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Lotsa and Lotsa Llama Tricks

05 Sep 2009

5 Sep, 2009  Small Dog Training

Ever seen a llama play chess, help with the laundry, or fix an engine? Watch this entertaining video as clicker-trained llamas and alpacas perform a variety of fun and amazing tricks. The possibilities for training llamas are only limited by your imagination! From the ClickFlicks Learning Center.
“Clicker training” is the popular term for the training or teaching method based on what we know about how living organisms learn.

Research has shown that any creature—whether a dog, cat, dolphin, parrot, fish, horse, llama, or person—is more likely to learn and repeat actions that result in consequences it desires and enjoys. So clicker trainers provide consequences desired by their animal in exchange for actions or behaviors desired by their trainers.

We call these consequences “rewards” and the process is called “reinforcement.” Clicker training, therefore, is a positive-reinforcement-based system of training.

First widely used by dolphin trainers who needed a way to teach behavior without using physical force, operant conditioning (the scientific term for clicker training) can be and has been successfully employed with animals of all sizes and species, both domesticated and wild, young and old; all breeds of dogs and puppies, cats, birds, leopards, rats, rabbits, chinchillas, fish, and more.

Clicker trainers who learn the underlying principles have at their disposal a powerful set of tools that enable them to analyze behaviors, modify existing methods for individual animals, and create new methods where none previously existed. This flexibility allows the tools of clicker training to be re-invented in new forms that work in a range of situations, and for an infinite variety of animals.

The same principles have also been applied to training for athletes, dancers, skaters, and other people. Called “TAGteach,” this form of training uses a click as a marker signal to teach precise physical motions quickly, accurately, and positively.

More information can be found at http://www.clickertraining.com

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25 Responses

  1. 1 matpich1
    2009 Sep 05

    we don’t know how …
    we don’t know how he do this 8-)

  2. 2 lacsapix
    2009 Sep 05

    LLama’s are really …
    LLama’s are really the best animals ever
    (even b4 i saw this vid :P )

  3. 3 kaekoYamanachii
    2009 Sep 05

    I want one. They …
    I want one. They are so very awesome… like Ronald Mcdonald in a choo choo train….. cool…

  4. 4 kiaralovesllamas
    2009 Sep 05

    I want a llama =[
    I want a llama =[

  5. 5 lovedoesntlast4ever
    2009 Sep 05

    llamas are very …
    llamas are very soft and cute!!!^.^

  6. 6 imagexofxdifference
    2009 Sep 05

    lol i like when (i …
    lol i like when (i think it was penny) had to go in time out

  7. 7 sommerxamber
    2009 Sep 05

    i <3 llamas now! lol
    i <3 llamas now! lol

  8. 8 Wwhatsername
    2009 Sep 05

    Just love llamas <3
    Just love llamas <3

  9. 9 TheWhiteRabbit007
    2009 Sep 05

    Awws! That was *so* …
    Awws! That was *so* adorable!
    I want a llama.

  10. 10 samjtm
    2009 Sep 05

    lol. the llamas …
    lol. the llamas painting rocked. i’d buy that.

  11. 11 Bugabooie
    2009 Sep 05

    man now i want a …
    man now i want a pet llama they are so funny and cute lolz

  12. 12 itzsarahtiime
    2009 Sep 05

    llamas are so …
    llamas are so adorable! haha that was really fun to watch!

  13. 13 thill007963
    2009 Sep 05

    Lol Llamas Are Rock …
    Lol Llamas Are Rock this world they eat you for breakfast. Lol

    Tim Hill

  14. 14 goldhead1
    2009 Sep 05

    Great Video!!! 5 …
    Great Video!!! 5 Stars, wish I could train my Jack russel like that!

  15. 15 soto4u
    2009 Sep 05

    Ilove this video! I …
    Ilove this video! I wish I had one.I give you five stars.

  16. 16 yospfan08
    2009 Sep 05

    The llamas are …
    The llamas are adorable!

  17. 17 llamasbike
    2009 Sep 05

    “PACA wanna hug” is …
    “PACA wanna hug” is very very cute!!!!!!!!!!

  18. 18 lacsapix
    2009 Sep 05

    yeh so do I :p
    yeh so do I :p

  19. 19 lacsapix
    2009 Sep 05

    llama’s are amazing!
    llama’s are amazing!

  20. 20 Keptron
    2009 Sep 05

    Awesome.
    Awesome.

  21. 21 8gigi6
    2009 Sep 05

    llamas are very …
    llamas are very intelligent animals i have some and i know they can do these tricks!

  22. 22 johndl1234
    2009 Sep 05

    Too cute !!
    Too cute !!

  23. 23 flyberry
    2009 Sep 05

    Absolutely AMAZING! …
    Absolutely AMAZING!!!!!

  24. 24 styer123
    2009 Sep 05

    i raise llamas, …
    i raise llamas, none were alpacas until picking up trash. and for the van they send them through the back. i own this vidio at home

  25. 25 fasthandmicky
    2009 Sep 05

    OMG i so wish i had …
    OMG i so wish i had those llamas. they’re the best thing eva. They’re all like look at me im a llama *click click*. I wanna be a llama when im older lol they rock


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