Best basics for equine clicker training.
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a dog trainers blog about using a calendar to keep track of your training days. It sounded really easy to implement and it would help you stay motivated to train your pet. It takes only 5 minutes each day. All clicker trainers know that only 5 minutes of training a […]
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Help, my horse turned into a monster since I started clicker training. Solutions when you encounter problems in positive reinforcement training
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Now you are going to find out how old I really am! In the good old days (I am talking about last century) you learned the ropes from an old horseman. Here are some rules I learned and still follow.
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In a previous post a while ago I talked about How to start clicker training: introducing the clicker. Once your horse knows the click means a reward is on it\’s way, you can start clicking for specific behaviours. Targeting The next lesson can be targeting. In targeting you ask the horse to touch an object with
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In another post I explained the power of a variable reward schedule and how to use it into your advantage. A variable ratio schedule is the most powerful reward schedule because it takes the longest for a behaviour to become extinct. How can you use this information in re-training undesired behaviour? \’Extinction\’ of behaviour Extinction means that
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Horses learn in a certain context. Each change in the context of training your horse should be considered as a new criterion. Use this to set yourself and your horse up for success. What is a \’context shift\’? If you want to teach your horse something new, like targeting, practise this in the beginning always in the
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One of the biggest mistakes I see people make in horse training is that they don\’t set their horse (or themselves) up for success. Once you know some basics about horse training, setting it up for succes becomes easier. A common mistake is not visualizing what the goal is and planning how to communicate it to your horse.
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The most important thing about the treats I use is that is has to have enough value to my horse to reinforce the desired behaviour. Here are some other things to consider when you choose treats for training.
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I wish every horse owner, trainer, clinician and riding instructor knew about these and shared them…
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Luring (lokken), moulding (manipuleren), shaping (stap-voor-stap vormen), targeting (volgen van een \’target\’/doel) en capturing (\’vangen\’ van gedrag) zijn vijf manieren om gedrag te trainen met positive reinforcement. Wat zijn de voor- en nadelen van elke techniek?
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