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Forum BEHAVIOR HOw to get your rabbt to respond to his name?????

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    • Deleted User
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        How do I get my rabbit to respond to his name???? And how to I get him to respond to “NO” I really need to train him. Also can I teach him tricks????


      • Stickerbunny
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          If no doesn’t work, try a different word or sound – for Stickers I use “EH!” and for Powder it’s “No” – neither responds to the others noise, so I have to use either or depending on who is being bad. You can reinforce the noise by making it and stopping them from what they are doing, or using a spray bottle with it. For responding to their name, try calling the bun by name and when he responds, offer a treat.

          For further training, look up clicker training, there are plenty of things you can teach rabbits. Lots of videos on youtube about it, there are also books for it.


        • equalsign
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            Maybe try associating motions or movements with words. When I want my rabbits to come I’ll kneel down and hold my arms out and then call their name. With BunBun the response is like 60/40, but Bunny would respond almost every time.

             

            I haven’t read the clicker training stuff myself, but I have the book. My ex did some training for a while and seemed to get a positive response from Bunbun. You can even teach them how to “kiss” you.


          • emkvet
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              My rabbit comes pretty consistently when I call her, because she has associated it with getting treats. You can try this with small bits of carrot or herbs. Once your bun starts coming well, intersperse treats with attention.

              For “NO”, some buns don’t respond to the word, but will respond to a sharp clap or some other noise. I sometimes just walk toward my bun if she’s doing something she knows she’s not supposed to and she usually stops. I also use “Shoo!” when I want her to move from somewhere she isn’t supposed to be.


            • emkvet
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                My rabbit comes pretty consistently when I call her, because she has associated it with getting treats. You can try this with small bits of carrot or herbs. Once your bun starts coming well, intersperse treats with attention.

                For “NO”, some buns don’t respond to the word, but will respond to a sharp clap or some other noise. I sometimes just walk toward my bun if she’s doing something she knows she’s not supposed to and she usually stops. I also use “Shoo!” when I want her to move from somewhere she isn’t supposed to be.


              • Sarita
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                  Moving to the behavior section…


                • kinggoblin
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                    Some rabbits just don’t listen. I can tell when mine is listening because he will turn his head towards me and lift his ear, but sometimes he just sits and stares straight ahead and ignores me.

                    Mine doesn’t respond to NO unless I clap my hands at the same time, but he only seems to care about 1/10 times I say it.

                    He comes if I shake a bag of treats or snap my fingers sometimes, and he will get in his pen when I snap my fingers to get his attention and he follows me to the kitchen and I put my hand in his pen and snap my fingers again and he jumps in.

                    It is like trying to train a cat…….they just don’t care most of the time lol.


                  • LoveChaCha
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                      I say my bunny’s name a lot on a daily basis. As of recently, I would say her name when she is near me, and she turned her head! O_O It surprised me! She is smarter than I am


                    • buggyeyebun
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                        Brittany sorta responds to her name. hardly gets in trouble. Now binky is ALWAYS doing something. He only come to my bf when he calls him and taps the floor. Ignores the rest of us. He is very attach to my bf, gives him kisses and circles him. Even chins him and everything in his room. I have only been chinned by him once, and that was my boot. lol


                      • Monkeybun
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                          Smudge responds to her name. Sort of. She flicks her ears at me.

                          Sometimes I think Monkey thinks her name is “raisin” or “nummy” as she comes running whenever I say those words


                        • Rei
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                            When you are interacting with your bunny say their name a lot. Everytime I pet Molly or feed her or give her treats I’m always talking to her and saying her name. Now when I say “Molly” she will usually look at me as if to say…”yes???? you called?” lol Not sure how true it is, but I heard one time (this was in regards to cats) that they will respond better to a name that has an “eee” sound at the end, like Molly has. Not that you want to change the name of your pet, but thats just what I’ve heard!

                            Sometimes NO works for Molly, sometimes going “ah ah ahhh!!!” (the sound you would make like you were waggging your finger at a child ) will work. If NO doesn’t work, I do the other one. Then she stops, looks at me and gives me a look that says “what? I wasn’t doing anything…” then she hops away!! (she knows she’s guilty.. ) Just experiment and see what your bun responds to, but you need to be consitent. They will get confused if you change all the time what you are saying/doing to get them to stop something.


                          • KytKattin
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                              Be careful with the word “NO” if your pet has a “no” in their name. Like Nova. So I always say “ouch!” when she does something bad. Because she understands ouch when she bites me, it works when she tries to nibble on the carpet or something else. Ouch means “teeth hurt!, stop using your teeth”. She gets a firm “STOP” if she is digging at something she isn’t supposed to be. She is pretty good about responding to her name. I taught her by simply giving her a treat every time I said her name. Now she comes when called because she might get a treat! Also, a name should only be for one command. So “Nova” doesn’t mean come, stop, look at me, beg, that hurts, good girl, etc. Nova only means “come here”. For my dog, Daisy means “look at me” and then another command is given after her attention is on me. I prefer that a name means “look at me”, but for a rabbit, all I ever ask her to do is stop something or come to me, so the name works well for me for that use.


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                                Mine don’t respond to their name, but they do come when I tap on the floor – I think bunnies respond better to body language most of the time. I just tapped on the floor when they were nearby, while holding food, and they could come over because they were curious. I gradually worked up to longer distances and I always make sure to have some food when they do some to keep reinforcing it. I’ve needed it a couple times when they got into areas they shouldn’t go and I didn’t have food – they had learned it well enough that they came to me.

                                It’s definitely possible to teach other tricks! Otto can stand up and spin around and he can run to an object and touch it.

                                Some bunnies respond to “no” and some don’t. I find a sharp hand clap is pretty effective and I use the spray bottle occasionally if necessary. None of these things works for one of my bunnies – I just have to remove him from the situation – but luckily he doesn’t get into much trouble.


                              • peppypoo
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                                  Decide on a signal that you want your bunny to respond to (a word, their name, tapping the ground), then do the signal immediately followed by a small bit of treat..repeat this several times. After a while upon hearing the signal your bunny should start to anticipate the treat…then you can move farther away and repeat the signal, and your bunny should coming running to you looking for something tasty! For a while be sure to reward him every time he comes, but afterwards try rewarding him randomly about half the time, so that he doesn’t know when he’ll get something but the behavior should persist.


                                • mocha200
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                                    I taught my bunnies how to come when called on accident. Every time I fed them pellets, treats, or veggies I would say “BUNNIES” and now every time I say “BUNNIES” they come running.


                                  • Elrohwen
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                                      LOL Mocha. Classical conditioning at its finest!


                                    • bunnyfriend
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                                        Totoro responds to his name, especially when I saw it in a happy, excited way (I think he thinks he’s getting fed). I would just try to use your bunny’s name a lot and every time you give him a treat. He should eventually recognize his name, but that doesn’t mean he won’t choose to ignore it!

                                        I have been doing clicker training with Totoro (Wilbur is deaf) and I have had a lot of success with it. It’s fun!


                                      • bunnylove1
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                                          thank you B.f Skinner for coming up with those amazing ways of conditioning your pet

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