Supplies
A target, that your lizard can touch his/her nose on.
A lizard.
An awesome trainer... you!
Your lizard's favorite treats.
A clicker.(Optional, although helpful!)
Make sure your lizard knows how to follow your hand
Make sure your lizard knows how to follow your hand
Target!
1. Start by holding the target in front of the lizard, and say target. You always want to start by teaching your pet the word.
2.Now, put some treats on the target. Something you can slather on, a bit sticky and liquidy is usaully a good choice for target training.
3. Hold out the target in front of the lizard. A treat is on the target, so your lizard will go for it, right? Well, it hopefully will!
4. When your lizard's nose touches, say appraise the lizard, and give it a treat from the other hand. you can even take a slight bit of the treat from the target.
5. Keep repeating step three and four. Gradually, keep wiping a tiny bit of the treat off for rewards, whenever your lizard's nose touches. Just make sure your lizard isn't eating stuff directly off the target. That is bad for training because the lizard starts to think it is just a food station.
6. When you do this procedure, move the target around in different places. This way, the lizard can learn new spots, and doesn't get attached to one spot.
7. Keep repeating procedure until your lizard it targeting sharply..
8. Is your lizard targeting sharply? If so, congratulations! You have trained your lizard to target!
Do you have an all-star lizard? Have you thought you could do something super cool with them, along with training? Maybe that something could be entering in Mydivapets contest! All you have to do is send us some photos of your lizard, and me and Katie can see if it is Mydivapets materiel! If so, maybe it can appear in the lizard photos on the lizard pages! Also, if you have a pet we don't write about, please tell us! We will get started right away! Thanks! Happy training!
1. Start by holding the target in front of the lizard, and say target. You always want to start by teaching your pet the word.
2.Now, put some treats on the target. Something you can slather on, a bit sticky and liquidy is usaully a good choice for target training.
3. Hold out the target in front of the lizard. A treat is on the target, so your lizard will go for it, right? Well, it hopefully will!
4. When your lizard's nose touches, say appraise the lizard, and give it a treat from the other hand. you can even take a slight bit of the treat from the target.
5. Keep repeating step three and four. Gradually, keep wiping a tiny bit of the treat off for rewards, whenever your lizard's nose touches. Just make sure your lizard isn't eating stuff directly off the target. That is bad for training because the lizard starts to think it is just a food station.
6. When you do this procedure, move the target around in different places. This way, the lizard can learn new spots, and doesn't get attached to one spot.
7. Keep repeating procedure until your lizard it targeting sharply..
8. Is your lizard targeting sharply? If so, congratulations! You have trained your lizard to target!
Do you have an all-star lizard? Have you thought you could do something super cool with them, along with training? Maybe that something could be entering in Mydivapets contest! All you have to do is send us some photos of your lizard, and me and Katie can see if it is Mydivapets materiel! If so, maybe it can appear in the lizard photos on the lizard pages! Also, if you have a pet we don't write about, please tell us! We will get started right away! Thanks! Happy training!
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