The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know

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The 20 Principles That All Animal Trainers Must Know by Roger Abrantes

 

The absolutely most important principles in animal training. This is the one handbook that all trainers should keep close at hand.

 

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The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know Lesson Four

Main Textbook Below is your textbook in The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know." You will find a knowledge review at the end of each chapter. Knowledge reviews focus on the most important elements of each chapter. Take the knowledge review after reading a chapter. All answers are in the main text or in the sidebars of ... Read more

The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know Lesson Three

Topic Movies Watch the following two movies. In the first one, you see our tutor Victor Ros, BSC ABT, working with a Guinea Pig. Tapping the obstacle (item) is the signal for the Guinea pig to deal with it, i.e. to show the previously learned behavior. The movie has sound, but Victor says nothing, he uses ... Read more

The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know Lesson Two

Topic Movie Watch the movie "Guinea Pig Camps by Roger Abrantes." This video shows a quick review of the steps we use to train scent detection until the final blind test takes place. We will deal with scent detection in detail in another course. For the present purpose, focus on the signals (which have a ... Read more

The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know Lesson One

Topic Movie Watch the movie "Mission Interspecies Contact." Take notes and take the quiz. Then, proceed to lesson two. To Ponder Dogs react much better to our body language than to sound signals. In most situations, we could as well shut up. If you look at your dog all the time while you're walking, you are ... Read more

The 20 Principles

by Roger Abrantes

20 Principles Course
Course Description The 20 Principles All Animal Trainers Must Know is an online course, (also available as a seminar, workshop, book, and video). It explains clearly and concisely how we can train animals independently of species—dog, horse, cat, Guinea pig, marine mammal, etc. The course has four lessons. The first three lessons consist of videos that you ... Read more

Welcome to Ethology Institute’s 2019/20 Site!

Watch the Keynote Presentation by Roger Abrantes NEW 2020 Interface Welcome to our state-of-the-art Animal Behavior and Learning Portal! We are very excited to present to you our brand-new 2019/20 site. We have great news for you. It is our most significant upgrade to date: the "2019 Knowledge to Everyone Everywhere Learning Portal." We will ... Read more

Guinea Pigs Camp at the APDT Conference 2015

Guinea pigs starred at the APDT dog conference 2015. Roger Abrantes and Michael McManus demonstrated in a one day workshop how eager to learn the small piggies are. To learn more, please go to our course The 20 principles All Animal Trainers Must Know. Quiz (for students wishing to earn study credits) "Guinea Pigs Camp ... Read more
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