How to Make a Target Stick for Small Animals

Target sticks are super useful for training, and super easy to make as well. All you need is a few inexpensive materials, and a couple minutes to assemble them. They're one of the simplest and least time consuming training pieces to make for your guinea pig. The tutorial for these mini target sticks is intended for small animals, but you can also use the same steps with a bigger ball and thicker dowel to make a target stick for dogs and bigger animals.

Touching and/or following a target stick is pretty easy to teach, and a great beginner trick to teach to new piggies. Check out the How to Teach a Nose Target page for info on teaching this trick, or read more about making a target stick here.

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