The clicker, for me a symbol of …
For me the clicker represents force-free horse training, friendship, fun and life time of learning. Let me explain.
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Positive Reinforcement (+R)
Equine Clicker Training, reward-based training, ethical training, treat training, positive horsemanship
How to get your horse out of the pasture effortlessly
I sometimes jokingly call myself a \’lazy horse owner\’. Why? Because I rather spent a bit of time training my horse than to deal with undesired behaviour day in and day out and get frustrated all the time. So I taught my horse to come to the gate. Here is how.
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Clicker training 101: Tips for Treats
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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How to… train for a dressage test with clicker training
Dressage riders who use positive reinforcement have asked me: \’I can\’t click and reward my horse during a dressage test. So how can I practice a test and still use clicker training?\’ Or they say: \’I don\’t want my horse to stop in the middle of the test because he expects a treat\’ or \’He stops because he is used to
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Three Best Kept Secrets in Horse Training
I wish every horse owner, trainer, clinician and riding instructor knew about these and shared them…
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How to… shape behaviours
In positive reinforcement training one of the techniques to get behaviour is called \’shaping\’. In shaping the goal behaviour is achieved by splitting the desired behaviour into many tiny steps. Each step is trained separately (clicked and reinforced). A criterion is only raised if the previous tiny step is confirmed. In this way you can build a behaviour from scratch (free
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Technieken om gedrag te verkrijgen: shaping, targeting en capturing
[Click here for the English version of this article] Deel I van deze serie ging over de voor- en nadelen van luring en moulding. In dit tweede deel licht ik de begrippen shaping, targeting en capturing toe. Shaping Shaping betekent \’vormen\’. Shaping houdt in dat het eindgedrag wordt bereikt door het op te delen in zoveel mogelijk kleine stapjes. Elk stapje naar
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Techniques to get behaviour part II: shaping, targeting & capturing
In this article I discuss the pros and cons of three ways to get behaviour with positive reinforcement: \’shaping\’, \’targeting\’ and \’capturing\’.
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Technieken om gedrag te verkrijgen: Luring en Moulding
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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Techniques to get behaviour: luring and moulding
[Klik hier voor de Nederlands versie van dit artikel] Luring, moulding, shaping, targeting and capturing are five different ways of teaching a horse new behaviour with positive reinforcement. What are the pros and cons of each technique? This is part I: the pros and cons of luring and moulding. Luring and moulding are techniques I use the least in training. Luring
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