---- susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Susan Coombes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> The one thing that has bothered me about the > clicker training is the focus on the food rather than > the game. << > > I keep carrot slivers in my fanny > pack so I have something to reward the "clickable" > moments.
Me too -- I always rode with treats. You never know when a training opportunity will present itself. >. Then we do "touch the goblin". , Ha ha -- we call it "Check it out". I like your phrase much better though! > instead of being wary of strange things, she will eagerly offer > to go up to them. Yup. And, I always try to be EXTRA sure there really ISN'T a goblin in what I ask my horses to approach. : ) I think it would be a major set-back in the trust realm if something unexpected happened -- at least for awhile. I always have that in the back of my mind when there's boogers to be vanquished on horseback. -- Renee M. in Michigan I think this means she IS focused > on the game, with the food as a reward. > > Susan in NV > http://desertduty.blogspot.com/ > Riding for Breast Cancer Awareness > Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------------ > > IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses > > "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, > contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and > unrealistic." > > "All truth passes through three stages. > First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. > Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer > > > [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com > [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com > [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo > [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
