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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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These toys have abandonment issues

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Donna the local mongrel doesn’t have any hunting dog genes in her, I think. She doesn’t carry sticks when we are out for a walk or run. But this black and tan pup is pretty cute, the way she runs to grab a toy in her mouth to welcome you when you come home, or when she is so happy she is going out.

Toys? What are toys? They can remain where she threw them.

And Donna gets to go out too? Hooray! And then she spits her rabbit onto Mr P’s boots conveniently, wriggles about in joy before settling into a sit for the collar to go over her head.

Yes, Mr P, you’ll find that rabbit still perched there when you come home tonight. That is, if she hasn’t got it back in her mouth to welcome you home. ;)

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Our first dog agility experience!

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I had some difficulty trying to get Donna to weave through the poles, but Mr P says it’s because half the time I’m standing too close and blocking her from weaving. OMG!

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Target Train your dog to Touch Nose to Hand

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“May I gently boop your nose?”

Is nose booping something that you do?

I don’t. In fact, the word wasn’t in my vocabulary until I got that comment on Instagram!

That’s ironic because I spent the last week encouraging Donna to “boop” her nose against my two fingers by herself. We were specifically training the Nose to Hand behaviour, also called Touch, which is part of Target Training.

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Reinforcing Heel and why she LOVES it!

I think all of our dogs have probably made the happy face at us when they know a treat is soon to come. This is Donna working on heel and trotting along beside me with her eyes shining up towards me in anticipation. A very silly yet endearing face. I call it the Treat Face.

Of course, she has this other face that Eko is demonstrating very well over here. I call that the Pathetic Face. I’ll show you Donna’s pathetic face another time. ;) Though I think most people will prefer the Treat Face to the Pathetic Face. At least, I do :P

Got a photo of your dog/pet’s Treat face or a Pathetic face or both? Give me a link in the comments and I’ll go see. ; )


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