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judy, i want to do this... when you are getting her to smile are you actually tickling or touching her lip or just pointing so she lifts her head... she reminds me of nasi. Her relatives arent from colorado are they?? Gosh she is beautiful. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
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> Cute! From what I can see of her face she has a calm, pleasant eyeshe > looks so sweet. While I'm not really in a position to take any additional horses, when I saw her, and she was brought to me, she was not at all worried about the walker or the cast. She reached out to sniff them, as Charm does with things she doesn't know, so I thought I might be able to handle her OK for the time being. I did a little clicker with her today working on a "smile". The camera was not in the right place to get a good video, but at least it's something: http://iceryder.net/videochachasmile.html Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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>From: "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I put a few braids in her hair, at the top of her mane, since that part >tends to flip onto the top of her head. Cute! From what I can see of her face she has a calm, pleasant eyeshe looks so sweet. V _ Get Cultured With Arts & Culture Festivals On Live Maps http://local.live.com/?mkt=en-ca&v=2&cid=A6D6BDB4586E357F!2010&encType=1&style=h&FORM=SERNEP
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On 7/30/07, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is tivar when i'm putting on his fly mask: Gloi is very cooperative with his fly mask as long as you did not put it on too tight the day before. Once I got the right amount of looseness he is very cooperative. You would think it is way too loose. If some one puts it on too tight, he will take it off and won't let you put it on the next day. Anna
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then when i'm done and totally convinced he just hates my guts I will say good boy and give him a pet and walk away and he will actually follow me everywhere like a dog. I swear he would even follow me into the house. explain that! he is a big mystery. Tivar really does seem to talk with his ears, maybe more than any horse I've ever met. It helped me to start decoding him when I began to pay attention to "degrees of ears back". I don't think he's usually really upset unless his ears are flat back against his head. He seems to put them "sort of back" when he's just wary, or maybe even thinking about stuff, and not particularly upset. I eventually began looking more at his neck and head for tale-tell signs of tension, because he really will tense his neck and raise his head when he's not happy. Have you noticed his neck and head position during these times - I think it might help to add up all the clues from his whole body, but you've probably already figured that out. Karen Thomas, NC
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Hi Judy >>>Very good example of breaking it down. Nicki, who owns Fridur, came up with the "chunk it down" expression :-). We have used the express "chunk it down" for about 20 years so I think it came from lots of sources. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
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> One of the most valuable, IMO, about the clicker is that it teaches people > to have patience and to break down an exercise into smaller parts. > Instead > of escalating pressure, it does the opposite, and makes it less. Thanks, Robyn, for mentioning this. > my son and his girlfriend's dog who was very adverse to a harness, > broke it into several lessons, taking away the pressure of having to get > the > harness on. At first I just used it as a target, and then on the floor > and > raised the criteria to having him place a foot into it. Very good example of breaking it down. Nicki, who owns Fridur, came up with the "chunk it down" expression :-). Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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this is tivar when i'm putting on his fly mask: tries to use it as a face scratcher, shoving me half way around the yard, me wrestling it around, then I get aggravated and give his shoulder a whack, he immediately stands nicely and calm, head sorta down, sorta contrite, then I go to put it on he lays his ears flat so I can't get them up inside the little ear thingies. I have a few times actually shoved up a wad of forelock hair into the ear thingie thinking it was his ear. if i take too long at this point he will start walking off like "oh for..." like he gave me a half minute, if i cant get a fly mask on in a half minute then i dont deserve his time, his time is so valuable you know. If he needs ointment where he's rubbed on something he will fight it like he suspects I am trying to shove deadly arsentic up his nostril or something, but if I start petting his forehead real hard, sorta scrubbing on it, he will stand there all day for that. so you have to scrub his face with one hand while smearing ointment with the other, getting ointment all over yourself. then there is always that window where he will be good and give me a chance to get it done so I will leave him alone. then when i'm done and totally convinced he just hates my guts I will say good boy and give him a pet and walk away and he will actually follow me everywhere like a dog. I swear he would even follow me into the house. explain that! he is a big mystery. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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> she is just too cool for school Judy :) Ha! I think she'll be in "school" for a while :-) I did get a fly mask on her face today, so that's good. Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This little black and white pinto mare is visiting > us for a month or so. > > Oh my gosh how beautiful. Happy Trails from Lori Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469
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she is just too cool for school Judy :) Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
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Hi Judy >>> Here's a little video (maybe boring to watch). The criteria is, of course, very loose for her since it's her first time. Nice videos showing the steps. One of the most valuable, IMO, about the clicker is that it teaches people to have patience and to break down an exercise into smaller parts. Instead of escalating pressure, it does the opposite, and makes it less. I have used the clicker for the halter as well and it carried with the horses forever, even years after and with a variety of people. I also used it with my son and his girlfriend's dog who was very adverse to a harness, collar anything that was put on him. He is very small - pom-Chihuahua cross. I broke it into several lessons, taking away the pressure of having to get the harness on. At first I just used it as a target, and then on the floor and raised the criteria to having him place a foot into it. It has worked really well so he no longer runs when he sees the harness. I also had done some clicker for the halter with a rather reactive mare. When we needed to sedate her she was incredibly reactive to the needle (unusual IME for Icelandics), after trying a variety of things unsuccessfully I said I would like to try the clicker. Within less than 2 minutes the mare was quietly sedated - I hadn't done any clicker training with this mare for over a year and yet she immediately remembered the process. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
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> She is just lovely. > > Our little house guest, a POA gelding, left the other day after a 10 > mongth > visit. The girls (Tosca and Yrsa) and I all missed him more than we > thought we might. They all put a mark on your heart, don't they? The little girl has some eye junk, and cockleburs in her mane, so she got her first clicker training lesson today, starting with the halter. Then I put some SWAT around her eyes, and got the burrs out. Here's a little video (maybe boring to watch). The criteria is, of course, very loose for her since it's her first time. http://iceryder.net/videoclickerpinto.html She was OK to halter... just OK... but I want more than OK, I want her to *want* the halter and to be looking forward to seeing it! Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
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She is just lovely. Our little house guest, a POA gelding, left the other day after a 10 mongth visit. The girls (Tosca and Yrsa) and I all missed him more than we thought we might. Nancy
