--- In [email protected], "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By positively reinforcing desired behavior, > he was found guilty of "spoiling" (p. > 83) the horse. He abandoned his investigation.
And he was given negative reinforcement and just quit trying:) It seems to be really difficult to overcome some of the mainstream ways of thinking about the handling of horses. As a child I taught my pony to nod yes for carrots, it only took about 15 minutes. I didn't have a clicker back then. He never forgot, I would ask if he wanted a carrot and he would shake his head "yes". I was probably lucky that I didn't have people breathing down my neck telling me not to "spoil" him, I had a lot of time alone with him. He was a fantastic pony, he looked an awful lot like an Icelandic, bulky, strong, good bone, he was also very intelligent with a mind of his own, he taught me a lot. He was no robot, I could swear that Dari is that pony reincarnated:) Kim
