Hi! Yes, the sooner you start training her, the better. Rabbits are pretty strong minded, so you an be pretty firm when you tell her "no". I push mine away pretty bluntly if he tries to chew cables or something, as I say "no" with a sharp voice. After a few times like that, it's enough only to say "no" from a distance and they'll quickly stop whatever they are not allowed to. Though, their bodies are fragile, so always push them away with care and never inflict pain in them.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is AMAZING!!!!! I do have a clicker and I will try this on my new bunny. You are a good trainer. Keep up the good work and keep me up to date.
Thank you! :) Momo will most likely stop leaving little droppings within a year or something, I would say, hopefully even sooner. It took Filip 3,5 years to stop, though males are usually slower with the litter training. But if you've noticed progress with the litter training already, that's a good sign. Filip jumps up on the couch, even though he knows he's not allowed. So when I see him up there and start moving towards the couch, he'll playfully flick his head and jump down quickly. :P
Once he can do a full circle with your guidance, you can add the commando, eg. "Spin" as you're doing it and then, when it seems like he understands, see if he does it when you just tell him "Spin" and point in the direction he's used to spin. If yours just run away, he probably doesn't expect anything fun to happen around you, so try to be very patient with him and feed him little treats when he comes up to you.
The easiest trick is to teach him to stand up on his hind legs. You simply just give him a treat from higher and higher up and finally he has to stand up to get it. You then add the command you want to use, e.g. "Up", and after a while of saying "Up" right as he's reaching as far up as he can, you try to only say "Up" (and maybe just quickly sweep your hand over him, if he doesn't get it the first times). He should after a while stand up on his own when you say "Up". Good luck!
the animals really tend to love it, cause they have to think and try to get it right in order to get their reward, which is something fun for them, so they are really trying to strive for it. :) So, yes, it is just like a game to the bunny (or whatever animal you're training). :) Though, to really get it right, I would absolutely recommend to read up on it a lot more, since it's such a delicate and precise training method that is more effective the more you know about it. ;)
Haha, thank you! He loves training me. :) He became deaf two years ago, though, so now we're doing everything only with hand signals, but he still loves it and gets really eager when he realizes we're about to practice. :) I just checked out your videos. You have some really cute bunnies. :)
It takes only a few days to train them to do certain trix. Rabbits are actually really clever. They pick stuff up quickly. They only smell if you don't clean the cage often enough. If you clean their litter box evey day, they do not smell. It's only their urine laying around that smells. And most rabbits learns to pee only in their litterbox. Filip sometimes gets in a hurry and runs all through the apartment only to get to his litter box and pee. ;)
so cute!! Ive been wanting a lop-eared bunny for a while now and i feel ready for one. they look absolutely adorable and think training it would be fun. and once you've got a few tricks down, its easier and funner(if that's a word)...but thats just me. your bunny is adorable!! and i love his name- Filip
Thank you! Actually, that trick was just in the process of being taught. He was tired after doing the other tricks, so I knew he'd lay down. So right as I saw that he was about to, I said the word "lay down" ("ligg" in Swedish) and he automatically did and got rewarded for it. If I would've continued doing this for a few days (or weeks, maybe) he'd soon associate the word and the action with each other and hopefully do it on command. But for some reason I never finished training him to lay down.
"FILIP" is adorable & can see the strong bond between you🙂. 'Tackar' for an entertaining & helpful video! I have recently been introduced to "clicker" training & hoping such training will work with obedience as well as it seems to perfect trick training🙃🤗! Igen, 'tackar så mycket'.
You just give him a little treat as soon as he comes up to you, so he knows that coming up to you is always something positive. Once he knows that, you can start calling his name AS HE IS running up to you. That way he will associate running up to you to get a treat with his name. After a few days or weeks, he should be coming up to you as you're calling his name ahead of time. ;)
He nibbles things occationally, but stops when I tell him "no". But he is the one rabbit of all the rabbits I've had in my life who does it the least. It usually just comes down to luck in what kind of rabbit you get - a nibbler or not. Just make sure that Momo always have stuff to nibble on in her cage and let her know that that's the only place she's allowed to nibble on things. Rabbits learn quickly to hear the difference in your tone of voice if you're mad or not.
What a gorgeous rabbit and what a wonderful video! Thank You, I really enjoyed that. I am looking into clicker training my rabbits and has really encouraged me.
You just take the treat and move it in a sircle, slowly, halfway around his head in one direction, so that he follows it with his head. Give the treat once he's turned his head only a little bit. Once he knows to follow it around, you can increase the circle until you move the treat in a full circle around his head. Just train him in really short sessions of maybe just 3-4 minutes at the time and do it in really, really small steps.
When it's hot you should put the cage in the shade (the rabbit can never sit in the sun, not even when it's not that hot out) and hold ice cubes against his ears and give ice cubes with pieces of apple in them so that he can eat them. Like a bunny popcicle. :)
desired behavior and you praise that with a click and a treat. Then you wait for the animal to try to do that same thing again, cause it knows it gets rewarded for it. After a while, you don't satisfy with that small move, and you wait until the animal tries more, or longer or in a slightly different way - something that is more close to how you want the trick to look like. You always do it in very small steps. You can read a lot about this online. It is a very effetive way of training and
Just rewarded him with treats as soon as he did come to me (without me saying anything). Then I added the "call" as he was on his way over to me. After a while he associated "Filip, come" with getting treats as he came up to me, so he started doing it as I called him. ;)
Make him understand what the clicker means first off. Spend quite a lot of time on just clicking and giving him a treat right after, even though he hasn't done anything. Then decide what you want him to do. Then you click for any single little movement towards the right, desired behaviour. Try to progress in small steps rather than in long steps, and have short training sessiongs, since rabbits get tired and unfocussed quickly. 5 minutes at the time is enough. And have patience. ;) Good luck!
Then he just doesn't trust you enough. Some rabbits never become completely tame for some reason. It's very individual. It's the easiest to tame them when they're as young as possible. The older they become, the harder it gets. Taming them and gaining their trust takes time and requires you to spend all the time you can with the rabbit.Take it to a breeder or pet store where they are used to handling rabbits, so they can show you the best way to pick it up and hold it without it kicking.
Lure it with a treat that you hold to the side of it's head. Give it the treat when it's turning it's head to get it or to look. Then hold up the treat further and further back and reward with the treat when it turns. Let your arm holding the treat come in from above the rabbit and continue rewarding until it moves it feet to reach the treat. Reward more and more until you have a full cirkle. Patience and many short training sessions will do the trick. ;) Good luck!
haha thats cute :) so tell me, do you train your bunny after his lunch or before? i wanna learn how to clicker train one of my bunnies so this would help me alot!
This is really awesome! I clicker train dogs and cats, but have never had the chance to clicker train a rabbit. I have students at my school where I am a teacher that have rabbits and I showed them your video. I am hoping that they will start working with their rabbits.
5 stars very cool Filip is one obideant bunny :) a real tribute to the love and devotion you have for one another Can't wait to bring my bunny home in a few weeks just waiting for him to wean ( Flemish giant ) How did you teach him the lie down trick ???
Hi! The click is used instead of a praise. The click sound is always constant, whereas a praie, like saying "Good job!", or something like that, always sound a little different from the last time you said it. There's a million ways to say "good job". So the click always sounds exactly the same and the animal knows what it's waiting for and recognizes it immediately. Plus the fact that the click comes more precise. You can click ON the specific desired behavior as it is being performed.
Hi! I think you should start right away, but be gentle with the amount of training and your demands on him in the beginning, before he's used to it. Though, age wise, it's perfect to start now, when he's hopefully developed a bond to you and trusts you, plus he's still young enough to learn quickly. ;)
@theeye67 my guinea pig had that you should take your rabbit to vet immediately. My guinea pig ended up passing away because of her overgrown back molars were restricting air flow to her lungs. Causing puss to run through her nasal cavities and making the puss come out of her eye. Is your rabbit wheezing. If so take him or her to the vet. Good luck
Filip you are so cute!! i have a mini lop doe, Momo. she is only 14 weeks now and is nearly fully litter trained. she just leaves us some little poos around, will she stop it once she is mature enough do you think? Also (assuming Filip is a house bunny) how is he with jumping on furniture and nipping? great work so far, he i just too cute!! x
It will take a long time for the rabbit to fully trust you, especially if you're not firm and certain in your way of handling it, e.g. if you're not very used to carrying rabbits. If you go to rabbits.rabbitspeak. com, you will find many great tips on how to communicate with your rabbit and how to read it's signals right. That will take you far in gaining trust from your rabbit. It's hard to explain how, but just search TH-cam for "How to pick up a rabbit" and you'll find lots!
You are absolutely right. More people need to learn about their intelligence. Read up as much as you can on both species before you decide. Filip runs loose in my apartment as soon as I'm home, so he's more like a dog that you don't need to take outside for walks. Rats are more active all the time and not as cuddly as a rabbit, but you can teach both of them trix. Just remember that both species should be at least two individuals living together since they're very social animals. Good luck! :)
Either you're doing it wrong or he's just not interested or motivated enough to be trained. Read up on clicker training as much as you can. Usually training is not successful when you're doing it wrong or you're forcing the rabbit to do something it doesn't want to do. Training needs to be fun to be efficient. Clicker training is quite a complex training method which is more effective the more you know about it, so spend some hours on Google. ;)
så himla coolt!! :-D var himla kul att se faktiskt. men hur tusan får du honom att förstå vad ligg betyder? ska nog testa att börja klicker träna mina kaniner
That's interesting. I've heard that hearing problems are common with lop eared rabbits. Filip is very adorable, by the way. I've never thought about using a flashing light before! That's a great idea, and I will try it. I'm excited now =) Thank you!
It's cause the treat is in your hand. But if you keep doing that and add the word "up" or whatever word you prefer every single time he stands up (AS he is standing up), he'll start associating the word with the action. After a while (several days of training) you can try to just say the word without the hand lure. Just wait for it and repeat the word a couple of times. If he doesn't stand up anyways, raise your hand quickly and then reward after taking it down if he stands up even after that.
Hello :) My bunny is 4 months old and i dont know when should i start with training. I ve read lots of texts about clicker training but still, is it too late or too early? I would like to hear your oppinion. Thank you for answer :3 Btw great job with your Filip :) really smart bunny :p
I haven't tried much training but my Netherland dwarf 1 year old bunny knows "up" to stand up, she comes towards me if i scratch on the floor, usually comes to me when I call her name. I started getting her to jump through a hoop but that had mixed results lol. Great video. Tack tack
Hi, its very cute and interessting! I have two rabbits, they are very cute but don't know any tricks. Do you think your rabbit is very smart or is this possible with any rabbit?
It's the same thing. ;) If the click is too loud for the rabbit, you kan hold the clicker in your pocket or behind your back when you click, so the sound gets softer.
What a sweet bunny! Do you give him a treat every time he does a trick or can you wean him off of them after a while? I'm concerned I'd be giving my bunny too many treats if I did this.
Good luck! :) I've never tried using light as click myself, but I know they do it (with a laser flashing on the tank wall) when they clicker train fish, so why shouldn't it work on rabbits? :) So just make sure not to blind him with the light (maybe you can flash it on the floor infront of him, pretty much in the area of where the treat will be given to him? Good luck with your training! I'd love to hear about how it went! :)
Men lite uthållighet, så går det. ;) Men det gäller som sagt att passa på just när han utför beteendet naturligt. ;) Klicker är jättekul! Absolut värt att testa!
Haha how cute! i can see that image of ur little rat popping out and in of ur sleeve. Wow that's so awesome that u are allowed to have him out on ur shoulder in class. My school would nva allow that......i think. Nva happen b4 so i dont know.
No, Filip is not neutered yet. I might do it by spring, though, cause he recently got a little guinea pig friend and by spring he can get quite a handful with all his attempts to mate with everything. You should never starve a rabbit, though, but I can understand your situation. But what's in his food bowl? He shouldn't get more than a handful pellets per day, and the rest of the time, he should just have hay in his cage. Maybe he's getting too much other foods that's making him not want treats?
You could also try to pet it as a reward, like a quick head rub, though they usually appreciate the treats the most, which makes the training the most efficient. Maybe you could use cereal or something like that as treats (or his normal pellets), if you are worried you'll be giving him too many unhealthy treats? You've just gotta find something he likes and thinks it's worth working for. The healthier, the better, of course. Maybe even a small piece of lettuce (one small mouthful) would work?
Rabbits usually have different preferences. It's very individual what their favorite treats are. But just go to your local pet store and see what rabbit treats they sell. From there you just have to test your way through to finding your rabbits favorite treats. My rabbit's favorite was the white sunflower seeds.
Thanks for your comment and sorry I haven't answered until now. You can get a clicker at pretty much any pet store. Getting him to side kick jump will probably be very hard, since they only do it when they're really happy or excited. You should really try to teach him easier things first before you take on the side kick jump (if ever). Shaking hands is also a hard one, but read up on clicker training as much as possible before you start and you'll figure out the rest while you read.
Yes, I'm from Sweden. He's from a breeder called "Cumulus Kaniner". Just look for serious breeders online and try to get in touch with them and ask questions about the rabbits' health and all the questions you can think about before you decide to buy one from them. If you can go and visit the breeder before you buy one (to see that the rabbits are kept under good conditions and to meet the parents of the rabbit you are going to buy and so on), you should definately do that. :) Good luck!
Talar du svenska? Du fick värkligen mig att bli svartsjuk nu! Waude! Jätte duktig påriktigt, våra kaniner kan bara den där med att slicka/snusa vid läpparna och att snurra på bollar... men med ena tränar vi nog kaninhoppning, var det har gått rätt så bra :)
Thank you! :) I learned at university, where I studied ethology and I've spent many hours reading about clicker training on the Internet. There are lots of instructional videos on TH-cam. :)
Thanks. :) He never gets lunch, only a few pellets for breakfast (and then unlimited amounts of hay, of course). I usually trained him any time during the day or at night when rabbits are usually more alert, so he wasn't very hungry or really full. ;)
Ja, det bör det absolut göra. Klickerträning är en av de mest effektiva inlärningsformerna, eftersom det baserar sig på positiv förstärkning av beteenden (alltså att du belönar med något) samtidigt som det är så tydligt och precist för djuret, så länge man hanterar klickern och tajmingen rätt. Tajming är allt inom klickerträning, så läs bara på så mycket du kan om klickerträning innan du börjar, så tror jag att det kommer att bli riktigt kul med klickerträning (för er båda två). :)
To circle, I used "luring", with means I hold the treat in my hand and puts my hand to the side of his head and as he turns his head I click and give him the treat. Then you just progress from there, and make the circle more and more complete. In the end it's enough that you just circle your hand above him and he understands what to do. To lay down, I wait until he's tired and I know in advance that he's going to lay down. Then I click right as he does it. That one take a bit more time to teach.
Yes, absolutely. Just read up as much as you can about it before you start, since it's a quite delicate method that needs to be done right in order to be the most effective. ;)
I'm from Sweden, so I can't really tell you how much they are, since I think they're a little cheaper in the U.S. Just go to a good pet store and ask about expenses. Make sure, though, that you have money saved for possible veterinary expenses too, though. Many people just buy the animals and the things they need for them and have no money left to use if they'd have to take the animal to the vet. So to have money saved somewhere for vet expenses is a must before buying an animal.
Yes, you can. It just takes a little longer if he already has decided where to pee. Just take the litter that has the pee on it and put it in the litterbox and put the litterbox right back in the spot where he pees and hopefully he'll continue in there. If he pees somewhere else, just move that litter into the litterbox, as well.
I'm very sorry to hear that. I don't know of any lists like that, since I live in Sweden. But I'm really sorry to hear that your rabbit is gone. I know how much you can love a rabbit. :(
It's quite hard to get the discoloring off, but getting the worst of the urine and poo by just washing it off is a good start. I usually just hold my rabbit's paws under running water, so that I don't have to give the whole rabbit a bath when he doesn't have to. If your rabbis is held in a clean environment it will most likely get the rest off by itself. This can be hard, though, with a rabbit that pees in the middle of the cage and then lies down in it. I took all the straw out of the cage
White sunflower seeds. Though, they are very fatty and not very nutritious, so you should only give a small amount per day. You can basically try giving it any small pieces of food that suits a rabbit (tiny pieces of carrot, corn flakes, etc.). The trick is to find their absolute favorite treat that it's willing to work for. :)
How old was Filip when you started to train him? My bunnies are three months old now and from the rabbit treats I bought for them say that they're only for rabbits 4 months old+. Such a pain lol, looks like I'll be sticking with broccoli for a while XD
He's still very young and most rabbits get better with age, poop-wise. Though, males are always a little bit messy and some male rabbits never poops in one corner of the cage. But just give it some time, move all the poop you see into his litter box and hopefully he'll get it eventually. To gain his trust more, try to feed him little treats from his hand and politely "ask him" if you can pet him before you do. If you hold your hand out infront and slightly over his head, he will turn his head
It took him maybe two or three practices (of 5-10 minutes each) spread out on two days. They understand it quite fast. It's the training of the tricks that takes time. ;)
It took between five and 50 times before he learned the various tricks. Tro train her to come when called, start out by finding out what her most favorite treat is. Give it to her every single time she happens to run up to you. After you feel like she expects the treat every time, add the command and say it every time AS she is already running up to you and then give her the treat. After a while, she'll associate that command (e.g. "come here") with running up to you and getting a treat. :)
Wow, this really made me smile. Thank you! :) I'm glad you see this video as inspration. Just tell the students to do it in shorter training sessions than with dogs and cats and in very small steps and they will be successful. If you see my rabbit agility video on here, I used klicker training to teach him that, too. Clicker trainng is great activation for a rabbit. :) Good luck to you and all your students and thanks again for your comment!
Rabbits usually choose a corner to pee in by themselves. Then you just put the litter box in that corner and put some of their feces in it. Don't put hay IN the litter box, cause it would get contaminated. Put it in a hay rack right on the side of the cage above the litter box. That does help sometimes, since they usually poo as they're eating hay. To bond, just spend as much time with them as you can, but never force them to anything.
Hi! Yes, the sooner you start training her, the better. Rabbits are pretty strong minded, so you an be pretty firm when you tell her "no". I push mine away pretty bluntly if he tries to chew cables or something, as I say "no" with a sharp voice. After a few times like that, it's enough only to say "no" from a distance and they'll quickly stop whatever they are not allowed to. Though, their bodies are fragile, so always push them away with care and never inflict pain in them.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is AMAZING!!!!! I do have a clicker and I will try this on my new bunny. You are a good trainer. Keep up the good work and keep me up to date.
Thank you! :) Momo will most likely stop leaving little droppings within a year or something, I would say, hopefully even sooner. It took Filip 3,5 years to stop, though males are usually slower with the litter training. But if you've noticed progress with the litter training already, that's a good sign. Filip jumps up on the couch, even though he knows he's not allowed. So when I see him up there and start moving towards the couch, he'll playfully flick his head and jump down quickly. :P
Once he can do a full circle with your guidance, you can add the commando, eg. "Spin" as you're doing it and then, when it seems like he understands, see if he does it when you just tell him "Spin" and point in the direction he's used to spin. If yours just run away, he probably doesn't expect anything fun to happen around you, so try to be very patient with him and feed him little treats when he comes up to you.
The easiest trick is to teach him to stand up on his hind legs. You simply just give him a treat from higher and higher up and finally he has to stand up to get it. You then add the command you want to use, e.g. "Up", and after a while of saying "Up" right as he's reaching as far up as he can, you try to only say "Up" (and maybe just quickly sweep your hand over him, if he doesn't get it the first times). He should after a while stand up on his own when you say "Up". Good luck!
I'm very impressed at the level of training. Excellent and clearly Filip is very happy doing it.
the animals really tend to love it, cause they have to think and try to get it right in order to get their reward, which is something fun for them, so they are really trying to strive for it. :) So, yes, it is just like a game to the bunny (or whatever animal you're training). :) Though, to really get it right, I would absolutely recommend to read up on it a lot more, since it's such a delicate and precise training method that is more effective the more you know about it. ;)
Haha, thank you! He loves training me. :) He became deaf two years ago, though, so now we're doing everything only with hand signals, but he still loves it and gets really eager when he realizes we're about to practice. :) I just checked out your videos. You have some really cute bunnies. :)
It takes only a few days to train them to do certain trix. Rabbits are actually really clever. They pick stuff up quickly. They only smell if you don't clean the cage often enough. If you clean their litter box evey day, they do not smell. It's only their urine laying around that smells. And most rabbits learns to pee only in their litterbox. Filip sometimes gets in a hurry and runs all through the apartment only to get to his litter box and pee. ;)
so cute!! Ive been wanting a lop-eared bunny for a while now and i feel ready for one. they look absolutely adorable and think training it would be fun. and once you've got a few tricks down, its easier and funner(if that's a word)...but thats just me. your bunny is adorable!! and i love his name- Filip
Thank you! Actually, that trick was just in the process of being taught. He was tired after doing the other tricks, so I knew he'd lay down. So right as I saw that he was about to, I said the word "lay down" ("ligg" in Swedish) and he automatically did and got rewarded for it. If I would've continued doing this for a few days (or weeks, maybe) he'd soon associate the word and the action with each other and hopefully do it on command. But for some reason I never finished training him to lay down.
"FILIP" is adorable & can see the strong bond between you🙂. 'Tackar' for an entertaining & helpful video! I have recently been introduced to "clicker" training & hoping such training will work with obedience as well as it seems to perfect trick training🙃🤗! Igen, 'tackar så mycket'.
You just give him a little treat as soon as he comes up to you, so he knows that coming up to you is always something positive. Once he knows that, you can start calling his name AS HE IS running up to you. That way he will associate running up to you to get a treat with his name. After a few days or weeks, he should be coming up to you as you're calling his name ahead of time. ;)
He nibbles things occationally, but stops when I tell him "no". But he is the one rabbit of all the rabbits I've had in my life who does it the least. It usually just comes down to luck in what kind of rabbit you get - a nibbler or not. Just make sure that Momo always have stuff to nibble on in her cage and let her know that that's the only place she's allowed to nibble on things. Rabbits learn quickly to hear the difference in your tone of voice if you're mad or not.
What a gorgeous rabbit and what a wonderful video! Thank You, I really enjoyed that. I am looking into clicker training my rabbits and has really encouraged me.
You just take the treat and move it in a sircle, slowly, halfway around his head in one direction, so that he follows it with his head. Give the treat once he's turned his head only a little bit. Once he knows to follow it around, you can increase the circle until you move the treat in a full circle around his head. Just train him in really short sessions of maybe just 3-4 minutes at the time and do it in really, really small steps.
When it's hot you should put the cage in the shade (the rabbit can never sit in the sun, not even when it's not that hot out) and hold ice cubes against his ears and give ice cubes with pieces of apple in them so that he can eat them. Like a bunny popcicle. :)
you have trained him very well, i have a rabbit like yours and I didn't know you could train them like that
Tinwelende What a great example of clicker training for rabbits, you and your bunny are really great inspiration!!
I didn't know bunnies were this trainable. Evidently, you have a very strong bond with yours, and some incredible skill. :)
desired behavior and you praise that with a click and a treat. Then you wait for the animal to try to do that same thing again, cause it knows it gets rewarded for it. After a while, you don't satisfy with that small move, and you wait until the animal tries more, or longer or in a slightly different way - something that is more close to how you want the trick to look like. You always do it in very small steps. You can read a lot about this online. It is a very effetive way of training and
Just rewarded him with treats as soon as he did come to me (without me saying anything). Then I added the "call" as he was on his way over to me. After a while he associated "Filip, come" with getting treats as he came up to me, so he started doing it as I called him. ;)
He's so smart and adorable!
Make him understand what the clicker means first off. Spend quite a lot of time on just clicking and giving him a treat right after, even though he hasn't done anything. Then decide what you want him to do. Then you click for any single little movement towards the right, desired behaviour. Try to progress in small steps rather than in long steps, and have short training sessiongs, since rabbits get tired and unfocussed quickly. 5 minutes at the time is enough. And have patience. ;) Good luck!
Then he just doesn't trust you enough. Some rabbits never become completely tame for some reason. It's very individual. It's the easiest to tame them when they're as young as possible. The older they become, the harder it gets. Taming them and gaining their trust takes time and requires you to spend all the time you can with the rabbit.Take it to a breeder or pet store where they are used to handling rabbits, so they can show you the best way to pick it up and hold it without it kicking.
If he's tame enough that he comes up to you, you can just start clicker training him.It works fine to do it outside, too.
The kiss.... ❤ that was adorable!😍🐰
Lure it with a treat that you hold to the side of it's head. Give it the treat when it's turning it's head to get it or to look. Then hold up the treat further and further back and reward with the treat when it turns. Let your arm holding the treat come in from above the rabbit and continue rewarding until it moves it feet to reach the treat. Reward more and more until you have a full cirkle. Patience and many short training sessions will do the trick. ;) Good luck!
haha thats cute :)
so tell me, do you train your bunny after his lunch or before? i wanna learn how to clicker train one of my bunnies so this would help me alot!
This is really awesome! I clicker train dogs and cats, but have never had the chance to clicker train a rabbit. I have students at my school where I am a teacher that have rabbits and I showed them your video. I am hoping that they will start working with their rabbits.
5 stars very cool
Filip is one obideant bunny :) a real tribute to the love and devotion you have for one another
Can't wait to bring my bunny home in a few weeks just waiting for him to wean ( Flemish giant )
How did you teach him the lie down trick ???
Wow, he's not only talented, but adorable!
Hi! The click is used instead of a praise. The click sound is always constant, whereas a praie, like saying "Good job!", or something like that, always sound a little different from the last time you said it. There's a million ways to say "good job". So the click always sounds exactly the same and the animal knows what it's waiting for and recognizes it immediately. Plus the fact that the click comes more precise. You can click ON the specific desired behavior as it is being performed.
Hi, where did you learn to train him? I would love to be able to do it with my rabbits! :) What you've done is amazing :D Thanks
Hi! I think you should start right away, but be gentle with the amount of training and your demands on him in the beginning, before he's used to it. Though, age wise, it's perfect to start now, when he's hopefully developed a bond to you and trusts you, plus he's still young enough to learn quickly. ;)
Super adorable! I particularly love the bunny kisses! :)
Your rabbit is so smart! Could you make a video that shows your whole process of teaching him a trick?
@theeye67 my guinea pig had that you should take your rabbit to vet immediately. My guinea pig ended up passing away because of her overgrown back molars were restricting air flow to her lungs. Causing puss to run through her nasal cavities and making the puss come out of her eye. Is your rabbit wheezing. If so take him or her to the vet. Good luck
Filip you are so cute!!
i have a mini lop doe, Momo. she is only 14 weeks now and is nearly fully litter trained. she just leaves us some little poos around, will she stop it once she is mature enough do you think?
Also (assuming Filip is a house bunny) how is he with jumping on furniture and nipping?
great work so far, he i just too cute!! x
I loved it! The most smart rabbit in the world!
That's Great! I am really impressed that Filip can lay down on command. You have done a great job. What do you use as a treat?
It will take a long time for the rabbit to fully trust you, especially if you're not firm and certain in your way of handling it, e.g. if you're not very used to carrying rabbits. If you go to rabbits.rabbitspeak. com, you will find many great tips on how to communicate with your rabbit and how to read it's signals right. That will take you far in gaining trust from your rabbit. It's hard to explain how, but just search TH-cam for "How to pick up a rabbit" and you'll find lots!
VERY SMART AND CUTE BUNNY! .. ome question.. does he go in a litter box, in his cage or everywhere?
You are absolutely right. More people need to learn about their intelligence. Read up as much as you can on both species before you decide. Filip runs loose in my apartment as soon as I'm home, so he's more like a dog that you don't need to take outside for walks. Rats are more active all the time and not as cuddly as a rabbit, but you can teach both of them trix. Just remember that both species should be at least two individuals living together since they're very social animals. Good luck! :)
Either you're doing it wrong or he's just not interested or motivated enough to be trained. Read up on clicker training as much as you can. Usually training is not successful when you're doing it wrong or you're forcing the rabbit to do something it doesn't want to do. Training needs to be fun to be efficient. Clicker training is quite a complex training method which is more effective the more you know about it, so spend some hours on Google. ;)
så himla coolt!! :-D var himla kul att se faktiskt. men hur tusan får du honom att förstå vad ligg betyder? ska nog testa att börja klicker träna mina kaniner
Very well done. Thank you for sharing. Beautiful rabbit also.
That's interesting. I've heard that hearing problems are common with lop eared rabbits. Filip is very adorable, by the way.
I've never thought about using a flashing light before! That's a great idea, and I will try it. I'm excited now =)
Thank you!
It's cause the treat is in your hand. But if you keep doing that and add the word "up" or whatever word you prefer every single time he stands up (AS he is standing up), he'll start associating the word with the action. After a while (several days of training) you can try to just say the word without the hand lure. Just wait for it and repeat the word a couple of times. If he doesn't stand up anyways, raise your hand quickly and then reward after taking it down if he stands up even after that.
Hello :) My bunny is 4 months old and i dont know when should i start with training. I ve read lots of texts about clicker training but still, is it too late or too early? I would like to hear your oppinion. Thank you for answer :3
Btw great job with your Filip :) really smart bunny :p
I haven't tried much training but my Netherland dwarf 1 year old bunny knows "up" to stand up, she comes towards me if i scratch on the floor, usually comes to me when I call her name. I started getting her to jump through a hoop but that had mixed results lol. Great video. Tack tack
Hi, its very cute and interessting! I have two rabbits, they are very cute but don't know any tricks. Do you think your rabbit is very smart or is this possible with any rabbit?
how long did it take you to train filip to be this talented and obedient? :)
Thanks for the help!One more question, to make your rabbits spin or stand, do you use treats to motivate them to turn or stand?
It's the same thing. ;) If the click is too loud for the rabbit, you kan hold the clicker in your pocket or behind your back when you click, so the sound gets softer.
What a sweet bunny! Do you give him a treat every time he does a trick or can you wean him off of them after a while? I'm concerned I'd be giving my bunny too many treats if I did this.
Amazing! How long before he picked up the skills? I just got a 2mth old Netherland dwarf and am trying to work on her coming when called.
Good luck! :) I've never tried using light as click myself, but I know they do it (with a laser flashing on the tank wall) when they clicker train fish, so why shouldn't it work on rabbits? :) So just make sure not to blind him with the light (maybe you can flash it on the floor infront of him, pretty much in the area of where the treat will be given to him? Good luck with your training! I'd love to hear about how it went! :)
Thank you! I'm glad it was useful to you! :) The spinning in a circle maybe is good, too. That is my bunny's favorite trick. :) Good luck with yours!
wow! Amazing! Good job trainer :)
WOW, this is amazing! I didn't know that rabbits can be trained. Thanks for sharing this :-)
Lovely training!
Men lite uthållighet, så går det. ;) Men det gäller som sagt att passa på just när han utför beteendet naturligt. ;) Klicker är jättekul! Absolut värt att testa!
What a cute bunny :p I LOVE flop eared bunnies!
Haha how cute!
i can see that image of ur little rat popping out and in of ur sleeve.
Wow that's so awesome that u are allowed to have him out on ur shoulder in class. My school would nva allow that......i think. Nva happen b4 so i dont know.
Ja, jag pratar svenska. :) Kaninhoppning är jättekul, ju! Och det är bra träning och motion för kaninerna. Keep it up. :)
No, Filip is not neutered yet. I might do it by spring, though, cause he recently got a little guinea pig friend and by spring he can get quite a handful with all his attempts to mate with everything. You should never starve a rabbit, though, but I can understand your situation. But what's in his food bowl? He shouldn't get more than a handful pellets per day, and the rest of the time, he should just have hay in his cage. Maybe he's getting too much other foods that's making him not want treats?
Every trick took about a total of five minutes to an hour to teach him, spread out over several days.
You could also try to pet it as a reward, like a quick head rub, though they usually appreciate the treats the most, which makes the training the most efficient. Maybe you could use cereal or something like that as treats (or his normal pellets), if you are worried you'll be giving him too many unhealthy treats? You've just gotta find something he likes and thinks it's worth working for. The healthier, the better, of course. Maybe even a small piece of lettuce (one small mouthful) would work?
Okej:) Tack för svaret på min fråga! :D Har du någon bra hemsida som jag skulle kunna läsa på? :)
this is amazing !! What is the music ? Sounds kinda like Enigma ♥
Woah you know ALOT about rabbits :) You're rabbit is gorgeous btw
Rabbits usually have different preferences. It's very individual what their favorite treats are. But just go to your local pet store and see what rabbit treats they sell. From there you just have to test your way through to finding your rabbits favorite treats. My rabbit's favorite was the white sunflower seeds.
Thanks for your comment and sorry I haven't answered until now. You can get a clicker at pretty much any pet store. Getting him to side kick jump will probably be very hard, since they only do it when they're really happy or excited. You should really try to teach him easier things first before you take on the side kick jump (if ever). Shaking hands is also a hard one, but read up on clicker training as much as possible before you start and you'll figure out the rest while you read.
Yes, I'm from Sweden. He's from a breeder called "Cumulus Kaniner". Just look for serious breeders online and try to get in touch with them and ask questions about the rabbits' health and all the questions you can think about before you decide to buy one from them. If you can go and visit the breeder before you buy one (to see that the rabbits are kept under good conditions and to meet the parents of the rabbit you are going to buy and so on), you should definately do that. :) Good luck!
Talar du svenska? Du fick värkligen mig att bli svartsjuk nu! Waude! Jätte duktig påriktigt, våra kaniner kan bara den där med att slicka/snusa vid läpparna och att snurra på bollar... men med ena tränar vi nog kaninhoppning, var det har gått rätt så bra :)
Kjempeflink kanin!(og du er flink som har lært den alt dette)! Imponerende! :)
Thank you! :) I learned at university, where I studied ethology and I've spent many hours reading about clicker training on the Internet. There are lots of instructional videos on TH-cam. :)
Thanks. :) He never gets lunch, only a few pellets for breakfast (and then unlimited amounts of hay, of course). I usually trained him any time during the day or at night when rabbits are usually more alert, so he wasn't very hungry or really full. ;)
Ja, det bör det absolut göra. Klickerträning är en av de mest effektiva inlärningsformerna, eftersom det baserar sig på positiv förstärkning av beteenden (alltså att du belönar med något) samtidigt som det är så tydligt och precist för djuret, så länge man hanterar klickern och tajmingen rätt. Tajming är allt inom klickerträning, så läs bara på så mycket du kan om klickerträning innan du börjar, så tror jag att det kommer att bli riktigt kul med klickerträning (för er båda två). :)
To circle, I used "luring", with means I hold the treat in my hand and puts my hand to the side of his head and as he turns his head I click and give him the treat. Then you just progress from there, and make the circle more and more complete. In the end it's enough that you just circle your hand above him and he understands what to do. To lay down, I wait until he's tired and I know in advance that he's going to lay down. Then I click right as he does it. That one take a bit more time to teach.
Yes, absolutely. Just read up as much as you can about it before you start, since it's a quite delicate method that needs to be done right in order to be the most effective. ;)
I'm from Sweden, so I can't really tell you how much they are, since I think they're a little cheaper in the U.S. Just go to a good pet store and ask about expenses. Make sure, though, that you have money saved for possible veterinary expenses too, though. Many people just buy the animals and the things they need for them and have no money left to use if they'd have to take the animal to the vet. So to have money saved somewhere for vet expenses is a must before buying an animal.
very cool 8D i'm trying to clicker train one of my four rabbits currently =]
what is the song in the background? i really like it
Yes, you can. It just takes a little longer if he already has decided where to pee. Just take the litter that has the pee on it and put it in the litterbox and put the litterbox right back in the spot where he pees and hopefully he'll continue in there. If he pees somewhere else, just move that litter into the litterbox, as well.
What a clever bunny!! And cute!
I'm very sorry to hear that. I don't know of any lists like that, since I live in Sweden. But I'm really sorry to hear that your rabbit is gone. I know how much you can love a rabbit. :(
It took about three days to teach him each trick, doing it in sessions of five minutes at the time, two to three times a day.
It's quite hard to get the discoloring off, but getting the worst of the urine and poo by just washing it off is a good start. I usually just hold my rabbit's paws under running water, so that I don't have to give the whole rabbit a bath when he doesn't have to. If your rabbis is held in a clean environment it will most likely get the rest off by itself. This can be hard, though, with a rabbit that pees in the middle of the cage and then lies down in it. I took all the straw out of the cage
Me and my little sister thought Filip was funny and adorable :D
White sunflower seeds. Though, they are very fatty and not very nutritious, so you should only give a small amount per day. You can basically try giving it any small pieces of food that suits a rabbit (tiny pieces of carrot, corn flakes, etc.). The trick is to find their absolute favorite treat that it's willing to work for. :)
How old was Filip when you started to train him? My bunnies are three months old now and from the rabbit treats I bought for them say that they're only for rabbits 4 months old+. Such a pain lol, looks like I'll be sticking with broccoli for a while XD
Brilliant how long did it take plz. ..?
He's still very young and most rabbits get better with age, poop-wise. Though, males are always a little bit messy and some male rabbits never poops in one corner of the cage. But just give it some time, move all the poop you see into his litter box and hopefully he'll get it eventually. To gain his trust more, try to feed him little treats from his hand and politely "ask him" if you can pet him before you do. If you hold your hand out infront and slightly over his head, he will turn his head
It took him maybe two or three practices (of 5-10 minutes each) spread out on two days. They understand it quite fast. It's the training of the tricks that takes time. ;)
It took between five and 50 times before he learned the various tricks. Tro train her to come when called, start out by finding out what her most favorite treat is. Give it to her every single time she happens to run up to you. After you feel like she expects the treat every time, add the command and say it every time AS she is already running up to you and then give her the treat. After a while, she'll associate that command (e.g. "come here") with running up to you and getting a treat. :)
Thank you! I'm glad to hear that! Good luck with your clicker taining. It's so much fun! :)
Wow, this really made me smile. Thank you! :) I'm glad you see this video as inspration. Just tell the students to do it in shorter training sessions than with dogs and cats and in very small steps and they will be successful. If you see my rabbit agility video on here, I used klicker training to teach him that, too. Clicker trainng is great activation for a rabbit. :) Good luck to you and all your students and thanks again for your comment!
Rabbits usually choose a corner to pee in by themselves. Then you just put the litter box in that corner and put some of their feces in it. Don't put hay IN the litter box, cause it would get contaminated. Put it in a hay rack right on the side of the cage above the litter box. That does help sometimes, since they usually poo as they're eating hay. To bond, just spend as much time with them as you can, but never force them to anything.
so cute , I'm sure he is better friend than most of human