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Are you struggling with building duration on hoof lifts for trimming? One thing I find with equines is that they appreciate predictability and routine. With fearful equines, that’s what helps them feel safe and builds trust. You may not realise that positive reinforcement has 3 steps, that it’s a process. The first is the antecedent, which is what prompts the behaviour. The second is the actual...

A bit of a 'warts and all' training video, which I don't normally share publicly, as I made it for a client. This is about shaping movement without targets or lures. But I'd really like to share, as it shows what a fantastic problem solver my horse Mercedes is, and also how a high RoR and using the precision of the clicker and a technique called Feeding for Position, combined, can get you out o...

Are you struggling with building duration on hoof lifts? Does your horse want their foot back quicker than you’re ready to give it back? One thing I find with equines is that they appreciate predictability and routine. With fearful equines, that’s what helps them feel safe and builds trust. You may not realise that positive reinforcement has 3 steps, that it’s a process. The first is the antece...

This is the next clicker training session with Mr K the unhandled horse, where I'm working on 2 things. One was unplanned, but a happy thing to have to deal with, because it shows he's thinking and offering behaviour without being afraid. But it's not quite what I want, so I need to show him what I want instead, without dampening that bravery in offering behaviour. Basically he's offering a lot...

Even though he is unhandled, this horse has a very strong aversion to people standing on his left/near side. He may have been darted that one time or had top up sedation on that side, I don't know. This means I've started gradually moving from standing face on, which is all he would allow at the start, to gradually working my way around to his right shoulder, as his more comfortable side. I've ...

Training a horse with no training or an unknown training history always means a lot of careful experimentation, observations of their behaviour and responses and constantly adjusting the training criteria. One important guide in shaping behaviour with R is to stick to one criteria per session and this is especially important for fearful equines. I can clearly see that standing alongside him is ...

I’m currently training an unhandled horse and his pony companion. He’s one of the more extreme cases I’ve come across, although you wouldn’t know it from watching our training. Good training is boring to watch! 🧡 This video is focusing on something quite nuanced in our R training. This is about the use of targets or lures, versus free shaping behaviour, especially with fearful equines, by using...

I’m currently training an unhandled horse and his pony companion. He’s one of the more extreme cases I’ve come across, although you wouldn’t know it from watching our training. Good training is boring to watch! 🧡 I’m lucky that he’s been hand fed before, although not ideal, as it was with carrots that have caused some frustration and encouraged him to behave unsafely. Even more dangerous since ...

Clicker Training Horses

This video covers: - The foundation behaviour eg., "manners" - Building duration on the foundation behaviour

Covering: - Foundation behaviour "manners" - Mechanics - being ambidextrous - Changing sides easily - Nose Targets - Building duration on the foundation behaviour

Covering: - Foundation behaviour "manners" - Mechanics - being ambidextrous - Changing sides easily - Nose Targets

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