tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post9085672405881835767..comments2023-08-19T04:56:24.878-07:00Comments on It seemed like a good idea at the time...: And the grooming - clicker postFunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-61744555216133797112009-12-18T16:49:48.858-08:002009-12-18T16:49:48.858-08:00I'm always glad to hear about other people who...I'm always glad to hear about other people who clicker just a bit, for something that is best done with positive reinforcement. :) Lytha, I Windexed my horse today! The showsheen was in the tack room, and the windex was nearby, and I wanted to do a tiny bit of c/t with the bottle... so she got a squirt or two of Windex.<br /><br />AareneX - oh cool! I haven't checked my blog reader in a couple days so I didn't know he was up there! The snowflakes were clip art, blown up to fit a sheet of paper, some of that clear plastic stencil material that craft stores sell - and FAKE SNOW IN A CAN! Finally, a good use for that stupid stuff! It brushed right out after the ride.Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-4269909189528879142009-12-18T09:47:30.820-08:002009-12-18T09:47:30.820-08:00Hey Funder, Jane at The Literary Horse posted phot...Hey Funder, Jane at The Literary Horse posted photos of you and Champ today--how did you do those snowflakes? It looks awesome!AareneXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569818745110332355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-38240965955048469102009-12-17T11:49:26.932-08:002009-12-17T11:49:26.932-08:00funder, what a great post, i loved it.
first of ...funder, what a great post, i loved it. <br /><br />first of all, i have never succeeded in getting baasha over his absorbine show sheen/farnam super-sect fear. a spray bottle is his worst enemy, and i cannot do anyting about it. <br /><br />i just spray his forelock after i've pulled it way back to his mane, there is no way i could spray it on his forehead where it lays. he would just die.<br /><br />it's funny to me that such an old horse has such issues with something as trivial as a spray bottle. but immediately up goes the head, back go the ears, and i have a statue-tense horse in front of me, ready to leap away. <br /><br />and he's not food motivated so clicker training is very slow. <br /><br />or, maybe i have not found the perfect food yet. <br /><br />i wanted to mention that when i started using clicker training here in germany, my man wanted to feed carrots, but didn't want to go get the clicker. he just started making a clicking noise in his mouth, and baasha responded just like a clicker. baasha lifts his leg to shake hands every time he sees my man. no clicker there, and often i need my hands free so i join the game.<br /><br />thanks for the post!<br /><br />~lytha<br />p.s. that pic of baasha in that frozen field, the first thing i thought when i saw it was, "he looks just like funder's mare!" (in the eye) she has such a sweet expression.lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-1905827025372883992009-12-17T08:07:40.752-08:002009-12-17T08:07:40.752-08:00Nice post, Funder!
I used clicker training once w...Nice post, Funder!<br /><br />I used clicker training once when I was trying to find out if a particular horse was really as stupid as a particular trainer said. <br /><br />To do that, I decided to clicker train the horse to "fetch" a stuffed animal, figuring that it was a skill we could safely bet had not been previously taught.<br /><br />It took about a week. It would probably have gone faster if the horse was a foodie, but she wasn't.<br /><br />My conclusion: the horse wasn't stupid. She didn't like the trainer, and resisted everything the woman made her do. By contrast, the horse liked me, enjoyed cookies (although not to the point of piggyness, which would have been handy for the experiment), and didn't mind performing a meaningless task.<br /><br />C/T!AareneXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569818745110332355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773599297895528113.post-15170490873151152912009-12-17T03:30:33.899-08:002009-12-17T03:30:33.899-08:00I'm like you - I don't use clicker for eve...I'm like you - I don't use clicker for everything, but I use it in precisely the situation you describe - and it works like a charm - it can even make things that are scary fun. And I think using your tongue for the click works perfectly fine - horses pick it up really quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com