Clicker training uses positive reinforcement. What do you need to know about appetitives in training? What do you need to consider when you start using treats in horse training?
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What treats should I use in clicker training, is a question I get asked often. In this blog I give more than 30 ideas what you can use as food reinforcer in clicker training your horse.
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Horse owners (I call them horse trainers) who use food reinforcers are frequently confronted with a lot of misunderstanding about how treats or rewards can be effectively used as reinforcers. Some people don\’t realize that you can use treats to your benefit: to help you train your horse. Common beliefs I asked my Facebook friends
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When you clicker train your horse you need something to reinforce (strengthen) the behaviour. After all, it is the receiver (horse) that determines the reinforcer. Food is an excellent reinforcer for most horses, although I have come across a few who didn\’t seem interested in food at all for training purposes. In that case you have
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When I was a little girl learned quickly that I couldn\’t boss around certain horses. I also learned that I liked it much better when I didn\’t have to. A few decades ago I learned about positive reinforcement (+R) training and now, 17 years later I can truly say +R has become more of a
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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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Sometimes a horse shows undesired emotions during training, like biting, mugging, signs of frustration or even aggression. What can you do to change it? My mentor always told me it is foolish to keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results. How do you break this circle? Change the setup
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Clicker training or positive reinforcement is based on a simple concept: adding something the learner wants (an \’appetitive\’) in order to strengthen a behaviour. What can possibly go wrong with a simpel concept of noticing (a tiny step towards) the desired behaviour – mark the behaviour (\’click\’) and reinforce (strengthen) it by giving the learner something pleasurable? Theory versus
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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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When I started clicker training I had no clue that there was a whole science behind the use of rewards. I only knew about one primary reward: treats. I didn\’t know anything about \’primary\’ and \’secondary\’ rewards, how to use high and low value rewards to my advantage. Neither did I know about \’chaining\’ behaviours, I learned
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