I don't know if I've talked about her on this list, but by way of introduction Moonlite (Moon) is a 10-year-old fox trotter mare. Her mother BJ died two months...
Ken Ramirez talks about cutting the fish before you learn to train the dolphin....... Knowing the behavior patterns of the animal you are working with is...
... and vice-versa. << Sounds like her "basics" four years ago included traditional lungeline training. The lunge whip provides the cue to "move away", and...
I see some of the initial post got lopped off somehow. And I thought only Yahoo did that sort of thing. What I was saying was that we have a hay shed at one...
Tam suggests that my body language may have been causing this event. Although I accept that this could be the case, I don't think so. I know that it's...
... I was not involved with her at that time, but I am certain that it did. ... OK, that might explain part of it. ... I've introduced (reintroduced) her a...
Hi Morgan, I would respectfully suggest you're making a mystery out of something both Tam and Barbara correctly identified as a horse responding as would any...
... I'm really familiar with in horses. I can say this. I could not see any whites of her eyes. She was snorting at the end of the session, but she was not...
Dear Morgan and other candidates , Compare and contrast , the following training plans for horses , in relation to the scenario described below . Plan 1 :...
... static except insofar as I took a few steps to stay within range. I didn't do anything like wave my arms or such. <, Your " R + " horse may have its eyes...
... Since the behavioral goal (being able to ride past potentially scary distractions) is a matter of conditioning to Scary Distractions, whatever method the...
hi everyone I'm going to do the odd bit of animal behaviour consulting (all species but with my focus on horses). Can you have a look at my website and let me...
... event. Although I accept that this could be the case, I don't think so. I know that it's difficult for a person to know what they are doing without a...
I want first to thank everyone for their input, challenges and suggestions. I didn't get to work Moon yesterday and I have to go to the doctor today to have my...
... Right. We are with you! I don't think any of us here want to use any tool to tap into the horse's fears to get behavior. In fact, we endeavor to teach...
... I suppose ( 1 ) is " a cue could be a demand " and (2 ) is " a cue is only a suggestion " To train the horse to be driven from the whip , without using...
... We don't have a round pen. I work her in the corral which is plenty large enough for her to move in, and on one side there is space reasonably equivalent...
Thanks for the good words, Barbara, and even more for the ideas on acclimating her to the pole. If nothing else it will give me some good practice in...
... No, she wasn't. Part of the problem is that I can only speculate about her prior training -- though the speculation is reasonably well founded -- because...
... Morgan I might add to Barbra’s suggestions that if you drag the pole around the arena, Moon my just follow it out of curiosity. I find it much easier to...
I wrote this story two years ago for the presidential election. Being today is a mid-term election here in the US I thought I might share the story again....
... <mslawdog@...> wrote there is space reasonably equivalent to what you'd have in a round pen. ... is to transition off it. The pole could either be +P or a ...
... I would like to get her to be a nice riding horse, yes. It's apparent that she has been ridden to some extent, because she has absolutely no problem with...
Morgan wrote: I guess one could say I'm "adding CT to conventional training", but in many ways it's a new book because whatever training she had before was a...
Moon reminds me...... Last night as I strode down the hill to do last call for the critters I noticed a large white shape on the ground in the paddock......I...
... There is no dust in the equine memory. They have 55 million years of developing that part of their brain to survive, and even domestication has not...
... Hi Anna~ I suppose I have taught the whips in several ways depending on the horse and what he already knows or needs. Most often, I begin with the...
Hey friends..... I just emptied my savings acct to go to ClickerExpo. Once again I am choosing the west coast in January for my clicker experience. Last year...
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