Solutions for Dealing with so called \’Problem Horses\’
How to deal with problem horses? Where to find help? What\’s the best way to deal with it?
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How to deal with problem horses? Where to find help? What\’s the best way to deal with it?
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When I was young and learned to ride in the local riding school, we sometimes were allowed to bring the ponies to the pasture. This came with a simple warning: \’Always turn your horse to the gate before you take the halter off, so they don\’t kick you.\’ I still use that advice and teach
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All positive reinforcement trainers have heard people say: \’Training horses with food rewards makes them pushy\’. Some people even state \’dangerous\’ instead of pushy. Maybe you have said it yourself before you started using positive reinforcement (+R) to train your horse. You get what you reinforce In +R training you use a reward that reinforces the behaviour
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What if your horse has a tendency to bite you? How can you solve this behaviour? The first question that has to be answered is: \’Why does a horse bite people?\’ If you want to solve a problem behaviour start with finding the cause and work from there. Possible causes There are many reasons horses bite people.
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In my previous post I talked about the key lessons safe behaviour around food , equine emotions during training, head lowering & backing. Another key lesson I want to encourage all clicker trainers to teach their horse is \’targeting\’. Targeting In targeting you ask your horse to touch a target with a body part. You start this
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