while i am under a clients horse i don't really have the option to always use +R. I start +R by introducing myself as a friend and take the time to reinforce...
... Leave the door closed until you have used R+ for novel behaviours (probably with treats) to help her attain calm. Once she has found calm, open the door...
... Can we just do some management here, get in float with horse and speak calmly to her, bring her down a peg, then open float for minor calming?? Nose bumps...
... Maybe we ought to make a distinction between anxious (fear) and anticipation (impatience). Anticipation is a tricky subject for horses that are encouraged ...
... Hi Diana, I can see where you're coming from! But I think as with most dealings with training animals sometimes it is not all black & white, and sometimes...
Hi all, Bear with while I explain the way I'm looking at this situation, also please be aware this isn't meant as a Tam bashing session - I'm explaining my way...
Hi there. My name is Kat. I live in Reno, NV and I just wanted to introduce myself. I have two horses, a 20 year old TB named Bully and a 2 1/2 year old QH...
... HI Kat welcome to the BBECT list. I saw that you also posted a hello to the clickryder list. Everybody on this list is also on the clickryder list so no...
I was thinking about Tam's trailer description, and things I do to try and condition a horse toward behavior, and I realised that a simple tool often becomes...
Barbara - the more I learn about you the more I love reading about you (I was gonna say the more I love you but thought that was a bit creepy and weird). I...
... Maybe ask them to jump the jump 10 times if they think it odd to ask the dog to do it? <g> There is a 'momentum' factor in such exercises, though it...
Without permission I am thinking that we need a new topic to chew on. Jord-Ann proposed Superstitious behavior as a good bone and I agree. The origin of that...
From DSTD Pg 26-27 A biologist studying hawks noticed that if a hawk caught a mouse under a particular bush, it would check out that bush every day for a week...
KP also uses the Baseball Pitcher's series of movement prior to a pitch....touch hat, touch glove, touch self :0)..... as an example of superstitious behavoir....
I was teaching my horse Bully how to shake his head "no". And I'll admit I was just sort of fumbling my way through and experimenting, however while I was...
For the record, I have just quit the Clickryder list. I won't deal with people who have no give. I wish to have open discourse and be able to agree or...
JP Giacomini wrote this to the Click Ryder community. (I hope he is not offended by this forward) : Hello all, I rarely post on this list for several reasons,...
Also from DSTD: "Superstitious behavior often crops up in training animals. The animal may be responding to criteria you had no intention of establishing but...
briefly, my newest favorite tool would be the LRS. Tam ... From: plume77333 To: BeyondBasicsEquineCT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:13 PM ...
Oh gosh I am confused........ And I am about to stick my neck out here as I am quite dismayed by the tone on a few forums at the moment....and at the risk of...
done ... From: darste_1999 To: BeyondBasicsEquineCT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:50 AM Subject: [BBECT] Re: From Clickryder.... Perhaps JP...
... Neil asked for a definition of LRS: LRS is a Least Reinforcing Stimulus. This concept doesn't seem to get much play except with marine mammals, but it is...
... I come to ... continue to ... Seems like we have to clarify the purpose of this list now and then, so here goes: We would like to explore the concepts of...
Hi I am a new member here as of today and Jord Ann's post made a tidy list of some of the training and behavior learning modes as being: "classical ...
... definition listing of these anywhere, or a list of ... Great! Glad to welcome you here! One thing we have tried to do (although not always successfully) is...
... Good Job Jord-Ann I might add that this is not the list to end all other list. I assume that everyone on this list is also part of the ClickRyder and/ or...