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R2 Fish School Complete Fish Training Kit
Brand | Gülife |
Target Species | Fish |
Special Feature | Lightweight |
Item Weight | 1.11 Kilograms |
Style | Compact |
Color | White |
About this item
- Includes a 45 minute detailed instructional DVD featuring world famous fish trainer Dr Dean Pomerleau
- Includes a Full Color manual with over 100 photos and packed with training tips
- The easy to use, targeted feeding wand comes with each kit making it easy to reward your fish at the correct times
- Includes the R2 Fish School training Field and a compact base platform for bowls or small tanks
- 11.4 x 2.6 x 6.9 (lxhxw)
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 11 x 6.9 x 2.6 inches; 2.45 Pounds
- Item model number : R20319
- Batteries : 1 Product Specific batteries required.
- Date First Available : June 24, 2004
- Manufacturer : R2 Solutions LLC
- ASIN : B00168A6DQ
- Best Sellers Rank: #156,357 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
- #16,999 in Fish & Aquatic Pets
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The R2 Fish School Kit includes everything you need to teach your fish fantastic tricks. The kit explains in simple, detailed steps how to easily train your fish using food reward training. Teach your fish to play fetch, shoot hoops, swim the slalom, limbo dance and much more! Almost all fish 1-6 inches in length can be trained. Each kit includes all the hoops, tunnels, balls - over 25 different parts to teach your fish many tricks. The training results are fast and the kit is very easy to understand. The R2 Fish School won the "Best In Show" aquarium product title at Global Pet Expo and has been featured in over a hundred major media stories! It is time for you and your pet fish to amaze your friends and family!
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Customers like the quality, fun, ease of use, helpfulness, appearance and gift-giving of the vivarium. They mention that it's a fun activity for kids, hobby trainers, and professional. They appreciate the clear, written instructions and the wonderful instructional video. Customers also appreciate the gift-ability and completeness of the product.
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Customers are satisfied with the quality of the vivarium. They mention that it's well-built, complete, and better than expected. The design is thoughtful and the engineering is great. The kit is surprisingly high quality and is pure genius. The training tools are made well and the product is well put together.
"Got the training kit and think it is pure genius. I have been in the professional animal training world for 35 years...." Read more
"...The training tools are made well. This was a very thoughtful design - some great engineering!..." Read more
"...The kit was surprisingly high quality." Read more
"...But this was definitely worth the purchase so far (it is an incredible idea, and my friends think it's hilarious, so thank you R2 Fish School!),..." Read more
Customers find the vivarium kit fun, amusing, and interactive. They also say it's a fun activity for kids, hobby trainers, and professionals. Customers also mention that the manual is clear and entertaining.
"...behaviors you never thought a fish could do. If you want a fun productive, interactive, and worthwhile training tool this is it...." Read more
"...This is great fun and a wonderful experience for a child, teaching patience and the rewards of a good work ethic!..." Read more
"...The DVD was the highlight by far, my 8 year old cracked up it was so amusing. The kit was surprisingly high quality." Read more
"This is a fun kit. I have been working with my young betta for a few months now...." Read more
Customers find the instructions manual and instructional video easy to read and use. They say the pieces are almost self-explanatory in the way they snap together. Customers say the video covers all the training techniques and also covers some trouble shooting with training. They mention that the kit is easy to house, clean and care for.
"...The DVD is so easy to follow and the pieces almost self explainatory in the way they snap together. This kit is super for parents just..." Read more
"...The video covers all the training techniques and also covers some trouble shooting with training...." Read more
"...Fish school? Yes, this product is so cool. It was so easy to train our beta fish. He was doing tricks on the very first day...." Read more
"...-step instructions on how to do each of the tricks; the instructions are easy to understand, and the video is entertaining and fun to watch...." Read more
Customers find the Fish School kit to be a worthwhile training tool. They say it removes barriers to learning positive reinforcement. Customers also say the manual is easy to read and helps anyone train a fish. The kit is complete with lots of items for training, and a very cool instructional DVD. They also mention that the manual and DVD are informative and well photographed.
"...do. If you want a fun productive, interactive, and worthwhile training tool this is it.It is not just for kids...." Read more
"...wonderful experience for a child, teaching patience and the rewards of a good work ethic! Both the fish and the child learn new tricks...." Read more
"The kit was complete with lots of items for training, and a very cool instructional DVD...." Read more
"...benefit of the R2 Fish School kit is that it removes barriers of learning positive reinforcement that happens when you try to train a dog...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the vivarium. They say it has a thoughtful design, is fun, and cute. Customers also say the video and book are informative and well photographed.
"...The training tools are made well. This was a very thoughtful design - some great engineering!..." Read more
"...It works perfectly and makes the trucks look even better because with a flick of the wand, he goes through hoops, jumps, and touches his ball!..." Read more
"...The instruction DVD is a bit silly, but it is informative and well photographed...." Read more
"...If you want to use as a training kit it is great as well. The video is so cute and helpful and so is the book which are enclosed...." Read more
Customers find the gift delightful, perfect, and a great gift for aquarists.
"...It was the PERFECT Christmas gift for her, and I couldn't wait to give it to her...." Read more
"...This is a really fun and delightful gift for you and your fish. I highly recommend it." Read more
"Interesting gift. My niece thought it was a joke." Read more
"Good for a gift or for a few items..." Read more
Customers find the vivarium kit complete with all the bits and pieces they need. They also say the kit is well-built and amazingly complete for the pittance of money needed. Customers also mention that the kit comes with a helpful booklet and an instructional video.
"...humane results. I agree with the other reviews that this kit is complete and was put together with real some real indepth thought behind it...." Read more
"...This kit comes with everything to make that happen...." Read more
"...The material is excellent quality, nothing was missing and included is a helpful booklet and even an instructional video!..." Read more
"...I ended up not using it because I did not have time, but it comes with a lot of stuff that you can use. There is also a DVD with instructions." Read more
Customers find the vivarium suitable for many ages, but the user must be very patient. They also say it's great for kids and super for parents just wanting to interact with their children.
"...explainatory in the way they snap together. This kit is super for parents just wanting to interact with their children...." Read more
"...Suitable for many ages, but the user must be very patient. Best suited to one fish in tank - probably won't work with more than two." Read more
"great for kids..." Read more
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I agree with the other reviews that this kit is complete and was put together with real some real indepth thought behind it. The DVD is so easy to follow and the pieces almost self explainatory in the way they snap together.
This kit is super for parents just wanting to interact with their children. The kit would be wonderful also for teachers wanting an in classroom project. A Shrine Hospital treating kids or a day care could easily have a mascot for the children and teach the fish for fun as well as entertainment.
Where I see the real value in the R2 Fish School trainig kit is teaching adults though. I know many adults would think they are beyond a fish training kit .In my years of teaching and consulting on behavioral modification in the Zoo world I could have definately used this kit to expand peoples understanding of operant conditioning and learning theory. There seems to be a new wave of people involved in what is known as clicker training . There are some trainers even holding seminars to share these techniques. One noted expert has newcomers to the field of operant conditioniong train chickens so the students can learn the theory and application hands on in a class room. The fish could replace the chicken and is easier to house, clean and care for in many enviorments than are chickens.I know you can get more reinforcements into a chicken but each of these animals has its individual benifits to training it. Training this little fish demonstrates most of all that animals can and wil learn with out physical coercion. No bridle or bit, no choke chain or leash . Just you your intelect and the use of positive reinforcements to accomplish a wide range behaviors you never thought a fish could do.
If you want a fun productive, interactive, and worthwhile training tool this is it.It is not just for kids.
You clicker trainers out their interested in this R2 fish kit may take note. This kit does not have a clicker included .Those of you who would want to use this to teach adults could use a slight single tap on the side of the glass when pressenting a food reinforcement . This taping noise association quickly would replace the clicker as a secondary reinforcer or bridging stimulus.
Do not be surprised if you see this in the Sea World gift shops soon.
"Army" Maguire
I purchased the R2 Fish School to explore the possibility of Animal Assisted Therapy. With the advancement of microcontrollers and sensors it'll be possible to setup a tank that is interactive and gives feedback.
I've gone through a two year program that teaches you how to train your own assistance dog. Shane and I graduated four years ago and I use operant conditioning to improve upon current skills or teach new ones that we need.
I think the greatest benefit of the R2 Fish School kit is that it removes barriers of learning positive reinforcement that happens when you try to train a dog.
* Even though 90% of our dog's communication is through body language, we assume they understand full sentences, and get frustrated when they don't. We don't expect that with fish.
* We expect that dogs have the same learning curve as us, and get frustrated that it's ten times greater or that they'll chain together behaviors quicker. We don't expect that of fish.
* It's easy to get physical with the dog to put him in the right position. Can't do that with fish.
* The hardest thing for people to grasp about operant conditioning is that the animal is the operator, you are the vending machine. When the animal deposits the right change (behavior), you dispense the treat. You're forced to do that with fish.
If you want to become a better dog trainer, fish will help you get the techniques of operant conditioning faster. In my mind the cost of starting for scratch with a brand new tank, fish and R2 Fish School will save you a lot of frustration.
As other reviewers have pointed out there is a lot of value in the R2 Fish kit.
* 45 minute DVD that shows you the training techniques. Father and son Dean and Kyle Pmerleau developed the kit and Dean leads you through the process of using the kit and training the behaviors. Kyle provides comic relief to breakup the segments.
* 32 page booklet on how to use and assemble the equipment.
* Large Fish School Platform with holes to plug in the equipment
* Compact Weighted base
* Feeding Wand
* Feeding Wand extension
* Five 4.5 inch post
* One 6.5 inch post
* Two 5 inch Uprights with holes to create a goal post or limbo bar
* Cross bar for the upright post
* Expansion hoop connector & tubing so that you can create a variable size hoop for your fish to swim through
* 3 inch sheet of plastic to construct a tunnel
* 5 inch sheet of plastic to construct a tunnel
* Tunnel mount
* Two 1.5 inch tunnel straps
* Two 2.5 inch tunnel straps
* Retrieval & placement tool with a hook
* Retrieval & placement tool with a net
* Three different size soccer balls for your fish to push into the goal
* Soccer goal
* Soccer Goal Post Clips to help guide the ball into the net
* Football designed so that your fish can pick it up.
* Three different size fetch rings for your fish to retrieve
* Slalom Adapter
* Basketball that floats on the surface so that your fish can make a basket
* Basketball hoop with suction cup so that the hoop can be placed near the surface for the basket ball.
A lot of thought went into this kit. An example is the goal post clips that guide the soccer ball into the net. Without them the soccer ball could become trapped between the goal post and the training platform walls. It's important that you plan your training session so that the animal doesn't get frustrated. The goal post clips are an example of this technique.
I had known for a few years that it was possible to train fish, but had never taken the time to do it. Dean & Kyle took the time and a lot of thought and care went into the design of this kit. Operant conditioning isn't a way to control your pet, but a way of communicating.
My assistance dog Shane was considered un-adoptable by both the humane society and the Labrador rescue group. Everyone who adopted him found him to be too wild and demanding. But he passed his temperament test for the assistance dog school, he was given to me by the Labrador rescue foundation and I was told I couldn't give him back.
Operant conditioning saved his life and improved mine. I know from experience that if I had this kit back then it would have helped me get the training techniques faster.
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Das ist auch das einzigste was positiv ist.
Zum zeitpunkt der Bewertung hat das Set Über 60 Euro gekostet ich habe es ursprünglich für die hälfte gekauft zzgl. Versandkosten
Dafür das das Ganze Set Made in China ist und sowohl die Bedienungsanleitung in Schriftlicher Form als auch die Dvd nur auf English ist, sind über 60 Euro (bei mir ca. 33 Euro + Versandkosten) ein Maßloser Wucherpreis.
We might not reach the stage of scoring a goal, but we are loving the interaction with our pets!
Goldfish just got interesting!