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Re: [RC] Hollering horse - Heidi SmithI ride a stallion and he is a very good boy, except that he hollers. I'm glad you're pursuing clicker training for this horse. Hollering is really unacceptable behavior, IMO--especially in a stallion. And it means one thing--his mind is not focused on YOU. I've never used clicker training--but I've ridden a lot of stallions. The ones we start ourselves have all been quiet on the trail, because we START them to keep their focus on us at all times--it is a subtle thing, but we are ALWAYS talking to them--with a chuckle, a look, a tap, a bit of leg, whatever--so that they don't have time to think about anything BUT us. Clicker training is just one more way to do just that. We've retrained one noisy one--although he will still revert to his noisiness on his first "out" every year until he is reminded--and again, it is a matter of keeping his attention ALWAYS on the rider and preventing the hollering, as much or more than getting after him once he's done it. (Although initially, one has to do that as well, to make the point clear that that is unacceptable behavior.) Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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