{"id":116,"date":"2015-01-06T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:43:36","slug":"bunny-behavior","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/?page_id=116","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rabbit Training<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Can Rabbits be trained?\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 But it takes patience and an understanding of rabbit behavior.\u00a0 Molly learned how to beg in the kitchen on her own – don’t we love that about our pets?\u00a0 In this video I’ve begun training Molly to jump on and off a lower kitchen shelf.\u00a0 She’s also learned to spin and go through a tube but in this video I’m working to attach commands to the actions.<\/p>\n

See it on You-Tube here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Molly is getting used to wearing her harness for agility group.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Rabbit agility is another way to enrich the lives of our rabbits.\u00a0 In this video one of my foster rabbits, Peter, has just learned to jump hurdles.\u00a0 This was only his second time at it!<\/p>\n

Watch the video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n

Rabbit Proofing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When we think about bunny proofing our homes our first thought is to cover the electrical wiring or make it out of reach.\u00a0 \u00a0There\u2019s more!\u00a0 Unfortunately I learned some things the hard way and luckily my bunnies were never hurt.<\/p>\n

Molly is my kitchen bunny.\u00a0 She\u2019s a big, black, French Lop who\u2019s not shy about begging\u00a0from me when I\u2019m in the kitchen.\u00a0 It\u2019s by magic that the fridge opens and a grape comes rolling out.\u00a0 Actually, she has me trained.\u00a0 We talk about training our pets but really they\u2019re training us.\u00a0 Molly learned that if she follows her target stick I will give her a treat.\u00a0 Such a smart bunny!<\/p>\n

Molly is also very inquisitive.\u00a0 One day I came home from work to find a house full of steamed windows and a completely flooded studio room carpet.\u00a0 She took a munch out of the water hose leading to the washing machine.\u00a0 Now I have a tiled floor and a gate to keep her from the delicious plastic hosing.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Molly again!\u00a0 After 5 years of living with Molly I went into the kitchen one morning and found her on top of my kitchen table.\u00a0 After all these years she figured out that the chair made for a great step stool.\u00a0 Dangerous, yes!\u00a0 Even a small jump down can hurt a bunny\u2019s delicate bones.\u00a0 I\u2019ve learned to always push in my dining room chairs.<\/p>\n

Food left lying on a table is also a prime target for munching bunnies.\u00a0 Finding a half eaten Butterfinger bar left me to suspect none other than\u2026Molly.\u00a0 She definitely has an iron stomach!\u00a0 Be careful of poisonous plants as well.\u00a0 No, I have none within Molly\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n

For more information about rabbit proofing your home click on this link\u00a0to\u00a0the House Rabbit Society’s FAQ’s page.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.rabbit.org\/faq\/sections\/rabbit-proofing.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rabbit Training Can Rabbits be trained?\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 But it takes patience and an understanding of rabbit behavior.\u00a0 Molly learned how to beg in the kitchen on her own – don’t we love that about our pets?\u00a0 In this video … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":682,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/1138"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chicago-rabbit-boarding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}