We’re still plugging away at our Positive Reinforcement Training program and the chimps continue to make strides everyday.
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Christmas Peace Love and Sanctuary to you all!
Great pictures! Burrito is my kind of guy as I also love all the holiday food.
Its kinda scary how smart she is,
She really knows everything you are asking of her….Wow
So interesting. It’s wonderful to see the trust you have built with the Chimps. They are so smart. Jamie is amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Love seeing the Chimps content and enjoying themselves. Merry Christmas to all of you:)
Thank you, this video was amazing. Considering that for a portion of her life Jamie was prodded and probed and knocked out in a style lacking all kindness and compassion, it astounds me to see her reacting like a champ to her clicker training. How Jamie, and any of the chimps who survived the horrors of biomedical laboratories, can trust again is remarkable — gives new meaning to resilience. Just wonderful to see how far she has come. How is Burrito coming along with his PRT? I will never forget seeing J.B. and Burrito working together on my visit! You have such tight connections to the chimps, making this vital training such fun. Great Team Work Ladies!!!
Burrito is doing great! He loves PRT. We’ll have to post an update video on him soon. 🙂
Wonderful party as usual ~ you guys rock!!! Loved Burrito’s foot tapping as he was consuming!! hahaha They are all such a delight and sending love and hugs to you all……BRAVO on the party!!
Look at all their loot! Each day in sanctuary is a day of celebration. Wishing you all the biggest THANK YOU and a very Merry Christmas. To Annie, Burrito, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, Missy and Negra – May your hearts always feel this joyous for you are so loved by so many????????????????
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We humans have a great deal to learn from chimpanzees. Tee hee hee Negra and Burrito and I too love Burrito’s toe tapping while he eats. Such fun seeing and hearing all the excitement. Their joy/excitement and your love — simply contagious! As always brought tears to my eyes. (Who made that big blanket that first appears in the background at about 1:55. It’s fabulous! )
Merry Christmas! You were all in my heart today. Thank you for the time, creativity, energy you place into every single blog post. A never ending source of happiness! I believe that the true spirit Christmas is right here at CSNW every single day of the year.
Clicker training is an amazingly powerful and respectful (!!) tool for training that anyone who has a dog, even a cat or other animal, should learn. It’s astounding. Even ten years after using a clicker with my dog and having stopped it (because of course he was now perfect :o)), he recognized the clicked and would come running from wherever he was. All that for a $2.00 device and lots of treats.
It is a wonderful gift that it works for the chimps which, as Kathleen says, you’d expect them to fear and refuse participation.