HOW DID YOU DO? Congratulations! You completed our first 5-day challenge. I hope you had fun and learned a few things along the way. Even…

ALMOST TO THE FINISH LINE You are in the home stretch now! Hopefully by now you have been able to get your animal into the…

GETTING INTO POSITION Today you will begin transitioning to placing the object your animal has been holding in its mouth into its stand or base…

WE ARE HALFWAY THERE! Today you will begin building reinforcement history for your animal placing its mouth on two items held together that will eventually…

YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY How did Day 1 go? Be sure to check in with the Facebook Group. You can post videos, photos, and ask…

LET’S GET STARTED! Are you excited to start training? I hope so! Hopefully you have an object identified for your animal to mouth. Your assignment…

YES YOU CAN! Welcome to the challenge! Here is a short introduction to the back story on this behavior. One thing I forgot to mention…

In this 5-day challenge you will be guided through training an open mouth behavior using a shaping plan developed by Barbara Heidenreich. Throughout the challenge…