On 3/11/07, Cherie Mascis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Orri may be different if he were aggressively trained to lunge with a whip. > Does your present trainer lunge him? He just may asume the carrot stick is a > lunge whip and he needs to move.
His present trainer is me--before me it was the breeder who I purchased Orri from. And I would guess by Orri's actions he thinks the CS is a lunge whip because that's the automatic mode he defaults to; Gat does too. I've lunged neither of these horses. > It is strange that he is ok sometimes but not others. He was fine in the beginning--it's only been these last 3 or 4 times. > Don't progress to any of the driving games until he is completely comfortable > with the stick being rubbed all over him and then when you do start the > driving games, make sure you rub him with the stick after each drive. > Before Orri started acting scared with the CS I had already done all of the games. He'll do them for me fine without the stick in my hand. > When I worked with a fairly wild Icelandic import, I started with my hand > about 3/4 of the way down the stick (less stick toward the horse) and kept > the excess close to me. > I can try that. > He may also be more comfortable if you approach him with the stick close to > your body and stay close to him as you work the stick with gentle motions up > his legs or over his body (start with the area he's most comfortable with). > This would be less like lunging, where the trainer would stand back and wave > the stick. I have been able to rub Orri with the stick, he's nervous though, and doesn't like me flicking the string over his back. > > If he's still having trouble with the pressure, you could combine clicking > with the pressure release. > I'm reading Clicker books right now and that may be the way to go with my horses. V
