Camp Gone to the Dogs is an agility dog training camp in Stowe, VT where you can spend a week with your dog weaving, jumping and learning. NECN (New England Cable News) just did a story on them, and you can watch it here.
Training
Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina
By Bill Peña on 09/26/2005From the British paper The Observer comes this story, the second on our blog about dolphins and Katrina:
How women are learning to control their men: operant conditioning!
By Miranda Hersey Helin on 09/19/2005From The Independent:
"Bring Your Husband to Heel is a new [BBC] six-part series which deals with a variety of problems such as how to motivate a man to do the washing up or pay more attention to you." Read the full article at:
New List for Clicker Horse Trainers
By Karen Pryor on 09/19/2005Here's a new e-list for horse trainers, hosted by Melissa Alexander, the author of Click for Joy and the highly experienced host of the Clicker Solutions list:
Beyond Basics: Equine Clicker Training
Training a puppy ... on a Nintendo!
By Bill Peña on 09/14/2005Nintendo has released an incredibly cute game named Nintendogs for their touch-screen enabled portable, Nintendo DS. In this game, you can train your dog or dogs to do everything from learn their name to compete in agility! And though I haven't played the game (yet!), from a newly-released video it looks like all the training is done through operant conditioning; dogs are given cues and reinforced with praise, petting and treats when they get the behavior right, and when they have learned the behavior, a light bulb goes off over their heads.
