How-To-Teach-A-How-To-Beg!

How to train your rat to beg! “Rats can be easily trained to do simple task.” –Whitney. http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Train-Pet-Rats . If you ever tried to train a dog or cat a trick or simple task you found it took some work and patents. You’ve got to be repeated. Well teaching a rat something to do, it takes all the things a dog and cat needs to learn a task or trick, rats do it in have the time. There fast learners!

If you’ve ever seen a rat beg it looks something like in the picture below. They stand on their back legs and balance with their arms in a lower case “n” formation. Then they stick their nose real high in the air. So that way they look up at you as if there begging.

First things first with teaching a rat how to beg. You have to put your rat on a steady platform so they can stand. This can be a text book, table, anything steady! After your rat is well balance on a platform you find their favorite treat. Like Dasie’s favorite treat would be strawberries. So in my case with Dasie id take a little slice of strawberry put it in front of her nose then drag almost in a “J” formation up in the air so she stand on her two back legs. Once your rat is stand high up you reward her with the treat. Repeat these steps for five minutes or so. Then try again the next day with your rat. By then she or he should be getting really good at standing on their back feet for food.

Next you want the rat to follow you finger in the “J” formation. When he or she completes this its time reward her with a treat. By the third day of this your rat should have already gotten the hang of this. It was fast and easy. All in three days and fifteen minutes in all.