My Mustang has a page at the KBR Wild Burro and Horse and they have some
good training idea for not just Mustangs but all horses. Here is the link for
the clicker trianing page:
The training page in particular is so full of information, it boggles the
mind. While not all information is relevant to everyone, there are quite a few
good tips here.
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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