Dodo is a fish. She is not an ordinary fish, though, she has learned to swim through hoops and tubes and even put small basketball into a goal.
it all started when Andy, a diver, brought a fish back his home. soon he noticed that the fish would react to his movements whenever he came near the tank. So he decided to train Dodo. He used technique which worked for other animals like dogs and tigers.
"I wanted to show that fish can be interesting animals, not just tasty food, "said Andy.
He bought a variety of kits and put weights on the tiny net and ball so they would sink to the bottom of the tank.
At first Dodo earned a food reward every time she swam to the net. The fish liked the treat, so she learned to repeat such an action to get additional treat. Once Dodo learned to do toward the net, Andy added a new step: ball handling. Eventually Dodo learned to push a ball into a goal. However , it many take Andy three weeks, including five or six training sections a day, to teach Dodo to swim through a hoop.
Andy set up a website and so many people ask him questions concerning training fish that he started Fish School, a business that sells fish-training manuals and kits. He has lots of fun as well as make money from training the fish.