understood sit (only with food in my hand,
so I'm half betting this was a natural reaction than actual training), and
that was the extent of her tricks.

With only reinforcement of her existing behaviours we've got her to learn:
sit, spin, lay, roll (over), pretty (where they sit with their ass on the
floor but upright with her front paws off the floor, my mother-in-law's dog
helped greatly with teaching by example), tall (where she stands by herself on
her back legs) dance (she'll do a 360 while on her back legs) and speak. [Ed:
I forgot, we taught her to 'stand', IE move from lay down to sit, or sit to on
all fours, because she'd continuously lay when told to sit.] These are all
performed easily with verbal command only.

So far we've only trained usingbut will not be published in order to respect the confidentiality of the participants.

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This study was conducted in a rural district in the KZN province of South Africa. The population in this district mainly represents the Zulu cultural group. Rurality is poorly defined in the South African context, but is generally classified according to the lack of infrastructure found in urban areas such as tarred roads, running water and electricity supply (Department of Provincial and Local Government \[DPLG\] [@CIT0014]). Duncan, Sherry and Watson ([@CIT0015]:30) define rurality as the combination of multiple factors affecting the quality of life of people living in sparsely habituated settlements with limited access to public services. The Rural Doctors Association of South Africa ([@CIT0036]) considers an area 'rural' when more than 50% of