Rabbit clicker training

[Jovie]

I’ve been reading stuff on this and I just want to know if anyone on here has been successful with it? my two buns would really benefit from this and I’m looking it.

[Kate Monster]

I’ve done a little bit. Mine stress too much if they are seperated to do any kind of training, so I can only do things that it’s relatively easy to get them to both do at the same time. And I have to click with my toes. It’s not really the recommended way, but it works for us. For me it’s more about socializing than anything else anyway. They’re pretty good with ‘come’ and ‘up’. In fact as soon as I sit down in the clicker training area of the rug they run up to me and start standing up, it’s adorable. It’s been a lot of fun and I think that they started to like me better after we started doing this. They are incredibly food motivated, which helps. The books sold here is good and is what I’ve used.

[Jovie]

awww! your buns are SO cute! they’re like attached at the hip, lol. I have a bonded pair too, but I think they’ll be okay with individual training.

[BinkyBunny]

 I found it rather easy to do when I did it.    I even took an day class on how to clicker train at my local HRS, and we were able to get the rescue buns to touch their nose to a pointer in less than a half an hour!  

You do want to be careful with clicker training and treats— not too offer too much. It might be good to clicker train around their dinner time when they will be more eager for their regular pellets.   For some of their favorite motivational foods — like a craisin, i would cut up the craisin into little pieces!. 

Here are some videos about clicker training rabbits – http://www.clickerbunny.com/clickercrittervideos.htm

 

 

[stinkybinky]

aww yay i’m glad to hear that it seems to work well! i just bought an i-clicker and the book on amazon

[Kate Monster]

I use a mix of pellets and dried papaya that I cut up really small. I give them papaya for doing whatever we’re doing extra well and for really new things, and pellets for doing what I want them to but not quite perfect or for a trick we’ve practiced a lot that require less incentive now. Plus, the hope that they will get papaya makes them more motivated all the time!

[Elrohwen]

I trained Otto to do a few things and he loves doing his tricks. Now that I have two it’s tougher, because they both want to be involved. I just use pellets as the treat because they’re small and can be eaten quickly, plus they’re healthy and I can feed a lot. I do use papaya or craisins sometimes if they really need motivation.

[Napoleon]

I’ve been clicking with my 3.5 month old bunny Napoleon. Right now we’re working on the basics – he’s rather shy so he didn’t like the sound of the clicker at first. We’ve finally gotten to the understanding that clicker = treat, so we’ll move on to recognizing that his name means come.

It’s really important that your order and timing is right though. And never click unless you’re gonna give a treat after. Even if it’s an accident!

[Miles and Me]

Clicker training is based on behavior shaping. Ultimately the clicker is a substitute for a reward in place of a treat since you can click instantly when your bunny does the right thing! Remember to reward every baby step towards your goal. I’ve yet to try with Miles but I have used the clicker with skittish horses and rescue dogs so I have faith!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

It’s so fun-everyone in my house gets clicker trained-even the fish using a light instead! Both my buns can ‘target’ (touch with nose) and beg, and Rupert is learning to spin.

You must be concerned with intake and how many treats you are giving. My sessions are three craisins long (and my spoiled butts won’t work for anything but craisins or papaya treats)-if you can get yours to work for leaves of veggies you could do so much better.

Clicker training works 60-75% faster then just using treats, as it helps them grasp the exact second that they are doing the appropriate behavior. It’s virtually limitlss and it’s so forgiving (if you click too soon or too late, it’s forgiving…if you just give treats, you are always a few seconds after teh behavior) so they learn quicker and you can be forgiven for less than optimal reward delays

Best of all it’s catching and you can buy a clicker, a book on clicker training or attend a course-just about anywhere!

[Miles and Me]

I’ve seen the fish thing done in an undergrad psych class! IT’S SO COOL! There’s videos on Youtube, I think, and I got a back up clicker at Petco for $5 recently! Haven’t seen any seminars or courses open to the public yet, but I’ll definitely keep an eye out.

[Silly Sungura]

I hope you’re having good luck, Jovie and stinkybinky! I think I’m going to start this soon, since it sounds like it has a number of benefits. Hodari used to come when called, but she has now started ignoring me. If I have treats she perks up, but I seldom call her just to give her a treat; I usually have an ulterior motive, and she knows it. She’ll come over long enough to check out the treat, but then she takes off in a hurry – sometimes without even eating the treat – to continue whatever adventure she’s on. I need to teach her to go in and come out of her cage when I tell her to, especially in case of emergency. Hopefully clicker training would help.

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