Cilcker training camels

[camelsinfrance]

Ever thought about clicker training your camels?

Camelclicks is a clicker trainer, and has spent a great deal of her life training horses and various other animals all over the world. We have been working together for some time now with my Bactrian camels with the most amazing results! Though she'll now lynch me for this posting!

If you click on the link, you can see Ceefa my smallest camel cushing on a voice command, she arrived back in January and was the most timid of camels having never really been handled or trained, with just a few weeks of clicker training we got this result.

www.photobucket.com type in frenchcamels and play the movie "ceefa cushing"

or I think this link will work
http://s161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/frenchcamels/?action=view&current=ceefacushing.flv



We trained her to do this through clicker training, and used no ropes or sticks, infact, her training to cush was practically conducted in silence. Ceefa will now say Bonjour and will cush to a quiet voice command, more video to follow!

Kind regards
Proud camel mummy!

[I love Gobi]

Congratulations on your success! She really loves and trusts you, it's plain to see! Thanks for sharing the video!!! Well done! :applaus :clap :notworthy

[camelsinfrance]

Thanks - this baby spat at anyone who would dare to look at her just a few weeks ago, she's so loving now, and makes me so very proud!

[camelclicks]

Hey! Camel Mommy in France....there's gonna be a lynching.......

and then I am going to run away Ceefa, as she is such a cute little camel, just love her to bits..... looking forward to doing more good stuff with her

camelclicks

[Xmasbaby81]

I have definately believe in clicker training. I am curious, as I am very new to camels, what can be used as a food reward? I don't want to use something that can possibly hurt him.

[3droms]

There are lots of things that could be used as food rewards. I know my camels love bananas (and banana skins), oats, carrots, pumpkin, apples, salt, vitamin powder, molasses, wheat biscuits, citrus fruits (they pull a great face when fed lemons) and watermelon to name a few.

They also love the foliage from the following plants - thistles, blackberry, mulberry, liquid amber, she-oak, hakea, callicoma, pine needles, kaffir plum, photinia, willow, bamboo and many many more.

You could even feed things that you would normally avoid if you only feed them a small amount (as training treats) for example lucerne cubes.

[camelsinfrance]

We use pony nuts - when the girls first arrived here, they would only take carrots, and Strawberry jam on toast - not too easy to stick in your pocket and give out in great quantities. Pony nuts went down well! The video on You tube is about a year old now, and we managed to clicker train all our camels from semi wild to rideable with it and are now working on aids using the clicker. It's really rewarding.
We also have a mini pig, goats and llamas that we train in the same way!

[CoO]

I think you should videotape your training sessions, and sell the tapes. I would definitely like to learn your technique!:applaus

[camelsinfrance]

Thank you! That's a great thought... will put that on the list...
For those of you who fancy a week in the S of France, we're considering a camel / clicker training programme ( typically 5 days) later in the year. We provide accommodation and training sessions of 5 hours a day, and also include a trip to the local vineyard.

The training will include a variety of animals, from goats, to minipigs, and then Llamas and camels, I'm trying to obtain some Alpacas to work with as well which will be fun!!

For those people with camel experience we will work solely with camelids

Email for details
Happy Easter!