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Re: Wisdom on treats w/o click?


> I was also using treat to encourage a "whoa" under saddle. Was funny when we
were in a parade and Bangsi had to stop because of other horses jammed up. He
turned around and mouthed as if to say "Ok, I stopped. Where's my treat!" LOL!
He was going to clicker train me!


your doing fine use what work's for you and your horse to build a stronger
longer lasting friendship




Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:07 pm

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Is there ever a time when this is considered OK? Although I NEVER give treats "for free", one of the ways I'm managing to take lessons from non-click-friendly...
kathysierra@...
kathysierra...
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Jul 17, 2009
8:08 am

... I haven't heard this rule. Surely once you've progressed past using a clicker, to the stage where you just use a cue, then your animal will still...
noeline cassettari
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Jul 17, 2009
3:35 pm

... I do this all the time when using classical conditioning, since there isn't a behavior to click. Just keep in mind that everything is an opportunity for...
Susie
susie17sez
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Jul 17, 2009
3:36 pm

... This sounds like what I often do. I suppose in some ways it isn't "freebie", but that they are rewarded for being quiet observers. It's hard for one to...
meg142857
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Jul 18, 2009
6:22 am

I frequently treat without the click. It's how I say hello--with a pear split two ways. It's how I say 'Good job. We're done'. Sometimes I give them to the...
monkeymama57
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Jul 19, 2009
3:20 am

... I'm glad someone is pursuing this topic. I realize I am not doing official "clicker" with targeting or shaping per se. I also don't use the official...
meg142857
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Jul 17, 2009
3:37 pm

... your doing fine use what work's for you and your horse to build a stronger longer lasting friendship...
wyocowboy23
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Jul 17, 2009
5:07 pm

... Why do so many think treats as gifts are a bad thing? Why do so many think horses are so simple minded they can't determine the difference between treats...
S D Humphries
tinyhorselover
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Jul 18, 2009
11:39 pm

I too give treats without asking for anything. If we are creating thinking horses, which I truly believe we are, we are doing them a disservice by not...
Charlotte
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Jul 17, 2009
5:07 pm

I too am glad you are talking about this as it has been an on going argument between my husband and I. He gives lots of treats just for breathing as I call it....
kerilaine1344
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Jul 20, 2009
1:31 am
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