Hi there My name's Jo (live in Brighton, East Sussex, UK) and I'm new to clicker training but absolutely LOVE it. It's completely transformed the way in which...
Hi Elizabeth, Welcome to the list. You have two new horses. You will have such fun with this work. You asked about building duration. When you first start...
Hi all, I just had to share that after years of on again/off again playing with the hula hoop, Willy has finally learned how to pick it up and flip it over his...
Well I've taken my first Falconry lesson last week in Goshen, NY. It was awesome. They aren't clicker trainers and I see lots of room for improvement but I...
Hi, After a little while, falconry will mess up you're whole world view. You know that you have committed (or maybe ought to be...)to it when you react to a...
Hi, I'm a licensed falconer that uses clicker training with my birds. There's a fellow named Steve Layman that has written some good articles and given a few...
I belong to two yahoo falconry groups: Kestrelfans and accipiterhawking. You might find something there as the topic has been discussed. Meg [Non-text...
I am getting queasy about advising people , as if I post and say something works for our horses , I can guarantee that tomorrow one of them will come up...
... <funder@...> wrote: Champ, in ... stand if he ... stay still. Here's a silly little thing . Do you mean a verbal ' whoa ' ? I've found my horses think '...
... AHA , You may be reinforcing the Moving Thought . Try to CT when he thinking of not moving ( eg if you back off with whip ) ? ... How frustrating . ` Now...
Replied to Dolores off-list :) ... think of training the "absence" of behavior. If I am working on standing still, my criteria is usually 4 feet on the floor,...
Posted by: "Elizabeth Funderburk" funder@... funder_Memphis That's it exactly. Champ's very sensitive; he'll stop for a verbal-only whoa about 40% of...
... thinking of not moving ( eg if you back off with whip ) ? ... May I propose a slightly different approach that may give you a faster and more permanent...
Hi, There's been a lot of stuff going on with Apache for the past couple of months, since my last update, so here's what's happened since my last update: His...
Hi, Elizabeth, and welcome....;) Katie gave you great advice about building duration, and even though this idea may be among those she directed you to on her...
... gone bad ... for ... work, ... suppresses ... may ... while doing ... I'm not sure I would call this scenario flooding. Flooding is an option-less...
... area ... I dont think my friend would always ' work 'with the horse , she might just hold it on a loose lead and sit and read a magazine for half hour ....
... might just hold it on a loose lead and sit and read a magazine for half hour << I guess you would have to see what is going on physiologically with the ...
... option-less experience.<<< I would suggest that not all animals react the same way and some will choose to try to flee, others perhaps will show fear...
... will choose ... may freeze ... know any ... and deal ... Let's hope that, at least the people on THIS list are able to read subtle signs that a horse is...
Hi All ... trailer takes the horse . Is it somewhere nice - new pasture , old friends , a show if he likes shows ; or is it somewhere nasty - vet hospital ,...
... animals 'belief'' that that stimulus brings something it should be afraid of. ... I find this is the case with "that end" of the arena syndrome. The ...
Hello Everyone! Thanks for letting me join the list, I'm really excited about it. I've been familiar with clicker training for dogs for years - I used to...
Hi Jord-Ann Another interesting discussion :-)) ... subtle signs that a horse is not OK, even if not reactive in a large and noticeable way. A horse can't...
"Welcome to the group and congratulations on your successes so far. :-)" Thank you. "If a horse who is Very Clicker Savvy is walking off and ignoring the click...
"I hope this doesn't come across as being too blunt, .....In learning theory, the term for the method you are using at the moment to remove the fear is...
