This past week in ORCA (our graduate student animal training lab at UNT) we watched Bob Bailey’s newest DVD. The DVD is called Operant Conditioning with Bob Bailey and if you haven’t seen it, you should! (Dogwise sells it on their website HERE). Here’s the trailer for the DVD, for anyone who’s interested. Below I’ll […]
Beau Meets Hailey
This is a GREAT picture that one of my friends took about a week ago. Hailey, who came to visit the rescue, was smitten with Beau and he was totally fascinated with her! I’ve written previously about Beau, our big black and white gelding, such as in this recent post. He was badly abused and […]
How do you evaluate trainers?
We are going today to see Buck, the new documentary about horse trainer Buck Brannaman. If you’re not familiar with Buck, you can watch the trailer on the film’s website. The film is suppose to be great, it’s won quite a few awards, including the audience choice award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. (I […]
It’s Never Too Late For Training!
Have you ever heard the phrase “You can’t teach an old dog a new trick?” Many people assume that once an animal gets to a certain age or practices an unwanted behavior a certain number of times, that it will be hopeless to try to train the animal a new behavior pattern. However, nothing could […]
Chardonnay Meets The Noodles
We’ve started playing with several of our horses with the noodle fingers obstacle on our new horse obstacle course. The noodle fingers obstacle is definitely pretty scary! The best way to introduce a horse to something scary is gradually, using a shaping process. So, start with something the horse can do, then gradually increase your […]
Treating Resource Guarding with CAT (video)
Resource guarding can be a serious problem for some dogs. (Resource guarding is when a dog displays aggressive behavior when another dog or a person tries to take something away from the dog, such as a toy or bone.) This spring, several of my friends at UNT used Constructional Aggression Treatment (CAT) to successfully treat […]