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Hare Hunds Training

Building a Reward System, or “My Dog Won’t Work for Food”

This is for all the “my dog doesn’t work for food” claimants. Your dog will work for food. Some animals need a fair bit of coaxing.

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Behavior Hare Training

How to Train a Hare Step 2: Desensitisation

Check out Karen Overall’s Protocol for Relaxation for a great systematic desensitisation method. Adapt it for your own uses.

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Hare

Introducing Kit

I should probably introduce the animals properly. Kit’s my oldest, so I’ll start with him. Kit is a European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus). Hares were introduced into Australia and are therefore considered a feral species and a minor pest. Unlike rabbits, hares are generally solitary, do not dig burrows, and are born fully furred with […]