I had a clicker also and looked for it but must have
misplaced it or thrown it away. A long time ago I bought the clicker
training book and tried to do it on a different horse. It was a
catastrophe, so bagged it. After watching the "on target" video, it gave
me a better insight as to how to accomplish the task and how it worked. I
am sold so am going to start incorporating it into all my training. I
don't believe it can be the only type of training you use, but it is a big
motivator for those horses that are ALWAYS hungry. The ol' cowboy days are
definitely gone.
On the other hand, the trainer I use and
like so much uses carrots all the time. For example, if a horse is
one of those that cannot stand to be left by a buddy horse by so much as
50 feet, she pulls out a carrot to draw the horse's attention to HER, not
the buddy horse. Gradually, over a period of time and lots of rides
with another person on another horse, she overcame her mount's fear of
being left behind. She keeps a pocket full of carrots with her on
every training ride. On principle it seems like a bad idea, but in
practice it works very well.
Barbara McCrary
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