A photo by the fabulous meg price, with her handsom Border Collie "Barney" showing off.
The full photo description also tells about how she trained the behaviour.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Dog training: housebreaking issues
Two articles on house training your dog, the positive way!
Housesoiling, by Dr. Ian Dunbar.
House training, by Emily Larlham.
Housesoiling, by Dr. Ian Dunbar.
House training, by Emily Larlham.
Photo: Clicker cheetah!
Not only a beautiful cat, but I spy a clicker in the trainer's hand!
Working on posting photos showing off people's success with the clicker.
Working on posting photos showing off people's success with the clicker.
Small animal training: introduction to rabbit clicker training
A nice, straightforward article covering all the fundamentals of clicker training your rabbit, by Joan Orr and Teresa Lewin. In PDF format.
Clicker Training Your Rabbit
Clicker Training Your Rabbit
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Dog training: take a bow
Training the dog to take a bow, featuring Honey the Great Dane, by youtube user hsinyicohen.
Wow, that's a big dog! Nice detailed explanation of how to teach and further develop the trick.
Wow, that's a big dog! Nice detailed explanation of how to teach and further develop the trick.
Small animal training: Rat walking through hoop
Posting this video (by youtube user ACDmom1) not only to show how to train a rat to walk through a hoop, but also to show an example of inconsistent criteria. Notice how after the rat successfully walks through the first time (with an oddly timed click), the trainer then goes back to rewarding mere interest in the hoop.
Training theory: Clicking with people
Clicker training is all about timing, and this article by Dr. Sophia Yin details a training exercise where zookeepers test their clicker training skills on each other!
Folsom Zookeepers Test Their Animal Training Skills.
Folsom Zookeepers Test Their Animal Training Skills.
Dog training: Premack principle
Good article by Casey Lomonaco about the importance of premack, and how NOT to use a clicker.
On Shoddy Clicker Training and the Importance of Premack
On Shoddy Clicker Training and the Importance of Premack
Dog training: Stays
Article on training difficult and long stays in highly distracting environments, by Debi Davis.
The Myriad of Workable Ways to Teach a Stay.
The Myriad of Workable Ways to Teach a Stay.
Dog training: Clicker bird dog
A great video series on how to train bird dogs using positive reinforcement and clicker training by the youtube user supernaturalbc2009.
Part one: taking, holding and delivering the bumper indoors. Also, basic finishes.
Part two: Staying while the bumper is thrown, calling the dog off the bumper, bumper thrown by a helper, shaping delivery. Moving outdoors, generalization to new locations. Field stays. Building drive via premacking. Retrieving from water. Phasing out food rewards.
Part one: taking, holding and delivering the bumper indoors. Also, basic finishes.
Part two: Staying while the bumper is thrown, calling the dog off the bumper, bumper thrown by a helper, shaping delivery. Moving outdoors, generalization to new locations. Field stays. Building drive via premacking. Retrieving from water. Phasing out food rewards.
Equine training: Overcoming fear of a particular place
Karen Pryor presents this great video on teaching a fearful, formerly abused mule to overcome his fear of the wash stall. Perfect example of shaping.
Bird training: Harness training
Great video on teaching your bird to accept wearing a harness by Barbara Heindenreich.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Dog training: Free shaping
Articles on free shaping:
"101 Things to Do with a Box", by Dr. Sophia Yin, Ask Dr. Yin.
"The Magic of Shaping", by Pamela Dennison, Pamela Dennison's Positive Motivation Dog Training.
"101 Things to Do with a Box", by Dr. Sophia Yin, Ask Dr. Yin.
"The Magic of Shaping", by Pamela Dennison, Pamela Dennison's Positive Motivation Dog Training.
Dog training: reliable recall
Some articles focusing on training a reliable recall in dogs:
"How to Teach Your Dog NOT to Come", by Nicole Wilde, Dog Star Daily.
"Total Recall", by Gillian Ridgeway, Dogs In Canada.
"Training a Steadfast Recall", by Melissa Alexander, Karen Pryor Clicker Training (free registration required).
"How to Teach Your Dog NOT to Come", by Nicole Wilde, Dog Star Daily.
"Total Recall", by Gillian Ridgeway, Dogs In Canada.
"Training a Steadfast Recall", by Melissa Alexander, Karen Pryor Clicker Training (free registration required).
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This blog was created mostly for my own use, but if other people are interested that's cool. I aim to compile some of my favourite positive reinforcement animal training links here, organized by subject.
This came about because I couldn't find anything quite like it. There were lots of individual positive training sites, and some compendiums, but I couldn't find any way to easily locate links based on the material covered, i.e. if I wanted to find articles on reliable recall for dogs there was no easy way to find them. I'd just have to look through tonnes of disparate websites to locate them, rather then just being able to search by keywords.
My primary interest is in dog training, but I don't want to limit myself!
This blog was created mostly for my own use, but if other people are interested that's cool. I aim to compile some of my favourite positive reinforcement animal training links here, organized by subject.
This came about because I couldn't find anything quite like it. There were lots of individual positive training sites, and some compendiums, but I couldn't find any way to easily locate links based on the material covered, i.e. if I wanted to find articles on reliable recall for dogs there was no easy way to find them. I'd just have to look through tonnes of disparate websites to locate them, rather then just being able to search by keywords.
My primary interest is in dog training, but I don't want to limit myself!
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