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Training Chickens Makes for Better Dog Trainers!

J9’s K9s trainer, Stephanie, spends a week training a chicken and sharpens her dog training skills in the process! Janine trained chickens too, in 2004!

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25 Responses to “Training Chickens Makes for Better Dog Trainers!”

  1. Thank you- …
    Thank you- wonderful video. I loved the color and shape discrimination, gave me lots of ideas to work with my hen and other animals! Clicker training rocks!!! and is lots of fun too!!!!

  2. Wow, seems your …
    Wow, seems your chicken is smarter than my cat. It only took some moments to shape a new behavior, whereas it took days for my cat to do only one shaped behavior. Maybe it wasn’t the cat maybe it was the trainer! The chicken seems like instant gratification for the trainer since it learns so fast and is eager to do the actions! Sigh, now I wish I had a chicken to train.

  3. please tell me how …
    please tell me how to do this i would love to know

  4. flybybutterflies on October 31st, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    Hi there, I trained …
    Hi there, I trained my hamster to do dog agility, no food luring. Hope you enjoy watching! watch?v=2DVwrA5QRyg

  5. exactly why i love …
    exactly why i love them :D chickens are so smart!

  6. The reward is …
    The reward is commercial chicken feed. It’s how the chickens were fed on training days.

  7. wereallcrazynow on October 31st, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    this is so …
    this is so facinating,

    i am doing a year 12 biology experiment on animal behavious and i have a few questions about this as i was thinking of training a chicken for it.

    firstly does it have to be a grown chicken i only want it to peck a target and i dont really have a place to keep a full grown one, will it work with a chick perhaps?
    when you are training the chickens what are the main things you could record (eg. reaction time, amount of correct and incorrect responses etc)

  8. i tried training my …
    i tried training my chickens with bread, but then all 5 of them came up. lol very hard to try all at once

  9. They do and they …
    They do and they rock!

  10. Ah so much clicking …
    Ah so much clicking. Nice training, truly shows how smart they are.

  11. Wow they probably …
    Wow they probably have the same mental capacity as a dog.

  12. Great video, thanks …
    Great video, thanks for sharing

  13. Who says animals …
    Who says animals don’t see colors.. they really are so smart!!

  14. EXCELLENT!!
    wow …
    EXCELLENT!!
    wow shows how intelligent chickens really are!!
    hey what are you using for reward treats

  15. You are clicking …
    You are clicking too late there ;< (Or is it just the video sound late?)

  16. Great video!

    We …
    Great video!

    We love dogs, but “man’s best friend” now has some new competition on the block. The backyard chicken is forging a fresh place in the pecking order of human importance.

    We just completed a feature-length documentary entitled Mad City Chickens.

    The city will never be the same again!

  17. That is pretty cool …
    That is pretty cool I never knew chickens were so smart

  18. i’m gonna do this …
    i’m gonna do this with my chicken, lol

  19. Bob Bailey rules<3
    Bob Bailey rules<3

  20. What a great video, …
    What a great video, Steph! Would your landlord allow a chicken coop in your apt?
    So glad you grabbed the opportunity to train with Bob Bailey…way too cool, chicken girl. We won’t be seeing video of Quiz and Zoie pecking at shapes, right? :::grin::: Looks like you had an awesome experience. Great job!

  21. jenniferbjorklund on October 31st, 2009 at 10:40 pm

    I’ve always …
    I’ve always suspected this, but now I’m sure … TOMMY needs many more brains to have the mental capacity of a chicken !! We’re still waiting for that UPS truck, Stephanie :)

  22. Amazing work, …
    Amazing work, Stephanie! Cindy’s right. You made it look easy! I didn’t know chickens were so smart. Now I feel bad about that roaster we ate last night.

  23. Very impressive, …
    Very impressive, you make training look so easy!

  24. wooooooow nice!!! O …
    wooooooow nice!!! O,O”

  25. Very impressive …
    Very impressive work! Who would’ve thought you could train a chicken. Great job, Stephanie!

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