Backup On Hind Legs In A Circle
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Pre-Requisite: Your rat must already know how to backup on their hind legs on cue. If you would like help training your rat to backup on their hind legs, you can find my tutorial on how to teach it by clicking on the button below: |
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Step 1:
Set up your corner and circular object, and lure your rat into position. Now begin by cueing your rat to walk backwards on their hind legs into the corner, and reward them as soon as they begin to turn.
Step 2:
Gradually increase the amount that your rat must turn before you reward them.
Gradually increase the amount that your rat must turn before you reward them.
Step 3:
Once your rat is backing up on their hind legs while turning consistently, remove one wall. Now just as before, continue to practice cueing your rat to back around the object.
Once your rat is backing up on their hind legs while turning consistently, remove one wall. Now just as before, continue to practice cueing your rat to back around the object.
Step 4:
Once your rat gets good at backing around your circular object with one wall, it is now time to remove the last wall and practice with the circular object alone.
Once your rat gets good at backing around your circular object with one wall, it is now time to remove the last wall and practice with the circular object alone.
Step 5:
All that's left is to keep practicing until your rat can back up on their hind legs around the object completely.
All that's left is to keep practicing until your rat can back up on their hind legs around the object completely.
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