Since I do clicker training with Shinjuku every evening she now expects it to happen and has even started to wait for me on the box where we start if I don’t call her.
I wrote about cat training in my post, “Herding cats: Clicker training with my cat”
Ugh. Way less sleep than I needed, which has been happening too much lately.
Cat people, I need advice.
We have a dog in a cat suit. Sweet, emotionally needy, he wants attention whenever he's awake. He's gotten recent access to our bedroom, but had and continues to have access to another one.
For household logistical reasons not subject to change, once he asks to be let out of our bedroom, his access is over for the night. Last night, he asked to be readmitted by destroying a fabric and foam draft blocker attached to the door.
When he wakes us up asking for access he can't have, I'm consistent. I go out, herd him away from the door with my feet, and gently shoo him down the stairs. At which point he leaves, and doesn't return. Last night, I only got up once I heard the fabric tearing, which in retrospect, was probably a mistake.
Once the draft blocker is repaired or replaced, how do I keep him from messing with it?
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Does anyone know of a treat training pouch that has or could attach to a belt, can hold more than one type of treat, and can seal air tight when not in use?
About to try to talk my sister into finding out how to make one with all her leather working equipment lol
Crows Trade Cigarettes for Food
Over in the Swedish city of Södertälje, about 30 km southwest of Stockholm, a pilot program is being explored which will enlist crows to clean up discarded cigarette butts. Butts account for over 60% of litter in Sweden, and the per-butt cleanup cost falls between 0.8 and 2 Swedish kronor each. The company behind the project, Corvid Cleaning, estimates the cost will be around 0.2 kronor. If the birds picked up all the butts, that would be a substantial savings, but in reality, the current manual cleaning will still be needed. Total savings to the city will depend on the ratio of bird-collected vs. people-collected butts. Of course, if people would throw their butts in ashcans or carry pocket ashtrays like those popular in Japan, this would be a non-starter.
Crows were selected because they are considered one of the most intelligent bird -- they're easy to teach, and they communicate with each other. All crows participating in the project are volunteers, and are paid by the butt with a morsel of food dispensed from a machine. We're reminded of B. F. Skinner's pigeon-guided missile projects from the 40s and 50s, although cleaning up litter for food should result in a happier outcome for all parties concerned.
This kind of project has been tried before, for example, in a French park back in 2018. And we covered a 2020 project by [Hans] who was training magpies to do similar duty. Are you aware of any of these projects that went past the pilot phase and are in operation? Let us know in the comments below.
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