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.
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 […]
I’m sure you’ve heard about the fires that have been raging through the western United States, through Colorado and several other states. These fires have burned thousands of acres and displaced thousands of people. Not only are people affected by the fires, but animals are too. Horses, cattle, and other large animals are often victims […]
If you follow my blog, you’ve probably seen some of my blog posts about my five rats. Yes, five of them! I get lots of surprised looks from people when I tell them I have not one, not two, but five pet rats! (On the left are three of my girls, Georgie, Lucy, and Isabella.) […]
Lately people have been sending me all sorts of interesting articles to read! I’ve linked below to three really thought provoking ones that I’ve come across lately. One’s about frustration during clicker training, another is about neuroscience, and the third is about teaching algebra through games. So, all three are completely different, but I hope […]
I posted recently on my blog about how it’s good to practice your training in a variety of locations. Here’s a great example video that was recently posted on the cat clicker training yahoo group. This cat is practicing crate training on the beach! What is the weirdest place you have ever trained an animal? […]
I worked some with Beau over the weekend. Beau is a big black and white horse who was very badly abused at some point. He has made a ton of progress in the past year and is now a pretty friendly guy. Beau enjoys interacting with people and will approach you in the pasture, follow […]
