 Stamford, Connecticut ClickerExpo. ClickerExpo is 3-day conference for positive animal trainers that is organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. For the rest of the notes in this series, please visit my Conference and Clinics Notes page. I had a fantastic time at ClickerExpo this […]
I arrived back in Texas late yesterday after spending three days in Stamford, Connecticut at ClickerExpo. ClickerExpo is a twice yearly conference organized by Karen Pryor Clicker Training. This year’s conference was a blast. Of course, it’s going to be a fun time when you bring 500 positive trainers together and offer three full days […]
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 […]
