We have a date! We'll be hosting a Clicker trainers clinic with Alexandra Kurland the weekend of Mar 10-11 2007. If you are new to the list Alexandra Kurland...
Don't forget transitions within and between gaits, upward & downward, with balance always in mind (i.e. no front-wheel-drive or falling on forehand) Happy new...
I've been working with Dixie, my QH mare, since February 06. I've been working on the basic behaviors in Alex's first clicker training for horses book. Lately,...
I suggest working on all of them every day. Accept what is given you, ask for more and watch things grow. If you wait for perfection on a single behavior or...
... command<< Thank you to all who posted the great ideas for clicking my horse with the coffin bone fracture ... apparently I am only limited by my...
I agree with Tam. Remember that the "just one thing" refers to a given criterion of a given behavior in a given session on that behavior, not to a range of...
You bet you can! Remove yourself when he gets pushy. Stand back and wait. Let him be responsible for finding out how to get you to deliver the feed namely...
Hey everyone, Interesting I watched some -R only training one day last week, by a person who understands release and is pretty astute at reading the horse, and...
Hi all, I've started my old mare on CT, and she is catching onto the concept pretty well for an old gal who was used to being given 2 whole cut-up carrots...
Someone just sent in a whole list of items to work on for the horse confined to stall rest...could you resend the list? I have a friend down in Colorado -...
... reaching ... Nope , it took me about a million years to get it on there in the first place ... but I had thought about teaching it to another horse...
Hi All and Happy New Year. I have a friend who is going to need a vet to do a pre purchase exam on two mammoth donkeys she is thinking about buying. They are...
Hi Barbara, ... sounds great! ... question: do you think she is fluent at targeting the lid? ... It sounds a bit like frustration...you don't want to build...
... reaching ... Karen Parker's clicker star, Francisco, does this -- he even pulled a tarp off his back at Equine Affaire. Maybe she'll tell how when she has...
... reaching ... What were the side effects , please ? I taught my horse to take people's hats off and give them to me ... strange how many people just have no...
... Wow, Tam. This offhand comment of yours (or maybe not so offhand?) struck me as one HUGE pearl of wisdom that should be obvious but I suspect often gets...
... Wow, Tam. This offhand comment of yours (or maybe not so offhand?) struck me as one HUGE pearl of wisdom << Couldn't agree more !!! If you laugh with your...
... For the most part, I think. If I move it to a different spot, she goes to touch it almost right away, but if I leave it in one spot for her to touch a...
Please forgive the OT post, but I'm interested in finding a more economical boarding situation in southeast MA/Northeast RI. If anyone as any leads, please let...
Barbara, It sounds like the targeting/duration project is stalling a little...Essentially, its a case of "make haste, slowly". If you c/t when she touches the...
... Kay Laurence's definition of FLUENCY is .... the subject begins to repeat the behavior before they are done chewing the previous treat. ... the four D's...
I have one horse that is very pushy about feeding time when he is in a stall. When he would walk towards me, I would back up and wait. When he happened to...
... I have a foster mare that at feeding time she would do all kinds of aggressive posturing - ears back, snaking her neck around, tossing her head, making...
Hello! I am new to clicker training and new to this group, and I was wondering what books you all use? I have gotten quite a bit of info from the internet, but...
... I ... Hi Kristen, I personally love Alexandra Kurland's books. I'd suggest that you start with "Clicker Training for Your Horse." Her website is: ...
Hi all, and happy new year! My resolution for 2007 is to make some serious progress with Shadow's training, and hopefully to ride him before the year is out --...
Hi Phil, It is so nice to hear about your progress. You and Shadow sound like you are doing great. I am glad you got Alex's books and I think you will find...
Just finished reading the Jan 2007 issue of Practical Horseman and there is a very nice article on postive reinforcement. They don't specifically mention...
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