Hi Every One, I have been lurking on this group since it's start, but have not yet posted anything. I have had an interesting situation with my horsecome up...
Hello advanced CT trainers, My name is Michelle and I am new to the group; but have been doing CT training for a few years. I have 3 geldings that have...
... <herr_rudel@y...> wrote: ... Michelle, I went through this with one of my horses when I first started clicker training him. I'd already ponied off him...
... into ... chunk ... clicker ... himself. ... the ... they ... the ... mugged. ... vending ... near ... Thanks Kris for the great ideas, I just want to...
... If the aggressor ran the others off I'd give him a time out. IOW, when he came back to where I was standing to try to get more treats, I'd be gone. In...
I'm trying to figure out how to shape turning from the saddle. I've been trying to lean in the direction I want her to turn, but finally realized that when I...
Hi Kris, Why not use turning your body in the direction you want her to go (a la Mary Wanless)? You could start with a big obvious movement, and gradually fade...
... That's what I started doing, but the problem is that when she brings her head back around from getting a treat she never brings it straight out in front of...
Hi Kris, ... Training a change of bend is probably the most useful for the long term. IMO it isn't (for example) trotting we need it is the cue to transition...
Hi Kris, I'm not sure if I understood correctly all you said but it sounds like you are trying to use a cue before you have the behaviour? I would try just a...
Kris wrote: 3) Work on shaping the move from being bent one way to bent the other, put that on cue and then get the turn from there. This seems like the...
Hi Kris, A thing to try for you and your horse. . . . Hold your arms straight out at shoulder level. (You may have to desensitize your horse to this first)....
... Yes, I think that's the problem right there. She has no trouble interpreting my cues for stepping off in the desired direction, as long as she's already...
... I have the behavior, both ways, but it's not on cue yet. She knows she's supposed to turn and go back to the other target, but she hasn't yet figured out...
... Fortunately, Dancer doesn't have strong preferences for one side or the other. Willie, OTOH, has a board stuck on the left side of his neck, going from...
Hi Kris, ... Yes and no. :-) Legs 'on' means go more. Not walk or trot or canter per se, just move your feet with more energy. The left leg can speak to the...
... Yup, that's exactly the problem. I turn left, my left leg comes in at the girth, and if she's already bent to the right she interprets that left leg (and...
... Yes, IOW, the different cues your seat is giving them. :-) ... She already knows how to do that, and the fact that she's so good at it is the reason I...
Hi Kris, ... Any insight is a good insight <g> so I understand why you want to process through this. Fair enough. Something to put on your back burner then. ...
Hello Kris, I just scanned through your conversation(mostly with Sharon) regarding teaching turning. I think that you're missing out on an important tool not...
... To eliminate the -R factor, which is probably especially important with a horse who already understands how to yield to bit/nose pressure, I would think...
Hello Michelle, Keep in mind that turning and going back to the barn can be a +R unto itself! As far as working animals about social relationships with one...
... I was taught that some horses will move under where you lean because you have created an imbalance and they will naturally try to correct that. So instead...
... Well basically, that's how reins are used. The horse is travelling in one direction and we change, or correct his direction, by applying an aversive. ... ...
... Well, Dancer won't, but that's likely because she's engaged in trying to figure out what she needs to do to get her click, rather than just kind of...
... From: Shawna Karrasch/On Target Training To: BeyondBasicsEquineCT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [BBECT] Shaping...
... Hi Kris~ You mentioned in another post about maybe needing to chink things down a bit more. Here is a great place to do that! Before working too much on...
I forgot to mention, in light of the data-gathering practice Bob has us doing, while working on this gradual raising of criteria of getting a left and right...
... Hi Michelle as I'm reading your post and the good ideas that Kris has given you with the happy face and Shawna has given you with feeding the dominant...
... Unfortunately, I can't really use the leg that way to get the shift in bend, because I already taught her that leg on the outside means turn away from the...
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