Time: 21.05
Delivered: 65
Presses: 0
Program: 03
Notes:
Rat was very active and curious. Magazine training lasted only the first half of time, then we immediately moved to shaping. Originally we reinforced Rat when she was in the corner with the lever, but by the end of time we were only reinforcing her when she had two paws on the bar. By delivering a pellet when she was rearing over the bar, we were able to have her get accustom to being above the bar. Eventually, the reinforcement was restricted to when she was coming down from rearing, still over the bar. This transformed into sniffing the bar, sniffing above the bar, touching the bar, then even pressing on the bar with both paws (although not yet triggering it).
I was very impressed at how quickly she associated the noise and the bar with the food. This was all done in just 20 minutes, yet Sniffy would have taken much much longer (maybe around 30-40 minutes).
This is going to be a great experience, and I am still impressed at Rat's development and speed of association.
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