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You Can Train Your Horse to Do Anything! Shawna Karrasch

You Can Train Your Horse to Do Anything! By Shawna Karrasch

You Can Train Your Horse to Do Anything! by Shawna Karrasch


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The On Target method of training combines the basics of clicker training with a step-by-step target system that assures training success for horses of any breed or any age - the emphasis of which is on giving a positive reward rather than simply removing a negative stimulus.

You Can Train Your Horse to Do Anything! Summary

You Can Train Your Horse to Do Anything!: On Target Training - Clicker Training and Beyond by Shawna Karrasch

Everyone involved with horses wants them to consistently behave well and perform to the best of their ability and knowldge. But, as is all too well known, many horses simply do not cooperate, and this is because they are not motivated to do so. The On Target training system aims to change their attitude. The On Target method of training combines the basics of clicker training with a step-by-step target system that assures training success for horses of any breed or any age. Clicker training initially motivates a horse to perform correctly because the handler rewards him every single time he does what is required. Later the horse will come to associate the sound of the clicker with an upcoming reward, so the rider can tell the horse that he has performed correctly without having to stop and immediately give him a treat. This frees the rider to continue the movement he/she is performing while communicating to the horse that he is doing it right.Target-training takes reinforcement of correct behaviour a s tage further. The target is a tool - either fixed to a stationary object such as a fence or held in the trainer's hand - that the horse learns to focus on completely. Because the horse is motivated to perform well to gain his reward, he can be trained to happily follow the person holding the target.

About Shawna Karrasch

Shawna Karrasch spent ten years learning her craft as an animal trainer at Sea World in California, where she taught and performed with killer whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. When she took up riding and married Vinton Karrasch, a grand prix show jumper, she became fascinated with the idea of applying reward-reinforcement training to horses. Together they adapted the teaching principles to suit horses and produced a breakthrough training system that can produce astounding results. Arlene Newman is a journalist specialising in equestrian sports.

Additional information

GOR002886206
9781872119274
1872119271
You Can Train Your Horse to Do Anything!: On Target Training - Clicker Training and Beyond by Shawna Karrasch
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quiller Publishing Ltd
20000910
200
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