- An Abused Mule Responds to Clicker Training
Watch this amazing clip and see how clicker training works for even the most stubborn of animals. In this example a mule that had been abused and then rescued is afraid of entering a specific stall. The trainer uses clicker training with the mule and[...]
- Click & Reward Training For Llamas Volume I: Clicker Training Basics
Click and reward training allows you to interact and communicate with your llama in an entirely new way. Watch as Jim Logan demonstrates this fast, creative, and rewarding training method on llamas of different ages and experience.
- Click & Reward Volume II: Training for Llamas and Alpacas
Click & Reward training uses shaping, a form of operant conditioning. This is a very powerful training tool that has been in use for years for training whales, dolphins, elephants and a variety of other animals. It makes the llama a willing and eage[...]
- ClickerExpo Shaping Session!
- Have a look at this month's free video, filmed during a shaping session at the most recent ClickerExpo in Kentucky. As Karen Pryor narrates, watch as Expo faculty member
- In this demonstration, Karen Pryor uses humans to illustrate why and how you need to establish the behavior before the cue. This is a fun and informational session that will teach you the difference between traditional/conventional training versus shaping[...]
- Head Dip
In this video, Virginia gets started with shaping a new behavior: the head dip. The head dip reminds people of the classic Snoopy pose, but can also be extended into other tricks that will be taught later. In this video
- How to 'Get' Behavior
- This video discusses the various ways to "get" a behavior from your dog including luring and shaping. These tips will help you during clicker training sessions when you think you might have run out of options.
- Observing Natural Behaviors
Although it is important for the dog to move a little in order to begin shaping behaviors. It is equally important to detect these small movements and behavioral nuances. In this video, you will learn how to watch your dog and what to look for when obs[...]
- Offering Behaviors
When training, it is important to keep in mind that one of your jobs is to break down the behaviors you are teaching into smaller steps. You may not realize that the dog has a job too: to offer behaviors. This means that the dog is willing to move arou[...]
- Paw Targeting
When a dog, or even a rat, is new to shaping, it can be helpful to use a novel prop because its presence tends to get the animals attention. You can then hone that focus into a specific behavior. In this video, Virginia begins by getting the dog to mar[...]
- Practical Applications: Catch and Halter
One of the most useful behaviors that you can teach your llama is to catch and halter. Both of these behaviors can be quickly taught by using the halter as a target. When teaching targeting to a halter, gradually shape the behavior of the llama as he a[...]
- Practical Applications: Standing and Desensitizing
Next to catching and haltering, standing is one of the most useful behaviors that you can teach your llama. You can use the clicker to shape the length of time your llama will stand still. The llama can learn to stand not just for your approach, but al[...]
- Shaping Behavior: Adding the Cue
When clicker training, the cue is added after the behavior has been learned. Once the behavior is being performed reliably you can assign it a cue or signal. Watch as these llamas are given cues and learn about what makes a good cue.
- Shaping Behavior: Applying Variable Reinforcement
A schedule of reinforcement is simply the rate at which you reinforce or reward each behavior. When teaching your llama a new behavior, you will want to reward the llama every single time it performs the new behavior. When the behavior becomes consiste[...]
- Shaping Behavior: Step by Step
Shaping behavior is a creative element of operant conditioning. First, choose a behavior you would like to teach your llama. Then break it down into small steps that will be easy for your llama to successfully perform. Finally, click and reward your ll[...]
- The Shape of Bow Wow: Shaping Behaviors and Adding Cues
Learn to shape behavior and put it on cue— the most fundamental skills in clicker training— from the creators of the popular and award-winning Bow Wow Videos.
- Training Cartman to Go Through a Hoop Parts 1-3
- One of Karen Pryor Academy's curriculum requirements is that students must learn to train a second species—something other than a dog. Academy faculty member Helix Fairweather decided th[...]
- What is Shaping?
Shaping is a powerful tool that allows you to build a behavior step by step with all types of animals. In this video, shaping is taught by reinforcing small approximations of a behavior until you achieve your final goal. This entertaining video breaks [...]
- The How of Bow Wow
- A Maxwell award-winning video that takes you from basic clicker training and useful behaviors like "come" and "leave it" to advanced concepts like fluency and training at a distance.
