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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 01/18/2014 at 12:19 PM
  Starah
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  Pascal and I have started clicker training together!
  
  What I’ve learnt so far;
  If clicking in a different room or more isolated space…take a litter tray with you! (Duh!) Pascal’s little face of shame as he looked at me and weed on the floor (‘sorry Mama, but there’s no toilet in here!’)
  
  So far I’m really enjoying clicking, I’m only doing it with Pascal at the moment because Patsy is so hormonally driven right now she just hasn’t the attention span for it, once the spay is over and she’s recovered I’ll start working with her too!
  I’m loving the one-to-one time it gives us. Plus, it’s so nice to bring a bit of normality back to our relationship – buns are teenagers now but Pascal is more settled and I think he’s thriving on the challenge!
  
  So, I think we’ve more or less established that click means treat, but I’ll pawn a little while longer reinforcing this.
  Then…where do we go?! Is love to know what you guys and your buns learnt next!
  I’ve read you can clicker train to have their nails trimmed which I’m VERY keen to do, but maybe I should start with more fun, playful things?
- 01/18/2014 at 7:23 PM
  Valisa
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  After Sheldon associated the click with a treat, I taught him a trick I call ‘target’. I placed A small Styrofoam ball on a skewer and put it near his face, and when he touched it I clicked. Now I can hold it a few metres away and he comes running! He really seems to enjoy this one, as he ends up binkying during the training session. I then started teaching him to stand, which he is pretty good at. I then moved on to spin, which I found is a lot more difficult. He seems to go half way then looses attention then, looks back to me for a treat! Haha. But we’re getting there!
- 01/19/2014 at 2:37 AM
  Starah
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  That sounds good! I think Pascal would like to learn things, he’s very intelligent and good at figuring out how to get food out of the ‘teach n treat’ toy I got them.
  I’m confused though…when you are doing a ‘trick’ when do you give the treat? Is it the same time as the click?
  I don’t want to do it wrong and confuse things!
- 01/19/2014 at 5:31 AM
  Valisa
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  159 posts
  The click just acts as a bridge. You click, and the bunny knows that a treat is on the way. I usually give the treat 1-2 seconds after. It doesn’t have to be the exact time as the click I don’t think.
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