Amazing or what? It seems extraordinary. It is hardly believable but it appears to be entirely genuine. Training comes to mind. Lots of it. This must be the result of a considerably amount of training by an experienced trainer. Do you think it is a …
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 …
A demonstration of total, cute obedience. His face is adorable when he looks up sheepishly waiting for the signal to start eating. It is a super demonstration of trained-in self-discipline. Below is a video from YouTube on how to train a dog to patiently wait …
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 …
This is a cute viral animal video on Twitter. It’s been converted to a .gif on the imgur.com website. It’s done the rounds on the Internet and so a lot of people have seen it. You might have seen it. The sea otter has been …
What can I say? It made me smile and even laugh. It looks like this is in Asia somewhere, perhaps Vietnam. The dog has been trained to go shopping for his or her human caregiver. And he does a good job of it. He strikes …
In this short video of 15 seconds a dog goes through the motions of eating nothing. But the dog thinks that he has been offered a food treat and that he has taken it. The person offers what the dog thinks is a food treat …
The story of Peggy, a nine-year-old border collie is warming and highlights once again the intelligence of dogs. She had to be retired after becoming deaf but is now working again after learning sign language. Her handler couldn’t work with her anymore because they couldn’t …
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 …
