By Sophia Yin, DVM, MS Jan 9, 2010 First, the Trainers It’s a sunny morning in Folsom and something odd is happening at the Folsom Zoo.  Zookeepers and staff are waving their arms, flailing their legs, and balancing in weird positions. No, they’re not there to entertain the animals. They’re playing the training game. The game where two people collude to train a third person to... [Read more]

By Sophia Yin, DVM, MS   January 7, 2010 Question: Hi Dr. Yin, Thank you so much for the wealth of information that you provide on your site and through your youtube videos. I’m an aspiring trainer and am in the beginning stages of learning free shaping with clicker training. I watched your youtube video where you free shaped your dog to put her front two feet in a box. It was really helpful... [Read more]