Posted by Kerrie on October 03, 2002 at 12:23:39:
In Reply to: Re: clicker training posted by Karen on October 03, 2002 at 04:47:56:
Clicker training works on a reward system, you start with getting your horse to touch a "target" with his nose. When he does you clicker the clicker and reward them either by petting or giving them a treat. Anyhow you can eventually move from ground training to riding and still use this program to gain suppleness, etc. It started with a lady you used it on dolphins and killer whales, then people started using it for dogs(obediencetraining) then horses. Here is the web site on-target-training.com and you can look under equusite.com and then go to training. I think it will be fun to see if horses will respond to this and then see if the goat will go for it too.These web sites try to sell you stuff but one lady said your target can be anything.The clickers are like 2 bucks or so. I think you can get them at a big pet store like petsmart or somewhere like that. There is a book that is real good by Alexandra Kurland,'Clicker Training for Horses' It is expensive($30) but I have the library looking for a copy. She has pictures and explanations on how this works.