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Nara Park Deer know positive reinforcement too!

Welcome to nara deer park
In this park there are many deer
Buy a pack of deer biscuits and the biscuit seller will tell you - you bow and then you feed.
You know what that's about cute deer?
well, here goes nothing...
the deer started bowing and they didn't stop
see me bow too, said the deer

You see how amazing this place is?

Just one line from the deer biscuit seller and you’ve got busloads of tourists unknowingly reinforcing the deer for bowing for their treat!

But there are some problems with this system as well, I’ll show you more in tomorrow’s black and white post. ; )

Ending this post with awful blurry pictures of this deer that strongly reminded us of Donna!!

Yeah, I want the biscuit but I'm too comfortable to move.
deer bowing while laying on the ground
huh suckers, said the deer.

About positive reinforcement training
Rewarding your dog immediately for the good behaviour he displayed, encourages him to repeat the desired behaviour. Consistent reforcement helps to form the desired behaviour into a habit for the dog.
humanesociety.org

About Nara Park
This was a day trip we made to the Nara Deer Park, when we visited Kyoto, Japan. It’s a large park dotted with various temples across the wooded landscape. As tourists make their way from one pit stop to another, they have lots of opportunities to meet and feed the deer.
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Park
official webpage in japanese

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16 Comments

  1. Wow that looks like such a cool place…and all the little deer! Cute!

  2. That was a neat post. We enjoyed the bowing deer.

  3. Brilliant photos. I’d love to go and visit that place, it looks amazing!

  4. Hope you didn’t see any hunters.

  5. Haha I would’ve gone for the lazy deer, too. Not too greedy, but still thankful!
    Pretty cool how all the deer can roam around freely with the visitors!

  6. very creative post …what lovely animals

  7. Hahaha, love the last picture – hoomins you are all suckers for cute!

  8. These are beautiful photos!!! :) :)

  9. What an amazing adventure! The photos are great and I can’t wait until tomorrow’s B & W.
    Bark More, Growl Less Barking from the Bayou!

  10. Wow! What gorgeous photos of the deer. My sapiens have been to Japan before and visited a temple where the deers roamed freely. IS this like that? Happy Sepia Saturday! Thanks for sharing.

  11. Wow, interesting. Are the deer really fat? That’s a lot of food food such small deer.

    • They rangers feed the deer grain at the end of the day, so the biscuits would be on top of their regular diet of grain and grass. I can’t tell whether they are fat or not though, but it was very near to winter by then and it was the tourist off peak season, so I guess they probably have less access to the deer biscuits than during the peak travel season.

  12. What an interesting place. I hope the deer are not over fed.

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