Behavior: Exercising Her Mind--and Appetite! (Patch, Duck!)

[Patchatch]

After reading a post on this forum with a link to a youtube video with a guinea pig who does "circle," I've tried training my pig to do tricks. Currently, she knows 2: "pen" (touches her nose to a pen raised a little bit higher, this is needed for Duck) and "duck" (dips her head down after "pen"). She gets treats for completing these tricks.

Have you taught any of your pigs tricks? : D

[tehdoc809]

Kind of, Booger and Heidi know "Stand" (pretty self explainitory). But, They don't really know it as a trick, even though thats how it started out. I simply held some veggies up enough to where they'd have to stand up to reach it. But now they just do it so they get the veggies, not really a trick. But its cute as all get out. Gertrude Refuses to do it, she will just start wheeking very loudly after about five minutes of not getting her veggies.