hoppysammy
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We just brought home a beautiful Dutch rabbit, her name is Sammy, she is very independent but does not mind being held from time to time and she is also very easy-going.
So, we spent 200.00 on supplies so she would have everything she needed now comes the hard part. Training.
She does not seem too interested in the litter box. What is the best way to litter train her. Any related advice on the subject would be great too.
We were told she was between 6 and 12 weeks old. Since this is our first rabbit, my wife and I find we are learning more about her behavior than she is ours.
I would also like to find out more about rabbit training. Everything I have read thus far say s the same thing "rabbits are not as smart as dogs" - this means very little to me, most dogs don't have (or are not expected to) use the the full extend of their intelligence to begin with and just because she may not be able to sniff out bombs and drugs doesn't meant (to me) that she is not smart.
She is very mellow, curious, and easy. Though she is not taking to the litter box very well, we know it is still early.
I also really would like to find more on how to train her in other ways, like perhaps train her to :
- follow my wife and I (i.e. stay by our side when the situation calls for it)
- have the option of leaving her (indoor) cage when she wants and moving around freely without eating furniture or anything else (of course we can easily eliminate electrical cords from her reach)
- have her Want to be close to us, to come to us for love when she wants, just for her to understand that she can.
Of course on the top of our list right now is litter training her. We continue to place her waste in her litter box but that doesn't seem to mean much to her.
We are having a heard time finding any useful info at the library, bookstore, or online. Mostly we just find common sense things that we already read and could have figured out on our own. In the end, we Do Not want a poorly trained and poorly cared for animal.
I guess our biggest unanswered question at this point is: Just what is and isn'y possible with a rabbit?
Here are some pics
http://www.minorkey.net/sammy/P1010102.JPG
http://www.minorkey.net/sammy/P1010103.JPG
Thank You
So, we spent 200.00 on supplies so she would have everything she needed now comes the hard part. Training.
She does not seem too interested in the litter box. What is the best way to litter train her. Any related advice on the subject would be great too.
We were told she was between 6 and 12 weeks old. Since this is our first rabbit, my wife and I find we are learning more about her behavior than she is ours.
I would also like to find out more about rabbit training. Everything I have read thus far say s the same thing "rabbits are not as smart as dogs" - this means very little to me, most dogs don't have (or are not expected to) use the the full extend of their intelligence to begin with and just because she may not be able to sniff out bombs and drugs doesn't meant (to me) that she is not smart.
She is very mellow, curious, and easy. Though she is not taking to the litter box very well, we know it is still early.
I also really would like to find more on how to train her in other ways, like perhaps train her to :
- follow my wife and I (i.e. stay by our side when the situation calls for it)
- have the option of leaving her (indoor) cage when she wants and moving around freely without eating furniture or anything else (of course we can easily eliminate electrical cords from her reach)
- have her Want to be close to us, to come to us for love when she wants, just for her to understand that she can.
Of course on the top of our list right now is litter training her. We continue to place her waste in her litter box but that doesn't seem to mean much to her.
We are having a heard time finding any useful info at the library, bookstore, or online. Mostly we just find common sense things that we already read and could have figured out on our own. In the end, we Do Not want a poorly trained and poorly cared for animal.
I guess our biggest unanswered question at this point is: Just what is and isn'y possible with a rabbit?
Here are some pics
http://www.minorkey.net/sammy/P1010102.JPG
http://www.minorkey.net/sammy/P1010103.JPG
Thank You