Socks, the cat, likes to watch Tessa play frisbee. She just sits and watches. 🙂
Lia and the Goats’ Special Meal [video]
We like to make our pets’ meals fun every once and a while by giving them “human food” made specially for them. Today, Lia and the goats enjoy a delicious Garden Salad with olive oil vinaigrette. Lia and the kids found other things to be tastier, but Luna enjoyed the food.
We always make sure that the foods that we give our pets are not toxic. 🙂
Jasper begins learning tricks – clicker training [video]
This is Jasper’s very first training session. He is learning “beg”. This was just a casual training session.
Meet Jasper! [video]
This is Jasper, my sister’s new rabbit. He is a 10 month old Dutch Panda. We just got him today.
Stay tuned for more of Jasper!
Smiling Horse [video]
Here is a short movie of my friend’s horse, Hulani, smiling. My friend taught Hulani this trick.
5 Food Aggression Exercises – clicker training [video]
Here are five exercises to do to help fix mild cases of food aggression in dogs. Food aggression is a lack of trust. The dog thinks that you are going to take away his/her food and guards it. It is best to deal with this problem in the beginning to prevent it from getting worse. You can use clicker training to build a positive association with you being around your dog’s food.
Here is a list of the 5 exercises demonstrated in the video:
1) Ask for tricks and behaviors
2) Hand feeding
3) Trade game
4) Dropping treat in bowl while passing by
5) Handling exercise
Caution: These exercises may not be safe to do with dogs who have more extreme cases of food aggression. Always be careful when working with a dog with food aggression. For more serious cases, contact a professional.
Never punish your dog for showing aggression in any way. Over time, punishing your dog can result in a dog who doesn’t show warning signs before biting creating a dog who is very dangerous to be around. It also creates fear and doesn’t actually solve the behavior.
Additional tips:
I have a movie on my main YT channel, ClickerPets, that may also help with mild cases of food aggression. It is a fun, mentally stimulating puzzle game that involves the dog’s meal. It is called the Triple Cup Kibble Challenge. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrgXgTMEkTQ
When you don’t have time to work with your dog during his/her meal, you can use prevention so your dog doesn’t end up showing aggression and practicing this behavior. Here are some tips:
1) Feed your dog little amounts throughout the day
2) Give your dog a Kong with his/her food in it
3) If you have a young puppy, take away his/her food and give it back with something better, like cream cheese, peanut butter, yogurt, cottage cheese – this creates a positive response in the beginning, setting a good foundation and preventing food aggression
4) With very young puppies, dangle your hand in their food. Do not use this techinque for dogs who already have food aggression
5) Make a “Peanut Butter Cup” for your dog. Click the video link below to see how you can make one for your dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdPU6v1_4o
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.
Cosmo rides Lia [video]
My sister wanted to sit on Lia, the horse, while she was getting up. The baby goats wanted to join in too. Cosmo got to sit on Lia while she got up, but Stella fell off (but didn’t get hurt). My sister had to do an emergency dismount while holding Cosmo. I can’t believe I got this on video!
The kids just got disbudded yesterday, so that is why their heads look funny.
Play clicker games with your dog – dog training [video]
Clicker games are fun games to play with your dog that teach your dog to be creative in the behaviors that he/she offers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to do a clicker game with your dog. With this game, you will wait and capture a behavior that your dog offers and then shape it. This game is very similar to free shaping, except you don’t have a goal of a specific behavior that you want to teach.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below of email me at clickerpets@ymail.com. Thanks!
Baby goats jump onto my back [video]
The 1 1/2 week old baby goats are starting to jump onto my back. They are getting better every day. I think that baby goats give the best back massages. 🙂
The music in this video can be found at: Freeplay Music
New frisbees from Hero Discs [video]
We just got our new frisbees from Hero Discs. I was so excited that I had to try them out, even though it was raining. Tessa didn’t mind the rain. She needed a little time to get used to the frisbees and then, she got it. I think that these frisbees are really going to benefit her, she really needed some better frisbees.
Incase you’re wondering, we got the Hero Distance and the Hero Air.