--- In [email protected], Sue McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>I assumed you¢d be ok if I mentioned the incident with Brenna. I¢m sorry if you took offense. > > I'm not offended, I just don't want you to use the case of Brenna's anxiety nipping when she goes to a strange place as part of your evidence against clicker training.
You know, some Icelandics bite, I've been bitten by a mare, my Snorri bit me when he first came to me. I also don't see any connection between clicker training and biting. Snorri has subsequently had some limited clicker training and it didn't make him bite, he is very respectful. He bit me one time, I made a loud noise, he looked shocked and it never happened again. Clicker training did not make my formerly biting mule into a biter, nope! She has not bitten since we started clicker training. She was a bad biter. She does smile though. Biting is not good, I just feel I have to say this or someone will say something. I just don't see the connection between it and clicker training, I know it might seem amazing, but sometimes even our *perfect* little Icelandics do bite, I think it's something that might be expected (not tolerated) from equines. Kim
