Editing 40d:Animal trainer

{{Skill
| color      = 2:0
| skill      = Animal Trainer
| profession = [[Ranger]]
| job name   = [[Animal training]]
| tasks      =
* Train [[dog|war animal]]
* Train [[dog|hunting animal]]
* Tame a large animal
* Tame a small animal
| workshop = [[Kennel]]}}
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'''Animal trainers''' train [[dog]]s at the [[kennel]] to be [[war dog]]s or [[hunting dog]]s.  They also tame certain captured wild [[animals]] and [[vermin]], though exotic [[creatures]] (such as [[Dragon]]s) can only be tamed once you have a [[Dungeon master]]. Higher skill only allows faster training of animals.

Large animal taming allows you to select the exact creature you wish to tame, while small animal taming and large animal '''training''' will simply use the nearest available creature.

Taming a wild animal requires a small amount of [[food]], which is consumed by the animal. Any [[seed]]s, [[bone]]s or [[shell]]s are left in the animal's [[cage]]. Since the cage isn't empty, it can't be used to load a cage trap]]. Currently, the only way to clean items out a cage is to [[dump]] them. To do so, press {{k|k}}, move over to the cage with refuse in it, select it, hit {{k|Enter}}, select a refuse object, press {{k|Enter}} and {{k|d}}. Do not press {{k|d}} while in the cage but not the refuse &ndash; such will label the whole cage for dumping.

If the tame task is put on repeat, your animal trainer will continue to 'tame' the same animal over and over.  The result is a cage filled with many seeds, bones, and shells.

Currently the food for taming is picked somewhat randomly and herbivores may be tamed with [[fish]] or other [[meat]].

Training an animal for hunting or war does not require any food, just the animal's undivided attention (and ability to walk to the kennel). Once the animal is trained, it will tend to follow whomever trained them around until assigned to another person.

Additionally, only dwarves with Animal Training labor enabled will transfer hostile creatures between cages.

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