Flause', a Dutch spotted sheep, can jump through hoops

Can sheep be trained?

Yes, sheep can be trained. They are not dumb creatures which is how many people perceive them. This is probably due to years of television presenting them as automatons being chased around a field by a sheepdog. They are more intelligent than many people believe which allows them to be responsive to clicker training (positive …

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Are King’s Guard ceremonial horses trained to bite interfering tourists?

I have seen quite a few videos of King’s Guard ceremonial horses, such as the horse carrying a Blues and Royals soldier, and another on Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, London, gently biting tourists while they capture their precious selfies in front of the horse and guard. It appears to be happening enough to come to …

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Giant rats carrying backpacks are being trained to save human lives

APOPO, a non-profit organisation which uses animals and “scent detection technology” is training HeroRATs for search and rescue. And also, to detect landmines and sniff out illnesses such as TB. African giant pouched rats, almost the size of domestic cats, are being equipped with tiny rucksacks having been trained to search rubble for earthquake survivors. …

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Intelligent crows trained to keep streets clean by picking up cigarette butts

SODERTALJE, NEAR STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN-NEWS AND COMMENT: Crows are being trained to pick up cigarette butts. The birds receive a food reward for every butt that they collect and deposit into a receptacle. My research indicates that this street cleaning method is being employed in other countries and other cities. The founder of Corvid Cleaning, Christian …

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Dangerous husky dog will be retrained and rehomed rather than euthanised

This is a good news story. A woman, Natalie Pasquantonio, failed to ensure that her dog, a husky, underwent obedience training. As a consequence, the three-year-old dog called Rocco attacked another dog and its owner when off the lead when walking on a tow path along the river Tawe in Morriston, Swansea, Wales. The woman …

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