... Any kind of schedule like this will be to your advantage! Also, setting up a chair and reading or braiding rope or whatever low-key activity you can spend...
... day. ... this ... after ... Sounds like a plan to me - if the horse arrives around the 6th or 7th, you can only feed and do CC until Christmas that's...
Two question regarding the wild horse training I'm about to start. Quick overview is that on December 6th I will be getting a wild mustang horse and then on...
... I haven't much time, but wanted to respond to two things while I am thinking of it! I would not get too bogged down in worrying about separating CC and OC....
... Thanks for asking Ilse: I got her delivered late Saturday night. A very pretty black mare form the Jackie Butte herd management area. I think that is SE...
... Just a suggestion Neil, but USE your other horses to get her interested - she will be paying attention to their reactions to the environment as a big...
Hey Neil - good to hear the mare reached you safe. Don't know if this is applicable but sometimes with really flighty dogs we reward a look/approach by...
Hi All, I know this is a question that has been posted about before but it is something that is always relevant for my 4yo Welsh Cob gelding Jock. For those...
Hi Delwyn, I've been lurking here for a while and I guess it's time to come out in the open because this issue is one that is near and dear to my heart! I've...
Agression is always fear based. Without fear there is no need of agression. You could work a long time to find and resolve each fear trigger and there would...
... agression. I disagree Dolores :) Competition for resources is a source of aggression, and that includes sexual behavior. Each time the horse gains, in some...
... No, I think competition for resources is based on survival :) Everything that's alive learns how to acquire what it needs to survive. Each will have a...
... Hmmm, In my studies in behavior I have learned that aggression is the manifestation of fear, conflict or frustration. Wouldn't all of these be based in...
... the ... these ... no ... Are we talking about the relations between horses and people, or horses and horses? A familial or stable social group conflict...
I agree that there are some learned behaviors here. Also, he's only four and still a teenager with all the emotional swings that come with that age. If I had...
<< Hmmm, In my studies in behavior I have learned that aggression is the manifestation of fear, conflict or frustration. Wouldn't all of these be based in...
In ethology, (and while there is never 100% agreement in science - whether in animal behavior and or human behavior and pyschology) in defining aggression,...
... 'nother curve ball in the mix. Hyposocialisation, anxiety disorders, deprivation and on and on. That seems another topic for a book all its own!......I...
Thanks Barbara! Very informative! The successful use of CT I've experienced to overcome aggression has primarily been for irritable, fear induced and...
Hi Delwyn, Aggression isn't simple at all and frankly I'm not at all surprised that Jock doesn't leave when he can. Once a horse starts to use aggression as a...
... figure ... the ... approach ... especially ... Hi Delwyn, even though I do not post very often I have been following your journey with Jock and have...
I am new to the group but I'm looking for some advice as I'm new to clicker training my horses. I've used clicker training with my dogs and decided to...
... Sorry no one has fielded your question. Group? Jord-Ann Safety first. Get the horse out of the stall to clean it. She needs to learn manners in a neutral...
... I actually saw Sandi's question on the Pos4 list, so replied there, but here it is in case folks here are interested! I have used this process with several...
A most excellent response. Thanks for posting it here! Sharon ... Nexus Center for the Horse - Greeneville, TN Dressage * Natural Horsemanship * Clicker...
Fwd: JP Giacomini clinic in Texas (www.baroquefarmsusa.com) HI, everyone: I'm trying to put together some lessons with JP in Boerne, Texas (just a few minutes...