RE: Training your horse
This message is from: Gail Russell Good quote! You need something else beyond breaking things down into "baby steps." You need to tell the horse he is right in a way the horse can understand. Clinton, Parelli, and most other horse trainers use negative reinforcement (top doing something to the horse that he does not like when he gets the right answer.) Or, if you do not have the coordination or desire to do negative thing, and stop it precisely on time, you can use a marker like a clicker and something the horse really likes (think treat, cause they are not all that motivated by praise and pats). Gail Ever the advocate of clicker training. I realized that they learn best using a step-by-step system. They’re smart creatures, but they can’t process everything at the same time. I soon realized that if I took the time to break a lesson into steps and introduced each step to the horse separately, he caught on to the lesson a lot quicker and progressed through his training at a faster rate. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.137/2617 - Release Date: 01/15/10 04:47:00 Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Training your horse
This message is from: Heather Baskey When something doesn't work for me, I "separate, isolate" and "recombine". Thanks for sharing, Heather Playing Naturally with Henry http://digilass.wordpress.com This message is from: Me Kint Theyâre smart creatures, but they canât process everything at the same time. I soon realized that if I took the time to break a lesson into steps and introduced each step to the horse separately, he caught on to the lesson a lot quicker and progressed through his training at a faster rate. __ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Training your horse
This message is from: Me Kint Hi, I thought this information from Clinton Anderson useful and interesting.. Thought some of you might find it interesting also in working with your horses. Mary in Calif.  It wasnât until I started attending clinics and apprenticing under Australian horseman, Gordon McKinlay, that I realized that horses are just like humans â they donât learn perfectly. When you first introduce a new lesson to a horse, heâs going to get confused, frustrated and maybe even agitated or nervous. And you know what? Thatâs absolutely OK. Horses are allowed to express all of those emotions when youâre training them.. Itâs your job as a trainer to learn how to help the horse understand in the easiest way possible what you expect of him. After working with literally thousands of horses, I realized that they learn best using a step-by-step system. Theyâre smart creatures, but they canât process everything at the same time. I soon realized that if I took the time to break a lesson into steps and introduced each step to the horse separately, he caught on to the lesson a lot quicker and progressed through his training at a faster rate. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
