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Bunny clicker training classes at Rabbit Ranch
May 01, 2006, 12:0AM MT
By Tiffani Hill, CVA, CEL
Can your bunnies learn to do tricks? The rabbits in Reno will! Santa Barbara-based rabbit rescue group, BUNS, is sending 2 volunteers to the Best Friends Rabbit Ranch to, yes, teach us how to clicker train the rabbits!
Can your bunnies learn to do tricks? The rabbits in Reno will! Santa Barbara-based rabbit rescue group, BUNS, is sending 2 volunteers to the Best Friends Rabbit Ranch to, yes, teach us how to clicker train the rabbits!
BUNS has successfully used clicker training to socialize rescued rabbits, making them more adoptable. Best Friends is hosting 4-hour classes at the Ranch on Saturday, May 27th, and Sunday, May 28th. Current and new volunteers are welcome- youth age 12 and older must have a parent or guardian with them at all times. The classes are free, with donations welcome to help cover costs. Attendees will need to bring a sack lunch. To sign up, email Tiffani via Network email.
After completing a class, volunteers will be assigned at least one rabbit to clicker train in preparation for adoption.
THANK YOU, BUNS! Thank you, also, to the volunteers from the Sacramento House Rabbit Society who will be joining us that weekend to help with rabbit care and the classes.
Bio of the Trainers: Andrea Bratt Frick, and Jean Silva are volunteers at B.U.N.S. (Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter) in Santa Barbara California. They conducted an all day seminar entitled Clickerbunny, Getting Started at the Richmond HRS headquarters Feb, 2005 together with Teresa Lewin; Andrea and Jean returned to HRS for a second seminar that year. Andrea and Jean co-authored several articles including: “Training Shy or Feral Rabbits Using Clicker Training.” Andrea’s rabbits have appeared in films, documentaries and on Pet Star. Both Andrea and Jean conduct clicker bunny seminars at the rescue B.U.N.S. in California where they volunteer and use clicker training to address behavior problems. Combined they have over 38 years experience working with rabbits. They appeared as guest lecturers for Karen Pryor Clicker Expo 2005. Andrea also trains other species, including dogs, horses, parrots, and her iguana.
Andrea is a moderator for the clickerbunnyandcritters yahoo group list which she founded together with Teresa Lewin and Jean Silva.
Visit BUNS website at www.bunssb.org. Photo from www.clickertraining.com.