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~Mary Hunter

Looking for Advanced Dog Training?

By Mary Hunter on March 25, 2012 in Conferences and Clinics, Teaching People

These are my notes from the 2012 Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. Click here for more notes from this conference. Try “simple” dog training! Whether training dogs, horses, birds, or other species, many trainers seem to be in a hurry to get to advanced training. This post is some of my notes from […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Agility Foundation Training

By Mary Hunter on March 21, 2012 in Dog Training, Fun Photos

My friend Eva Bertilsson, who is a dog agility trainer from Sweden, is visiting the University of North Texas for a couple of weeks and hanging out with us in the behavior analysis department. (Eva is also currently working on a Master’s in behavior analysis in Norway). We’ve been having a lot of fun this […]

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How does a horse see color?

By Mary Hunter on March 19, 2012 in Horse Training, Research Studies

Have you ever wondered what a horse can see? Does he see the world in color, like you and me, or in black and white? I recently came across an article from the Journal of Vision that examined this very question. Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison teamed […]

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4th Art and Science of Animal Training Conference

By Mary Hunter on March 8, 2012 in Conferences and Clinics

The 4th Annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference is this weekend! And what’s even better is that even if you can’t come this year, you can still follow some of the highlights of the conference on twitter! This is something brand new that ORCA is doing this year to help share the conference […]

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pierce, an adoptable cat at the Denton Animal Shelter

Wordless Wednesday: Pierce

By Mary Hunter on March 7, 2012 in Fun Photos

On (almost) Wordless Wednesdays, I feature a rescue animal in north Texas. I met Pierce about a week ago. Pierce came to the Denton Animal Shelter in a trap. He was terrified at first, so the shelter thought he might be a feral cat. (The shelter gets quite a few feral cats who are brought […]

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Clicker Training Clinic Notes: Happy Horses

By Mary Hunter on March 5, 2012 in Horse Training

This post is the final part of my notes about a horse clicker training clinic that I audited with Alexandra Kurland in Texas in February. Click here for parts one and two, which discuss balance and cues. “Are you having fun yet?” This third, and final post of my clinic notes is a bit of […]

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