12.19.08

Fish Agility Training Set… Old Fish Can Learn New Tricks

Posted in Fish at 3:36 pm by Pet Luxury

Everybody trains their dogs, but not nearly enough people train their fish.

Yes, apparently you really can train fish to do things. With the help of a special fishy agility training set that is.

“This complete set of underwater activities allows you to train your pet fish to perform a series of agility maneuvers, including swimming through hoops, pushing a soccer ball, navigating a slalom course, and more. The set includes two bases and all training paraphernalia and uses techniques similar to those used to modify circus animal behavior–positive reinforcement and shaping using food rewards–by employing a feeding wand that holds a piece of food as you guide your pet Betta, Goldfish, Guppy, or Oscar through a series of hoops, a tunnel, chimney, or under a limbo bar. With the included soccer goal, basketball hoop, and football goalpost, you can train your pet to practice scoring goals, slam dunks, or field goals.”

And if nothing else, the collection of apparatuses will give your fishies something new to swim around in their tank.

Yours for $40 at Hammacher Schlemmer:

The Fish Agility Training Set