by Joshua | Feb 13, 2019 | Shelter
Background Readers were introduced to Boo, a male grizzly bear (Ursus arctos), in the Winter 2018 issue of the IAABC Journal. Born in 2002, Boo weighs around 550-600 pounds in the spring, and up to 750-850 pounds in the winter before hibernation. We came to take care...
by Joshua | Feb 7, 2019 | Horse, Dog, Cat
Cooperative care involves training an animal to not only tolerate handling and husbandry procedures, but to be an active, willing participant in these experiences. In this column, we highlight some useful behaviors to teach clients to facilitate cooperative care, and...
by Joshua | Oct 25, 2018 | Cat
This video series shows the training of my cat, Spree, to willingly accept nail trims by using a previously learned behavior of “shaking hands.” Part 1: Before training /wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kolus-Part-1-NT-Before-Training.mp4 This is what our nail trims looked...
by Joshua | Oct 25, 2018 | General
Cooperative care involves training an animal to not only tolerate handling and husbandry procedures, but to be an active, willing participant in these experiences. Cooperative care is quite common in zoos, where large or potentially dangerous animals cannot otherwise...
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