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Dogs are fairly easy to train, as are horses. However, I find many people believe many other types of animals (especially small animals) are “dumb” or “impossible to train.” However, with proper motivation (HINT: food is usually a good motivator) most species are actually quite easy to train. In addition, training is good because is [...]

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This is from Dragonfly Farm’s levels program for training a dog using positive reinforcement (clicker training). However, it applied equally as well to other species.
Humans are natural lumpers. We think “This dog needs to learn a 60′ retrieve over a kangaroo” and we don’t stop to think if the dog has ever MET a kangaroo, [...]

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