Equine Clicker 101 with Shawna Karrasch

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #42 Teaching a Horse to Move Off Pressure with Positive Reinforcement equine clicker 101 equine positive reinforcement training move off pressure positive reinforcement - the basics positive reinforcement training r+ training

Teaching pressure as a cue, with a strong positive reinforcement history instead of using escalating pressure. While this may seem like a matter of semantics, the resulting emotional state is quite different. I describe the difference and ways to create the behavior utilizing positive...

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #41 What to Do When Your Horse is Clueless: Make a Plan equine clicker 101 equine positive reinforcement training positive reinforcement - the basics positive reinforcement training r+ training young horse

Sometimes, during training sessions, our horses get off track. I discuss ways to get back on track, to bring clarity to our sessions and to minimize frustration.

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #40 Hand Targets and Teaching Recall equine clicker 101 positive reinforcement - the basics r+ training target target training training

Utilizing our hands as targets is easy to teach and obviously convenient. In addition, pairing it with their name becomes is an easy way to teach a recall.

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #19 A to B’s Useful and Fun Exercise for Your Horse clicker equine clicker 101 equine positive reinforcement training point a to b positive reinforcement - the basics positive reinforcement training r+ training target training

In this lesson we being teaching our horses to go from point A to Point B. This is useful for exercise, for teaching your horse to go away from you, to trailer load, and for teaching your horse to jump or go over obstacles.

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #17 Teaching Your Horse to Go Forward, On the Ground and Under Saddle clicker equine clicker 101 equine positive reinforcement training forward movement positive reinforcement - the basics positive reinforcement training r+ training target training under saddle

Many people struggle with good ways to motivate their horse to go forward…to WANT to go forward when asked. In this lesson we discuss ways to help your horse go forward. By utilizing positive reinforcement we put something in it the the horse wants and values and this is a game changer....

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #4 Stationary Target and Shifting Context by Jeffers Pet clicker equine clicker 101 positive reinforcement - the basics target target training training

Shawna takes you through stationary targeting, shifting context and some pointers for horses who try to hard or are a little shut down using positive reinforcement.

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #3 What Is Targeting by Jeffers Pet clicker equine clicker 101 positive reinforcement - the basics target target training training

In this lesson we talk about what a target is as it relates to positive reinforcement training and why it is useful and then introduce it to our horses.

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #2 Leading Our Way to Impulse Control by Jeffers Pet clicker equine clicker 101 equine positive reinforcement training manners manners on ground manners with food positive reinforcement - the basics positive reinforcement training r+ training training

We continue working on manners both on the ground and around food. However, we are going to take it a bit further and add movement. We will be reinforcing relaxation and downward transitions. Therefore we put a greater value on our horses choice to quiet their bodies AND minds. Overtime this...

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #1 A New Way of Communicating and Bridge Signals – by Jeffers Pet bridge signal clicker equine clicker 101 equine positive reinforcement training positive reinforcement - the basics r+ training target

An important element of horse training and equine behavior is communication. As we introduce positive reinforcement(R+) training techniques, we will first focus on teaching the bridge signal (for our purposes we will use a clicker). Through this process we will also practice manners around food...

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