Rannoch's antics with eye ointment made me realise that I needed to do a lot more work on a calm down cue. I set aside this week to get headlowering really...
I¹m looking forward to lots of replies on this one! We all know HL is one of those foundation exercises but how often to people do it, for how long, etc to...
I¹m looking forward to lots of replies on this one! We all know HL is one of those foundation exercises but how often to people do it, for how long, etc to...
Hi Jane, I started over the winter doing a routine every morning when I let each of my three out that involves HL. I open the stall and then walk out at...
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:28 PM, ... That's pretty normal when they are new to clicker work.... they offer the last behavior that was highly rewarded. Until...
I've been working a lot in the past 8 weeks with variations of WWYLM, in hand, lunging, and under saddle, walk, trot, canter. My TB/Shire, Clancy, has had two...
On 7/1/09 6:26 PM, "percie001" <bsadler@...> wrote: I started over the winter doing a routine every morning when I let each of my three out that involves...
Jane, the very first horse that I worked with had a lot of fear issues esp related to saddling and riding. I worked with her on a whim (not my horse) for...
... Great post, Mary Kay, thank you. It's going into my "keepers" folder. I love the fact that you emphasize "try it this way, try it that way, see how it...
Thanks Lore- can I ask for more detail on the ³TONS²? :) How long a duration did you build up to? Is there a period of time during which you should not ask...
"I often note that slowing your attention down into noticing and experimenting, without actively trying to do the thing you want, quite often leads to doing...
My big fella is a real worrier, and my last two rides might have been catastrophic if we hadn't worked intensively over a long time (15 months) on head...
**We all know HL is one of those foundation exercises but how often to people do it, for how long, etc to build and maintain it as a good relaxation aid?** I...
We are just back from another amazing clinic with Alex in North Yorkshire. We had some great discussions and discoveries on the go :-) One of my discoveries...
Well this is certainly the result I¹m looking for and just don¹t know what major piece I¹m missing to get it instead of what I do get. -- Jane Bookends Farm...
When I first started working with Cadbury on stand on a board and head lowering we did not get to 7 seconds in the entire clinic. Now, of course he will stand...
good questions. I never did specifically time her, but I would say we were up to at least 2 minutes straight. I used it a lot for saddling or anytime I was...
**But, I'm not sure that HL is enough in some situtions to produce calm. Eventually it will but for horses like Barb's Brittany and some others you may need an...
It¹s really great to read all these responses and seems to confirm my thoughts on it...I feel like I¹ve written this before so I apologize if I¹m repeating...
I used the 300 peck pidgeon method, to build duration incrementally with Sante's head lowering. In the beginning, that didn't necessarily mean that he was...
"So I wonder if some need something nice and simple and easy, such as targeting, and others, like Cadbury, needed a sort of hip shoulder shoulder movement." ...
Here are two messages about the Manners Minder that I'm forwarding. There has been lively discussion on our ClickerExpo group about it for dogs. I sent the...
Hi there! it¹s really interesting to read all these experiences and I will print them out and bundle them. Like Janes Zoe my mare Cilla is aware of everything...
Thank-you all for the responses on headlowering. It has been really helpful and given me lots of improvement steps to the full behaviour. My original question...
... Hi Jeanette, as my horse normally is more calm then other horses, i never had the need to really calm him down in strange situations because there are very...
Great video showing the full nose-in-the-dirt Heike! And great to hear that it worked to calm him in the ³first² anxious experience he had! Now I just need...
Thanks for the comment. and http://dict.leo.org/ is my best friend ;-) And we learn English at school.... or try to... I learned a lot more after school while...
... That's pretty normal. I find if I train it and get it solid under calm conditions then when things are stressed it may turn into a little dip, work at it a...
Hi everyone, A reminder (or announcement) you are invited to a Clicker Get Together at my place in Carmel Valley, CA on Saturday July 11. We will start around...
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