After the
close of the IQ-Zoo in the mid-1980s, Bob and Marian Bailey
continued to host workshops throughout the United States and instruct students in the principles and
skills of animal training.
Chickens were often used as training models for
the hundreds of trainers world-wide who came to Hot Springs, AR, to learn
about using operant procedures to train animals. On the left, we see an example of
reinforcement using food. The clicker on the handle of the cup serves
as a bridging stimulus between the behavior and the reinforcer. Through these clicker-training workshops,
birds can learn the behaviors shown below (and many other types of
behavior).