Target Training Fundamentals: A Beginner Quick Course
Want an easier, more positive way to communicate with your pet?
Target training is a simple but powerful skill that can become the foundation for everything from everyday manners to husbandry, enrichment, tricks, and cooperative care. In this beginner-friendly Quick Course from Quigley and Critters, you'll learn how to teach your pet to willingly touch and follow a target using positive reinforcement.
Whether you share your life with a dog, cat, bird, rabbit, or another companion animal, you'll learn how to introduce the target, build reliable responses, increase distance, work around obstacles, and take the behavior into new environments.
You'll also discover practical ways to use target training in everyday life, such as helping your pet voluntarily enter a carrier, move onto a bed or perch, approach something unfamiliar, or participate more confidently in handling and care.
This course is designed so you can work at your pet's pace. No intimidation. No forcing. Just clear, achievable steps that help you and your pet learn together.
In this course, you'll learn:
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• How to introduce a target without overwhelming your pet
• How to teach a reliable target touch
• How to gradually add distance and movement
• How to work around obstacles and in different locations
• How to troubleshoot common training challenges
• How to turn target training into a useful everyday skill
• How to recognize when your pet is ready for the next step
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Your purchase includes written course materials and companion audio lessons, so you can choose the learning format that works best for you.
Start with one simple touch—and discover how many possibilities it can open for you and your pet.
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Target Training Fundamentals: A Beginner Quick Course
Want an easier, more positive way to communicate with your pet?
Target training is a simple but powerful skill that can become the foundation for everything from everyday manners to husbandry, enrichment, tricks, and cooperative care. In this beginner-friendly Quick Course from Quigley and Critters, you'll learn how to teach your pet to willingly touch and follow a target using positive reinforcement.
Whether you share your life with a dog, cat, bird, rabbit, or another companion animal, you'll learn how to introduce the target, build reliable responses, increase distance, work around obstacles, and take the behavior into new environments.
You'll also discover practical ways to use target training in everyday life, such as helping your pet voluntarily enter a carrier, move onto a bed or perch, approach something unfamiliar, or participate more confidently in handling and care.
This course is designed so you can work at your pet's pace. No intimidation. No forcing. Just clear, achievable steps that help you and your pet learn together.
In this course, you'll learn:
list of 7 items
• How to introduce a target without overwhelming your pet
• How to teach a reliable target touch
• How to gradually add distance and movement
• How to work around obstacles and in different locations
• How to troubleshoot common training challenges
• How to turn target training into a useful everyday skill
• How to recognize when your pet is ready for the next step
list end
Your purchase includes written course materials and companion audio lessons, so you can choose the learning format that works best for you.
Start with one simple touch—and discover how many possibilities it can open for you and your pet.
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