"How is clicker training used in the vet field?"
Clicker training is used in the vet field in many ways. First of all clicker training can be used in the treatment room as a way to calm or distract an animal. In a treatment room an animal could be distracted from what the vet is doing if the owner is using clicker training with the animal. It keeps the animals mind off the unwanted but necessary treatment. Clicker training can be used to help with behavior problems. It is a quick way to train an animal. Clicker training uses targets and cues which the animal learns quicker then voice commands. The click is what notifies the animal of what he has done correctly. With clicker training there are many opportunities to train an animal.
What you can use clicker training for is to train a new puppy simple commands, or the complete opposite train older dogs how to do simple or more complicated tricks or commands. Clicker training can be used by any type of person in the animal field. Animals learn by the owner giving a cue clicking and then rewarding and praising the animal.
Ways that I would use clicker training is to train my dog to stay, and lay down. The way I would go about this is first giving her a simple cue to show her what I would like her to do. Then I would follow that with demonstrating, then waiting for her to do it on her own. After she did it right I would click and praise her. Clicker training is the most efficient and quick training and I think that the method is the best.
-Heather Angotti
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Four Weeks
Hello,
I feel that in this class I am doing very well. Everyday I am learning something different. I am very much enjoying coming here to pre-vet tech. I like getting the knowledge that is offered here. Not only are there are people here that can help me succeed but there is hands on experience that can show me.
I have excelled in many different parts since school has started. In the last four weeks I’ve learned how to work with animals, how to deep clean cages, feeding animals, and sanitizing the room when we are all finished. I’ve also learned some basic medical terminology and I feel this is where I have been excelling to the highest degree. When we first go over the terms they just seem to stick in my mind and it is easy for me to learn them. Another way that I am excelling is handling animals. I’ve been around animals a lot of my life and I have learned how to hold an animal properly. During the duration of the past four weeks I have continued learning how to handle an animal. I believe that this is a skill that is required to learn in this profession. It is more then just holding an animal it is feeding and making sure that the animal is completely comfortable and not have any straining.
There are also things that I need to work on and I will try my hardest to perfect them. The first thing that I need to work on is bathing the animals and restraining them. I think that if me and some kids get together then we will be able to study together. I believe that while studying together we could accomplish great things and all of us will get the knowledge that we need. Other ways that I could get others to do well in class is by helping them any way that I can. Assisting others and expecting the same from others is how everyone will succeed in the class.
I think that in this past four weeks I have really improved my skills and are retaining knowledge that I can use in my later proffession. The skills that I learn now will benefit me now and later.
Heather Angotti
I feel that in this class I am doing very well. Everyday I am learning something different. I am very much enjoying coming here to pre-vet tech. I like getting the knowledge that is offered here. Not only are there are people here that can help me succeed but there is hands on experience that can show me.
I have excelled in many different parts since school has started. In the last four weeks I’ve learned how to work with animals, how to deep clean cages, feeding animals, and sanitizing the room when we are all finished. I’ve also learned some basic medical terminology and I feel this is where I have been excelling to the highest degree. When we first go over the terms they just seem to stick in my mind and it is easy for me to learn them. Another way that I am excelling is handling animals. I’ve been around animals a lot of my life and I have learned how to hold an animal properly. During the duration of the past four weeks I have continued learning how to handle an animal. I believe that this is a skill that is required to learn in this profession. It is more then just holding an animal it is feeding and making sure that the animal is completely comfortable and not have any straining.
There are also things that I need to work on and I will try my hardest to perfect them. The first thing that I need to work on is bathing the animals and restraining them. I think that if me and some kids get together then we will be able to study together. I believe that while studying together we could accomplish great things and all of us will get the knowledge that we need. Other ways that I could get others to do well in class is by helping them any way that I can. Assisting others and expecting the same from others is how everyone will succeed in the class.
I think that in this past four weeks I have really improved my skills and are retaining knowledge that I can use in my later proffession. The skills that I learn now will benefit me now and later.
Heather Angotti
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Kitten Observations By: Heather Angotti
Hello,
During the two weeks of school the kittens have just grown and grown. What I noticed during those weeks was that as they got older the more curious the kittens got. When we first arrived at class and saw the kittens I thought they just had to be the tiniest kittens Ive ever seen. Thats surely not the case now because the kittens have gotten bigger.
Sparky, Leo, and Sissy have gone from being shy and only want to be held to climbing up legs and climbing up cat cages. Sparky I believe has become the biggest of the three kittens. Both fuzzier and chubbier. Sparky hasn't meowed or made much noise throughout the weeks. Sparky has been mostly always white but his tail has now changed to a kind of orangish yellow color. Sparky wasn't the biggest from the beginning but now has taken the lead and is bigger then both Leo and Sissy.
Leo has been a complete wonder from the beginning. He has two nails on the same toes and a undeveloped penis. He didn't grow as fast as the other two kittens but he is still bigger then before. Leo is very adventurious and curious about everything. He likes to be held until he is done and finished. Leo doesn't eat much around people. Mostly he plays with his siblings. Leo is orange and white, with green eyes.
Sissy is the only girl in the group. Sissy is white and a kind of charcoal gray, with blue eyes. She is alot smarter then her brothers and has proved to be adventerous and curious. The kittens have alot of similar traits but Sissy is different in a couple ways. For instance, Sissy cuddles and sleeps on some of the students where as the boys just play and fight with each other. Sissy does get involved with the play fighting some times but not as often as her brothers.
In conclusion I have witnessed the growth and the curiousity blossom withing the kittens and i find it very invigorating. The process has been a pleasure and I hope that I will have a chance to experiance it again.
Heather Angotti
During the two weeks of school the kittens have just grown and grown. What I noticed during those weeks was that as they got older the more curious the kittens got. When we first arrived at class and saw the kittens I thought they just had to be the tiniest kittens Ive ever seen. Thats surely not the case now because the kittens have gotten bigger.
Sparky, Leo, and Sissy have gone from being shy and only want to be held to climbing up legs and climbing up cat cages. Sparky I believe has become the biggest of the three kittens. Both fuzzier and chubbier. Sparky hasn't meowed or made much noise throughout the weeks. Sparky has been mostly always white but his tail has now changed to a kind of orangish yellow color. Sparky wasn't the biggest from the beginning but now has taken the lead and is bigger then both Leo and Sissy.
Leo has been a complete wonder from the beginning. He has two nails on the same toes and a undeveloped penis. He didn't grow as fast as the other two kittens but he is still bigger then before. Leo is very adventurious and curious about everything. He likes to be held until he is done and finished. Leo doesn't eat much around people. Mostly he plays with his siblings. Leo is orange and white, with green eyes.
Sissy is the only girl in the group. Sissy is white and a kind of charcoal gray, with blue eyes. She is alot smarter then her brothers and has proved to be adventerous and curious. The kittens have alot of similar traits but Sissy is different in a couple ways. For instance, Sissy cuddles and sleeps on some of the students where as the boys just play and fight with each other. Sissy does get involved with the play fighting some times but not as often as her brothers.
In conclusion I have witnessed the growth and the curiousity blossom withing the kittens and i find it very invigorating. The process has been a pleasure and I hope that I will have a chance to experiance it again.
Heather Angotti
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