Rex Peterson, trainer of horses for many movies, including “Hidalgo,” is now offering clinics. Learn simple tricks to improve your horse’s obedience and responsiveness, as well as techniques for solving common problems and vices. Contact Cari Swanson at cari@cariswanson.com to schedule a clinic. Instructional DVD series available at swansonpetersonproductions.com

A puppy bridges the gap between a mother and her teenage daughter while teaching them lessons in love.

GG Engineering`s Walter Walker www.ggengineering.com.au

Over 3 weeks in June 2008 the Louisiana SPCA hosted 14 campers in 7th and 8th grade. 4 cats were trained: Cornish, Mia, Nezzie, and Tux. After thier experiences with the campers they were put up for adoption. After the camp all the campers wrote about what thier favorite thing to do at camp was. Overwhelmingly, the answer was train the cats!

This video shows some of the tricks I have been working on recently with Kiko and Splash. Some of the more interesting ones are, teaching Splash to look left and look right, teaching her how to skip, and how to shuffle backwards in a bow. Kiko started offering a tap dancing behavior which I captured, as well as scratching with her back feet. I also taught Kiko to go between Splashes legs as I saw a Boston Terrier do in the movie Hotel for Dogs, and thought it would be very cute to teach. Splash however, looks stressed as you can see, when kiko works too closely around her, because Kiko usually will boss Splash around if she is too close to her. All these tricks were taught using clicker training and no forms of positive punishment (meaning me saying No! or eh eh! Wrong! Or any physical manipulation)

Working around distractions is easier to do for some dogs than others. The key to training a dog to do anything anywhere is all about generalizing behaviors and proofing with distractions. This is the first episode in a series of videos on building focus around distractions. While it may seem like the exercise shown here is quite simple, it must not be underestimated. Having a solid foundation and starting small is often overlooked in dog training. Just like building a big structure, having a solid stable base is critical to avoid failures later on. Follow along with us in this series as we gradually raise the bar and set our dogs up to develop reliable and outstanding focus.

Ramses, the toilet training kitty, goes #1 in his mock-toilet. He no longer requires litter. After going #1 he looks in the real toilet, making the connection. He then goes #2. Although you will see discolored water, this video does not show the actual #1 or #2. You can follow Ramses training at www.toilettrainingkitty.blogspot.com

www.sitmeanssit.com Police DOG TRAINING done in this daily dog training video was taken at one of our Police K9 dog training seminars. Fred Hassen’s Sit Means Sit Police dog training school offers a 10 day remote collar school for Police K9 handlers only. This video shows the off-leash…

gentle-natural-horsemanship.com In this horse training video, Eric Bravo demonstrates trailer loading a horse that doesn’t want to get in.

This is my dog training tip of the day. How to build calmness in your dog using their meal. If you think in the terms that you are training your dog 100% of the time, every reinforcement you give your dog or the environment gives your dog, is building some behavior or emotional state….