Dr. Yin's Animal Behavior and Medicine Videos
Capturing a Behavior: Training a Lioness to Present Her Side
Here is a video showing how some behaviors can be trained by capturing, then shaping. This lioness would rub her cheek against the bars when the trainer blew on her, so this behavior was captured then shaped into eventually presenting her side to the trainer (for blood draw).
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Here's a video on training a lion to lay calmly and turn his head 90ยช away. Watch how this behavior is shaped.
Training Sit: Say Please and Suddenly Settle Demo
Watch to see the importance of your body language and movement when training this exercise. See how to start with the easy version of the exercise and make it more challenging and fun.
Shaping Behaviors: Teach Your Dog to Somersault
Want to teach your dog a fun trick that most dogs won't know? Teach your dog to somersault! Using a target and some tasty treats, Zoe the australian cattle dog learns how to do a somersault.
