Did you know that horses could be trained with clicker training? In this section you’ll find lots of information about how positive reinforcement training methods can be used to create horses that are smart, brave, athletic and enthusiastic about training. If you’re skeptical, I recommend starting with this blog post, which summarizes a research study that examined whether clicker training causes horses to bite.
Sunday was lovely weather, it’s finally starting to cool off a bit. I think the horses (and donkeys!) are enjoying the weather as well. We had a family come out that was interested in adopting a couple of the horses. Their biggest problem was trying to narrow it down to which ones(s)! We wormed the […]
I have two new rats. I’ve had them two weeks. I have a couple of books on rat care and training and I’ve been surfing the web. But really, I have no idea what I’m doing! It’s like starting all over again. How do I deliver a reinforcer? What’s the best way physically (and temporally) […]
My friend Jane, over at Bookends Farm, recently published a lovely series of posts about Alexandra Kurland’s most recent clicker training clinic in Danby, Vermont. If you are interested in clicker training or horse training, I would definitely recommend checking them out, especially post 3! Here are the links, as well as a few quotes: […]
I recently finished reading Getting to Yes by Sharon Foley. What a great book! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to learn more about clicker training and positive step-by-step methods to improve their horse training. I bought this book over a year ago and have used it from time to […]
Rosie recently got adopted from the rescue. Her new family absolutely loves her! I just found this video clip of Rosie from earlier this summer that I never got around to posting on the blog. This is of our second day working on mounting from the fence. If you do a lot of trail riding […]
Can all horses be clicker trained? Does the horse need to know anything before we start clicker training? Can clicker training work for shy, scared, abused or aggressive horse? This is a revised version of something I originally posted on the clickryder yahoo discussion group. (Message number 80910). Some horses aren’t ready for clicker training. […]
