Wow... I know that we will still have bad days as a team, but today was cool. Julio is learning how to target my hand, and has finally decided that "come" is a good four letter word, not a bad one. As soon as I feel the nose on my hand, I click and treat. How cool is it to be looking for opportunities to praise and say "Yeah!!!! That's what I want!" instead of having to correct for sniffing, veering or run after the dog even though you're having an awful pain day.
And, as a bonus, I got to practice a physical therapy exercise (walking backward), while doing this. Julio thought it was a game.
Could clicker training be good for my RSD? Maybe there's more to animal therapy than even I thought. It's too bad
little_loki
couldn't have used this example in her presentation during the holistic therapies course. I have a feeling clicker will be helpful at
CSUN
next week. I'll shut up now, before I sound like an advertisement.
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- I feel :hopeful, but sick of RSD
- I hear :Johnny cash - Folsom Prison Blues
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Lisa
While waiting for the cats to get in the ring; we wandered over to a presentation. The visual of the clicker-training was fascinating. There were amazing displays of how kitty can do everything on demand. The 9 Lives Spokescat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_the_Cat) is beautiful close-up and is much larger in person. Clicker training can be done on an aloof animal. We all laughed seeing a cat like Morris eating his food with spoon-in-paw.