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[RC] Terrified horse and not so terrified horses - Sheila_LarsenThere are so many wonderful ways to work with horses out there that you have a huge tool box at your disposal. Most people who know me will know what is coming next, and that is using clicker training in combination with Parelli, Linda Tellington-Jones exercises, and almost any other thing you can think about. I find particularly useful because the click marks the behavior and sometimes with other methods the horse reacts and I am too slow with my body to indicate that the horse/dog/whatever is correct. The think I like most about it is that you concentrate on what you want not on what you don't want. For example, the other day when I was taking one horse out of the pasture for some reason the other horse didn't follow us to the gate and the leaving horse got separation anxiety and was extremely distracted. So instead of getting frustrated with the horse (ok I got frustrated but hid it well) I concentrated on what I wanted. But I knew I wasn't going to get it without chunking it down into smaller pieces and marking the smallest good behavior. Horse took one step with me, she got a click and treat, she didn't want the treat but she knew she was correct (accepting treat is their option), and then she blew by me, ah Parelli half circles, slightest look at me, click and offer treat, and off she went, and we just went over it and over it just concentrating on what I wanted and not what she was wrapped up in and after about two-three minutes we walked quietly out of the pasture, I am not saying that if I had done just Parelli she wouldn't have settled, but from my past experienced she settled much much faster. She was happy, and I was far less stressed because I was exentuating the positive. And hey anyone who knows me, know that positive thinking doesn't come easy to me. (What glass is half full?- anyone one can see is it half empty LOLOL) The other good thing is that most animals think it is fun. My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. ~Author Unknown =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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