Donkey 'Lie Down' with 'Cuddle time' Extra!

Bertie our 1yr old brown Donkey has been learning to lie down on cue.

Bertie used to often go to a certain spot (nice and dusty) and roll, so i worked on capturing this behaviour so that i could train him to lie down on request. As soon as i saw him do it I would dash over and give him plenty of rewards for going down and staying down.

Very soon i found i could take him to the spot and start pawing at the ground which then encouraged Bertie to copy and then 'get down'!

I still have to fine tune this behaviour and work on him offering me this behaviour where ever i ask him to do it. so still a work in progress, but he is doing so well with it and LOVES his cuddles:)) so do I.. lol!

Bertie is trained with positive re enforcement, predominatly using the mark and reward method of CLICKER TRANING.

All work in the field is done AT LIBERTY , always the animals choice wether it stays or goes...as you can see they like to stay...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• donkey
• lie down
• lay down
• smile
• donkey training
• clicker training
• at liberty
• positive re enforcement

[roopeehoox]

I want a donkey!!

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@roopeehoox There fantastic arent they. you gota have a donk:))

[ruthbyrn]

I am a fan of little Bertie. I love him. I'm glad he has you. I live in Little Rock, AR, USA. Please keep posting.

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@ruthbyrn oh thankyou..so glad you like him and enjoy watching his progression. i also share a lot on facebook if you are on there..just private message me your email if you are and i can find you from that:)

[Saski44]

Bertie is sooooo adorable! Well done clicker job!

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@Saski44 Thankyou...

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@100prutske Thankyou so much...glad you liked it...donks are really awesome and so intelligent:))

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@abirdslife Thankyou:)))

[abirdslife]

love it !! :o))))

[100prutske]

Omg this is amazing :D My pony can do this too but with a donkey I've never see that before :D

Faved!!! :D