Shaping Plan for Haltering in 3 Steps (Clicker Training Horses)
Write a shaping plan in 3 easy steps for every behaviour you want to clicker train. In this blog we write a plan for haltering
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6 steps to start riding with the clicker (3/6)
‘How do you implement clicker training under saddle?’, is a question many equestrians ask themselves. The answer is simple: the same way you implemented it from the ground! Sounds logical. How do we start best? First you have to learn the principles of Learning and Motivation, see this part 1 of this series. Step 2 is …
Change to Positive Reinforcement
It was 1999 when I heard about clicker training for horses. I knew dolphins were trained with a whistle and fish to reward them, but that was about everything I knew. I decided to try it out with my 21 year old pony Sholto. I learned about learning theory during my study Animal Management, but …
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 …
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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