Shadow has his first clicker training session yesterday ( 3rd July 2010), and we began with some basic target training.
I used a tail brush, with treats inhand and the clicker at the ready and we began by reaching for the target and clicking- so far so good- he seemed pretty keen and kept touching the targets, followed with the click then treat- so I'm hoping that we can progress forward.
Next session, I'd like to do some more target training and then this time I'd then like to teach 'stand'.
Hopefully ordering Shawna Karrasch's book 'Teach your Horse to do Anything!' as Amazon don't have Alexandra Kurlands book, but I've watched some of Shawna Karraschs videos and quite like what she does.
So watch this space...
Very proud of Shadow :)
Hi Amy
ReplyDeletejust read your most recent two posts about wanting to reward Shadow for moving forward off a light leg, and starting to use clicker training - work at your clicker training and you will be able to use it for ridden work to motivate and reward Shadow :-)
Shawna Karrach's book is pretty good, but Alex's stuff has the real breakdown and detail that is helpful - you can get them from her website directly.