This is a video I found yesterday that I really like. It’s a great example of a trainer setting the animal up for success and then patiently clicking successive approximations to the final goal. Horses are curious by nature and are usually interested in exploring new items in their surrounding. If we can reward even the tiniest try when they offer to explore their surroundings, we can improve the animal’s confidence and avoid the force and coercion that so much of the horse world depends on.
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