Raisingdogs Raising dogs

Ngolo Dorothée explains how the Bagyeli train their dogs for hunts. She says that they start when the dogs are very small, using mainly positive reinforcement through rewards. They also use a kind of bell made out of a snail shell that they hang around the dog's neck so that they can hear the dog in the rain forest. Mama and Mambi demonstrate the snail bell with a larger dog, while Ngolo is accompanied by a puppy called Bubule ("ball"). Mambi explains that they give palm nuts as a reward to dogs. Bubule, however, is first hesitant to take the nut as he is afraid of the camera. The group is joined by some children, including Angéline and Minse, while some men still hang out on the benches in the village center where Djiedjhie is talking with Ada and Segyua is splitting nuts with a machete. Mambi and Mama then demonstrate sounds that animals that they hunt make and the signals that the Bagyeli use for specific types of animals. Mama demonstrates what he does when he crosses path with a Boa in the rain forest--the Bagyeli like to reenact situations rather than just explaining them.