>>>> Right Karen. The one thing that has bothered me about the clicker >>>> training is the focus on the food rather than the game.
May I ask you to clarify? "The focus on the food"...? Seriously, were you referring to the focus of the horse or the human trainers? Or both? >>>> Young horses love to play games. Corrie is a different horse >>>> altogether. She forgot how to play long ago. She responds to treats. >>>> Maybe we will rediscover the playfull filly inside. I hope so, and I like your approach. That's what I think it should be about: finding a way to make the breakthroughs to build the relationship and find the fun. It's not literally about clickers, or treats, or not-treating, or Parelli, or whomever, at least not to me. We use what we need to, and what works for us and our horses. As far as Corrie not being playful...well, you know, I don't run and skip and ride bikes and throw balls like I used to...but I still have fun. My fun is in different forms than it used to be Maybe Corrie's fun won't be so obviously exhuberant as a young filly's might be...? Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
