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Above: Grand Prize Winner at the Canis Film Festival 2009
The Canis Film Festival just announced the 2009 winners. Pet owners submit amateur videos to compete for some great prizes.

In this video you can watch the process of how a dog learns to blow bubbles.

Breaking down the steps to teach a behavior is called a Training Plan. Once established it is easy to proceed because both the criteria and goals are clearly defined.

If you watch the next video you can see how timing and clarity are important…but that even if you miss reinforcements that you can still progress.

Above: Runner Up at the 2009 Canis Film Festival: Teaching a Dog to Voluntarily Walk on Treadmill

And my favorite…The Rules of Love which won 2nd Runner Up:

Bears mark their territories by rubbing and scratching trees with their bodies and claws–put to music it makes you laugh.

Above: Have your cupcake and eat them too…President Obama & President Lincoln Portraits in cupcakes at the Smithsonian.

I am taking a snow day–we are having a heck of a storm here in Big Bear, California but since it is Presidents Day don’t miss my Presidential Pet series and please also check out this story at NPR.org.