Miniature hippopotamus recognize their owners. Miniature hippopotamus’ scientific name is hairless guinea pigs, and they belong to the same genus as the well-known guinea pigs. Hairless guinea pigs have high IQs and are emotional animals. After getting familiar with the environment and trusting their owners, guinea pigs will slowly begin to recognize their owners, understand their own names, and make different sounds to express emotions and respond to their owners.

How to train a mini hippo to recognize its owner

1. First of all, make the guinea pig no longer afraid of you. Feed it on time every day, play with it more, and watch it when it eats. Petting it more often can help it recognize its owner quickly. But be careful not to disturb the guinea pig at will, and you need to give it enough space.

2. When it is no longer afraid of you, you can start training it. When training it, you can reward it with the snacks it usually likes to eat, and put it a little further away from you. position, use snacks to attract it to come to you, and then reward it so that it can slowly become familiar with your voice and form a conditioned reflex.