Noche Miller: A rancher's perspective on R+ and animal training

About this episode

Lauren interviews rancher Noche Miller about animal training, positive reinforcement, and her experiences with livestock and pets.

Where I (Lauren) sat down with Noche Miller to talk about her perspective as a rancher on training animals, the use of positive reinforcement with livestock, and what it takes to get a Guinness Book of World Records recordfor most tricks performed by a cow named Ghost. Also, teaching horses to generalize responses to pressure asLife Skill 101, the little-known power of doing a shared job with a working animal, and the role reversal of Noche’s dog’s wants compared to Matthias’ dog. Noche's new book Noche's website Horse Tricks 101 website Ghost the cow and her Guinness World Record article ; ⁠⁠⁠Topic or guest suggestions?Fan mail? Hate mail? We love to hear from you all! Email ⁠notanotherdogandponyshow@gmail.com⁠

People in this episode

Host: Lauren

Guest: Noche Miller

Topics covered

• animal training
• positive reinforcement
• livestock
• Guinness World Records
• horse training
• working animals
• role reversal in pets

Keywords

• animal training
• positive reinforcement
• livestock
• Guinness World Records
• horse training
• working animals
• Noche Miller
• Ghost the cow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guinness Book of World Records, Horse Tricks 101

Products: Ghost the cow

Books & works: Noche's new book

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