ClicknCavy
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2015
- Posts
- 134
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2015
- Messages
- 134
@animalmadlover - Both of my girls had shorter attention spans in the beginning. The key is to keep sessions super short and super reinforcing. Both girls used to be extremely skittish. You definitely are doing the right thing--recognizing that you need to work on getting Ida comfortable with your presence before you start training. I suggest just watching her quietly, talking softly to her, and letting her do things at her pace until she's comfortable with you. Don't get offended if it takes long. Let her take her time and you'll have a lovely relationship based on trust and understanding.
[MENTION=35118]Jessica Dale[/MENTION] - You can definitely use the same target sticks from dog training. I actually didn't have target sticks for my guinea pigs because my dog just used a really big thick dowel that was covered in duct tape on one end. But most people use the telescoping targets or the one that comes with the clicker attached.
For my guinea pig's target sticks, I bought the dowels from Wal-Mart and the wooden spheres were from small animal toys (the type you stick on the metal rod). I stuck the animal toy on the tip of the dowel. Didn't even need to use glue!
[MENTION=35118]Jessica Dale[/MENTION] - You can definitely use the same target sticks from dog training. I actually didn't have target sticks for my guinea pigs because my dog just used a really big thick dowel that was covered in duct tape on one end. But most people use the telescoping targets or the one that comes with the clicker attached.
For my guinea pig's target sticks, I bought the dowels from Wal-Mart and the wooden spheres were from small animal toys (the type you stick on the metal rod). I stuck the animal toy on the tip of the dowel. Didn't even need to use glue!