This message is from: "Melinda Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How do you use the clicker to get your horse to stand still at mounting using the clicker? Melinda On 10/5/07, Cherie Mascis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Cherie Mascis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > i think it would be interesting to try with oz........have you used it a > > lot? > > > > laurie, and oz, "what's that noise and does it mean >food?" > > > I've trained my now three year old Fjord filly with clicker training since > I > got her at eight months old. I use a combo of natural horsemanship and > clicking. > > Her favorite game is "touch the monster". We hiked all over with her > getting clicked for touching anything I asked her to. We touched garbage > cans, mail boxes, big rocks, plastic, cars, etc. Now if any inanimate > objects slightly startles her I say "touch" and she goes right over there. > > I also click for climbing through brush, over logs, stepping through > rocks, > up ledges, etc. Standing still for mounting. > > I have also taught her to stand straight with her neck slightly arched for > mane trimming which makes things so much easier. > > Cherie > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > > > -- Coaching with Melinda Schumacher, MD Personal Empowerment through Creative Expression and Equine Experiential Learning "You wander from room to room hunting for the diamond necklace that is already around your neck." ~Jalal-Uddin Rumi "As she knotted the reins and took her stand, the horse's soul came into her hand, and up from the mouth that held the steel came an innermost word, half thought, half feel."~paraphrased, John Masefield Fly Without Wings www.flywithoutwings.net Gestalt Practitioner www.gestaltcleveland.org The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
