Ridecamp: Re: [RC] spooking: Dog VS Horse Training

    Ahhh... the operant conditioning "clicker training" vs. natural
horsemanship, you can find this heated debate on the horsemanship-off topic
list about once a month.  You could compare it to the barefoot, limited
distance, and driving home after a ride debates all in one.    There's
definately a lot of good in both methods, combine them.   And it sure is
better than the "Beat 'em and Woop 'em" methods I've seen here where I live.

Linda

A. Perez walkergirl@xxxxxxxxxx
"Dog training and horse training are two separate things altogether. Some
things are similiar but one is a predator, one is prey. They act different
cause they are different. Dogs are driven by food/and/or love stimulus."

Not entirely.  The book I refered to, "Don't Shoot the Dog", is NOT, despite
it's title, about dog training: it is about operant conditioning/positive
reinforcement and how it can be used for all species, including humans.  The
author, Karen Prior, started off training dolphins.
  Many people have applied 'clicker training' (another name for the
technique) to horses: see the book "Clicker Training Your Horse".  I'm
posting this because I really don't want people to skip over this great book
because they think it is just a dog training book - it isn't!  And the
techniques is applicable to all species.


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