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Nice work ; ) This trick is easy enough to teach so you chould have no
problem. Thanks for watching my videos!
2:12 did the rat bite your hand? It looked like it.
I Just got my two rats to jump though a hoop 😀 it took a while because
they often got bored or were more interested in climbing the curtains,
tugging shoelaces or stealing my winter wear. But it was defiantly worth
the time! they seemed to enjoy it too. Also you sound a lot like lara
croft.
Well you need to find something that she loves for a start. (Shreddies?)
Then beggin training her in the cage. Basicly open the cage door, give her
the treat when she comes to greet you and make the sound a couple of times
when she takes it. It may take a week or two for her to get the idea but
once she does she will come up to you when ever you make the noise. Then
you can move on to more advanced stuff. ; )
@darkfire3089 Nice one 😀
Thanks mattie XD
i will start right away!
@hubertgreen If you keep up with the training you can eventually stop
giving treats. If you want your rattie to do several jumps train the little
guy to do one so he gets used to it then gradually ad more jups and when
ever he does an extra one and only when he does an extra one. ; )
what that for eat ? sry are german !
It does NOT take two weeks of raising the hoop for the rat to learn how to
jump through it… Rats are far more intelligent than gerbils and I’ve
taught my gerbil to run very long and complicated courses in less than 2
weeks. Each course would take not much more than 5 minutes to learn, and
rats are much quicker learners! To see what I mean, type in “Binki the
agility gerbil” this is my gerbil and is the best seen trained small rodent
on Youtube.
I’m fully aware. As a person who obviously understands animal training you
should understand the use of repetition and therefore should be able to
identify my utilization of my two week bracket exemplars. With this you
should know how this extension enables rats to learns several tricks as
apposed to a few? No?
@MasterOfTheMidgets thank you soo much that was very helpful!! cuz i have a
rat and i want to teach her cool stuff like what you do!!! 🙂
@plzuttaren Te, he, he! Thats not all at once. This was filmed bit by bit
over the duration of the training process. ; )
@petzhorseclub Breakfast serial always seems to be a favourite. Sometimes
rats will egnore a treat when they’re outside the cage though cause they
may not yet feel safe. If that turns out to be the case she will probably
get over it within a couple of weeks if she is alowed out the cage once a
day. ; )
(1/2) Well-said! Admittedly, I’m new to this rat training thing, but I’ve
been working with horses for 20 years now(11 of those professionally) and
it seems most of the basics are the same. You can never have too much
patience, and as cliche as it sounds, practice makes perfect. I can’t think
of a good reason to rush – it’s not a contest nor a race – relax and enjoy
eachothers company! Puff, keep in mind that not every human/pet partnership
share the same capabilities. ——> next comment:
@MasterOfTheMidgets the Hoop is a brid dish holder right ?
@foxclaw1234 ^^;
@masterofthemidget I love your videos. I have 2 14 week old Does and I’ve
been slowly training them. I’m a little confused as to why you make the
clicking sound when you treat them?
haha. 🙂 it’s not so important to me do they learn tricks and if they do,
how many tricks they will learn, but i think training would be fun for me
and for those two silly rats. 😀 i love your rat videos and you have nice
voice. your voice is very clear, colourful and your emotions come along it.
🙂
thankyou very much! it helped alot! btw whats ur rat callled?
Hello, I’ve watched all your training videos and am very impressed. I’m
wondering where you learned your techniques and if you have experience
training other animals. I work doing clicker training with dogs, which
looks much like your methods. I have two female hooded rats, who are either
4 or 5 months old. I haven’t tried any training with them at all because
I’ve moved too much and haven’t been in a place they could safely move
freely in. Do you think they are too old to train at this point?
Lol thanks
thanks 4 the info it will come in handy
Lol!
amazing. it’s like…wow.
shes not doing it on her own…your still leading her even after ur “days
of training” 1 *
Yep. There is a link beneath this video that can lead you straight to it ; )
Hay thanks : ) I recon they could still learn a few tricks as rats are very
intelligent but it may simply take a little longer ; )
You need to wait untill the little guy is compleatly tame. Once thats
sorted he(or she) needs to be compleatly happy to run around the room
without fear. Training just won’t happen otherwise ; )
I know, its sad…but these two are almost two years old and are doing very
well. (I think its it to do with the lively hood of their lives)
dont the rat stop jumo throu the hoop if you dont get him candy? Maybe he
can jump in many steps, that would be pretty cool.
@snekutis741 Te, he, he. There’s always one 😛
MasterOfTheMidgets
Nice work ; ) This trick is easy enough to teach so you chould have no
problem. Thanks for watching my videos!
XBlueSkyProductions
2:12 did the rat bite your hand? It looked like it.
Whitney Littleton
I Just got my two rats to jump though a hoop 😀 it took a while because
they often got bored or were more interested in climbing the curtains,
tugging shoelaces or stealing my winter wear. But it was defiantly worth
the time! they seemed to enjoy it too. Also you sound a lot like lara
croft.
MasterOfTheMidgets
Well you need to find something that she loves for a start. (Shreddies?)
Then beggin training her in the cage. Basicly open the cage door, give her
the treat when she comes to greet you and make the sound a couple of times
when she takes it. It may take a week or two for her to get the idea but
once she does she will come up to you when ever you make the noise. Then
you can move on to more advanced stuff. ; )
MasterOfTheMidgets
@darkfire3089 Nice one 😀
MasterOfTheMidgets
Thanks mattie XD
mschwibi
i will start right away!
MasterOfTheMidgets
@hubertgreen If you keep up with the training you can eventually stop
giving treats. If you want your rattie to do several jumps train the little
guy to do one so he gets used to it then gradually ad more jups and when
ever he does an extra one and only when he does an extra one. ; )
JONASBRANDT10peter
what that for eat ? sry are german !
Puffel Pansey
It does NOT take two weeks of raising the hoop for the rat to learn how to
jump through it… Rats are far more intelligent than gerbils and I’ve
taught my gerbil to run very long and complicated courses in less than 2
weeks. Each course would take not much more than 5 minutes to learn, and
rats are much quicker learners! To see what I mean, type in “Binki the
agility gerbil” this is my gerbil and is the best seen trained small rodent
on Youtube.
MasterOfTheMidgets
I’m fully aware. As a person who obviously understands animal training you
should understand the use of repetition and therefore should be able to
identify my utilization of my two week bracket exemplars. With this you
should know how this extension enables rats to learns several tricks as
apposed to a few? No?
petzhorseclub
@MasterOfTheMidgets thank you soo much that was very helpful!! cuz i have a
rat and i want to teach her cool stuff like what you do!!! 🙂
MasterOfTheMidgets
@plzuttaren Te, he, he! Thats not all at once. This was filmed bit by bit
over the duration of the training process. ; )
MasterOfTheMidgets
@petzhorseclub Breakfast serial always seems to be a favourite. Sometimes
rats will egnore a treat when they’re outside the cage though cause they
may not yet feel safe. If that turns out to be the case she will probably
get over it within a couple of weeks if she is alowed out the cage once a
day. ; )
DrowndSoda
(1/2) Well-said! Admittedly, I’m new to this rat training thing, but I’ve
been working with horses for 20 years now(11 of those professionally) and
it seems most of the basics are the same. You can never have too much
patience, and as cliche as it sounds, practice makes perfect. I can’t think
of a good reason to rush – it’s not a contest nor a race – relax and enjoy
eachothers company! Puff, keep in mind that not every human/pet partnership
share the same capabilities. ——> next comment:
xjustinbieberfanxefc
@MasterOfTheMidgets the Hoop is a brid dish holder right ?
MasterOfTheMidgets
@foxclaw1234 ^^;
Alison Levi
@masterofthemidget I love your videos. I have 2 14 week old Does and I’ve
been slowly training them. I’m a little confused as to why you make the
clicking sound when you treat them?
Tymochenko
haha. 🙂 it’s not so important to me do they learn tricks and if they do,
how many tricks they will learn, but i think training would be fun for me
and for those two silly rats. 😀 i love your rat videos and you have nice
voice. your voice is very clear, colourful and your emotions come along it.
🙂
freddiemercuryloyal1
thankyou very much! it helped alot! btw whats ur rat callled?
Atrastae
Hello, I’ve watched all your training videos and am very impressed. I’m
wondering where you learned your techniques and if you have experience
training other animals. I work doing clicker training with dogs, which
looks much like your methods. I have two female hooded rats, who are either
4 or 5 months old. I haven’t tried any training with them at all because
I’ve moved too much and haven’t been in a place they could safely move
freely in. Do you think they are too old to train at this point?
MasterOfTheMidgets
Lol thanks
Dollyvictoriabates
thanks 4 the info it will come in handy
MasterOfTheMidgets
Lol!
natalierox12
amazing. it’s like…wow.
Stephanie Alexander
shes not doing it on her own…your still leading her even after ur “days
of training” 1 *
MasterOfTheMidgets
Yep. There is a link beneath this video that can lead you straight to it ; )
MasterOfTheMidgets
Hay thanks : ) I recon they could still learn a few tricks as rats are very
intelligent but it may simply take a little longer ; )
MasterOfTheMidgets
You need to wait untill the little guy is compleatly tame. Once thats
sorted he(or she) needs to be compleatly happy to run around the room
without fear. Training just won’t happen otherwise ; )
MasterOfTheMidgets
I know, its sad…but these two are almost two years old and are doing very
well. (I think its it to do with the lively hood of their lives)
hubertgreen
dont the rat stop jumo throu the hoop if you dont get him candy? Maybe he
can jump in many steps, that would be pretty cool.
MasterOfTheMidgets
@snekutis741 Te, he, he. There’s always one 😛
MasterOfTheMidgets
I’m not sure at the moment. I recently remade number 5 (fetch) but the
screan on my laptop has gone dead so it could be a while. I need to remake
number 6 at some point too. Eeeek!
MasterOfTheMidgets
Its true that red eyed rats can’t see as well (hence the rock form side to
side to get depth perception). I just tend to put treats right infront of
their faces. You may find the problem is actually that they are afraid of
the space outside their cage. If they have not explored it frequently and
are not yet runing around freely, their wee ratty brains will tell them
that there could be preditors lurking around any unexplored corner so may
refuse a treat because they will want to stay alurt. 😀
MasterOfTheMidgets
No problem ; )
Nick Amos
Alright thanks, getting everything ready for my two new rats. Hopefully by
August. Brothers: Whiskers Mine: Not sure maybe Nibbles
AllanbelongswithCaro
ur rats look just like mine!
joiishin
can you suggest diff. kinds of foods that rats will really like as a treats
?? 🙂
MasterOfTheMidgets
@matthewmartinx Te, he, he! =P
MasterOfTheMidgets
@M4j441 Thanks XD Your English is rather good by the way ; )
MasterOfTheMidgets
Thanks matie.
MasterOfTheMidgets
I’ve got two lol! (They’re much happyer in pares) Anyway I think female
rats are better for training because they are so much more lively and they
seem to see it all as some sort of game but I’ve seen males trained too.
Ether gender are just as intelligent as the other but male rats are much
more layed back.. If you want energetic rats then go for females but if you
want rats that will cuddle up asleep on your lap then you will want males.
MasterOfTheMidgets
@xKrAzEdShOoTeRx Well in that vid I was giving them bits of a chicken wrap
and then latter shreddies XD
MasterOfTheMidgets
@alisonlevi85 The clicking sound is basicly a way of saying “you did this
right so you’re gonna get a treat” so it acts as a motivator. It also helps
them make the destinction between just getting a treat for no reason and
getting one for doing a trick right. I tend to give these guys a treat (and
click) after they’re performed the trick so they know that by repeating
that behaviour again they shall be rewarded.
greenomar123
your lucky u have a rat
rhcpfan004
My rat just ignores the food I try to give her, or snatches it away before
she has to do anything for it 🙁 How can I get her to be more interested?
helloworld00001
Where did you get the hoop?
Khulood Al Qassimi
did she torture this rat ?
Lena Nguyen
yes it was very fun teaching my rat
MasterOfTheMidgets
Good stuff. So you taught him/her this?