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I've left Gabriel to express his behaviors naturally and only trained him to come when called and learn his name. I wanted him to to natural as possible as a captive breeding cheetah. But, I was charmed by his 'rubbning' behavior, like a house cat. So, I started to re-enforce the behavior to help our bonding and eventual training for future basic health care, like examining his paws. Gabriel would rub between the fence all the time and so I wanted to see if he could be encourage and trained to rub face-to-face. I had some success and here it is! in 4K in most clips.

Eventually, I want all my animals to allow basic healthcare examination. It can be done quite easily with some basic operant conditioning, where the animal chooses to do a behavior you want. Some examples of the things I wish to train my animals in my care is to allow me to examine their bodies, to include inside their mouths, between their toes, in their ears, and accept needle injections so I can administer medication, give vaccinations, and draw blood WITHOUT sedation. Sedation drugs are very dangerous and damaging to cheetahs or any animal. Bad reactions can occur and lasting damage to their immune systems and kidneys. I don't like it and will do everything in my power to avoid sedations.

Gabriel and I only get about 6 weeks a year to re-acquaint. I don't have the best trust and relationship I need with him to train and get the results I wanted to train him for simple medical examinations. I hope to change that for future cheetahs and animals I have, but it requires me to have my project in order, which I do not... yet.

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