Rabbits have been my inspiration for learning about clicker training. Here is a cute video starring three of my clicker trained rabbits. Filbert was the first one that I tried to train. He had a 36" vertical jump and kept escaping his pen to hop through the cat door to find me. He was so patient and forgiving as a first trainee.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE9OXATfF0o
I haven't trained rabbit hopping for awhile. I've been sidetracked training a variety of rabbit tricks and working with aggressive rabbits as well as becoming a professional dog trainer. Our latest project is "walk backwards". It isn't quite a hop, more of a scooching motion. We have about a 10" back this week and I hope to get over 20" in the next few weeks. Why am I training a rabbit to walk backwards you might wonder? Well for one it is fun and something different. Secondly my fellow clicker trainer and friend Peggy Hogan has challenged me to train some of the same behaviors that her horses know (and some of those horses can back around the pasture). So stay tuned for the next rabbit trick......rearing, pulling a cart?
Andrea
