Hey all...I have a sort of unusual (I think) question for you. First, a bit of background. I'm planning to get a dog soon, and I've been doing research about the breed and the particular type of training I'm interested in. For this particular breed, which usually has "no apparent need to please people," it was recommended to use "clicker training." The woman who recommended this also mentioned that I might want to practice these methods on my ferrets, first, to get the hang of it and to teach them new things. From what I understand (haven't had a chance to research it yet), clicker training was based on the way dolphins, killer whales, and otters were trained. You have an object (clickable pen, snapple cap, etc) that makes a "click" sound, and you make the sound at exactly the moment of the behavior you want to reinforce, and then after the fact, you reward the animal (with food, toy, etc). Sort of a Pavlovian thing, I guess. Not sure of all the ins and outs, but was wondering if anyone else had thought that this method might work in ferrets, to perhaps reinforce litterbox habits, train tricks, or whatever. Anybody with dogs expand this training to their frits??? Well, thanks! Kelly Reverend Maynard, Edie, Cosette, Static, Magkij znak, and Geraden (fritters) and Dahlink' Sonar, the yorkie, who would run away from anything that clicks... --->Kelly |\__\ /__/| Head of Animal Optometry | o o o o | "Damn you, Let the Rabbits wear glasses" / =p= =q= \ University of Houston | | (everybody's gotta love crappy ascii art...) Reverend Maynard: "I'm not looking at you." Edie: "Snore, squeak." ** "The following sentence is true. The previous sentence is false." ** [Posted in FML issue 1911]