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| Felicia Day Groomed by Tycho |
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Tycho really wanted to groom Felicia
(http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/7/28/)...
His All Access pass must have worked!
Here's a still image of this sordid affair:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/egspoony/2815622
913/in/set-72157607022725221/
Tags : PAX08 PAX2008 Tycho "Felicia Day" Grooming |
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Affichage : 2717
Durée : 107 s |
| Clicker Training a Pony to Love Being Groomed and Brushed |
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In this video, a first time clicker trainer
teaches a pony who has only had one previous
clicker training experience to love being
groomed a brushed. The pony will tolerate
grooming if you halter her, but forcing the
pony to stand still to be groomed sets a
terrible tone for a training session. We want
the pony's permission to play with her.
Nina has had one clicker training session for
haltering and while she now accepts being
haltered, she was not ready to accept human
hands around any part of her body not
directly related to haltering. Given that,
there is no sense in putting a halter on her
and trying to keep her captive. We had to
show her that petting is a good thing, just
like haltering.
Linda reaches out and allows Nina to sniff
the brush. When Nina targets on the brush,
Linda clicks, and replaces the brush with a
treat. Because Nina is still learning to
associate the click with a treat, Linda has
the treat ready to deliver as soon as she
clicks, to encourage Nina to recognize the
treat as a reward for having touched the
brush.
After Nina is targeting on the brush, Linda
reaches out and strokes her neck one time.
Horses will generally give you one a freebie,
then decide to react the second time. With
clicker training, you can stave of the
secondary "I'm not sure I really liked what
you did just there," reaction because you
reward their initial tolerance with a treat.
After Linda can stroke Nina's neck one time
with a brush, she builds up, one stroke at a
time. One stroke - click+treat. 2 strokes -
click+treat...10 strokes - click+treat.
You'll notice in the video that sometimes
Linda has to repeat a set of strokes. This is
because Nina did not fully accept being
stroked 2 times, and thus, was not ready to
be stroked 3 times. The goal is to build the
horse's confidence sequentially. Incremental
steps are the best way to help your horse
have a positive training experience and keep
their adrenaline in check.
The handler should click while the pony is
doing what the handler is asking - in this
case, standing still. You don't want to click
after you have finished brushing because that
rewards her for letting you stop brushing
her; you want to reward her for allowing you
to brush her.
You only click once. One click. One treat. So
even when Linda brushes Nina three times, she
does not click three times. She clicks only
on the last stroke to reward Nina for staying
one stroke longer than last time. This is
called clicking for duration.
You don't want to click for both duration and
quality at the same time because that puts
too much pressure on your horse. Either train
her to allow you to stroke further back on
her back or train her to allow you to stroke
for longer. If you train for duration one
session, you can come back the next session
and train for quality, but trying to train
both at the same time is sure to alienate
your horse.
After Linda clicks on the final stroke, Nina
is free to move. The click ends the behavior.
It is basically like saying, "At ease." Your
horse should wait patiently for their treat
after you click.
Copyright Kali Vanagas 2008
www.PonyPros.net
If you like the video, please leave a comment
and a positive rating. It helps the video to
show up better in search results. Thanks!
Tags : clicker+training horse pony grooming brushing teach+a+horse train+a+horse train+a+pony desensitize+a+horse |
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Durée : 364 s |
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