Preparations come first -- Good nutrition is important for lifelong learning -- Choosing your trainees -- Training your cavies to trust you -- Fostering friendship: guinea pig introductions -- Learning guinea pig language -- Decoding body language -- A need to gnaw -- Challenge your cavy's IQ: set up a stimulating cage -- Out-of-the-cage playtime -- Learning through play -- Training technique #1: lure-reward training -- Training technique #2: clicker training -- Coming when called -- Litter training -- Teaching tricks -- Lessons in leash walking -- Guinea pig travel plans -- A lifetime of learning.