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***Clicker Club***Lisa, re: Star and Brea, re: Roxy - You can certainly use the clicker in both these situations. You will probably both need to start out with haltering your horses. You can hold the lead or tie, whichever you prefer. If you want both hands free, then tie.
If you have never charged the clicker, you will need to do that first. Observe the horse to see if you can proceed as soon as you charge the clicker, or if you need to wait and come back for another session before moving on.
Once you have charged the clicker, and the horse knows that a treat follows the click, you are ready to begin. Just stand and wait until the horse is calm and still. Then click and treat. Repeat this several times. Then begin to work on your "problem".
If you are teaching your horse to let you approach her, then walk off (she should be tied if you are going to do this). As you approach, watch for any signs of welcoming. If you don't see any, you can click for YOUR action of walking up to her. If you are working on not biting, then click when the horse is calm and not moving his lip.
You may find that you indeed need to pop a biting horse on the muzzle. Biting is an aggressive act, and needs to be treated as such. A horse must not be allowed to act aggressively towards a person. You don't need to hit him really hard, but a quick pop as he is attempting to bite might be all he needs.
To train away the biting when you are picking hooves, you may find you need another person. One person can pick out the hooves, and the other can click and treat. Or you can do it yourself. Start out standing in the hoof-picking-position, then click and treat (C/T). Progress very slowly, waiting a few seconds more each time before you C/T. Ask for the foot, C/T. Lean over just a little, C/T. Keep progressing a little at a time.
Even if you are doing this yourself, it might be good to have someone there who can warn you if the horse begins to get in position to bite you.
If you want a quick fix, tie the horse up very short before you pick his hooves. Then you can get his hooves cleaned out before you start working on the biting. | 
EagleGirl & Deerslayer | | 2010-11-23 06:19:42 | | | Q: HELP!!! My grandpas horses (other grandpa...he has 2 horses) have SUPER OVERGROWN feet and need to be trimmed badly! But one of his horses Yankee, doesn't like ANYONE touching him ever since he was abused when he was a baby. His mother Franky , doesn't care if you touch her. I groomed her for 6 hours straight while she was eating in her pasture.....But i didn't touch Yankee! Their feet are starting to really mess them up! Franky's feet hurt her-i can tell...their hooves are really bad! HELP! Also they can't get a farrier that will work on their feet! | 
Comanche1999 & Dancer | | 2010-11-24 15:25:04 | | | Hi! Can i join? I have a Siberian Husky/German Shepherd mix and i want to know how to train him to sit,roll over,lay down,play dead,come, and fetch! I was wondering where i could find a clicker? Would i be able to find one at *****? | 
gracielou0422 & Strawberry | | 2010-11-25 11:11:47 | | Comanche, If Yankee really needs to see a farrier now, you may need to have a vet come out at the same time so he can sedate the horse. You can use the clicker to help a horse learn to work with the farrier, but it doesn't sound like Yankee has that kind of time.
I have heard that putting a couple of drops of lavendar essential oil in a carrier oil, such as almond oil, and then rubbing a horse's muzzle with it, will help to calm a horse down and help him to relax. But if Yankee is that hard to work with and his feet are that bad, I think that having a vet sedate him for the farrier is probably your best bet. |
EagleGirl & Deerslayer | | 2010-11-30 06:59:17 | | Hmmm, Lisa, let me think. I know that smiling is a favorite trick for folks to teach their horses. I always love to see pics of horses "smiling". :-) You can also teach your horse to pick things up, and even bring them to you. I read a story about a horse that went over and picked up a man's hat when it blew into the pasture, and took it back to the fence! Isn't that cool?
I have never taught an animal to smile, though my mother taught a poodle to smile once. I have no idea how she did it. My mother is a natural when it comes to animals. I think they would jump over the moon for her! I am sure you just start clicking for anything that even looks like it might be the first step to a smile, and go from there.
You can also teach your horse to step on a pedestal or platform, wear a hat, sidestep . . . How about nodding yes? That might be pretty easy to teach.
Be sure to let us know what you decide to work on! |
EagleGirl & Deerslayer | | 2010-12-14 05:35:14 | | i have a big but cute and sweet little guinea and he is really, well, not smart. He is impossible to train and gets bored of training him to do tricks. he is 3 1/2 yrs old and might be too old but if anybody has any tips on how to train a guinea pig, can you please tell me-any tricks!!! he is lazy-and i want to get him happy and get a better bond with him. he likes to get treats, but i dont want to feed him too many treats, any tips???
-thx, Gypsy
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Gypsy_Horse & Strawberry | | 2011-01-29 02:53:29 | | Hi Lisa, I sent you a message right after you asked your question, but it never showed up. I cannot remember now what I suggested. I'm sorry! I will try to remember, or just start over. Hmmmm . . .
I think perhaps I suggested standing on a pedestal, or perhaps nodding "yes" or shaking head "no". Oh, and smiling; that is a favorite trick. |
EagleGirl & Deerslayer | | 2011-02-03 06:29:12 | | Hi everyone! I hope everyone is keeping warm! Please write in and tell us what you are doing with your pets during the winter. Are you playing games? Teaching some new tricks?
We look forward to hearing what you are doing! |
EagleGirl & Deerslayer | | 2011-02-03 06:30:10 | | Hi Lisa, I am trying again. I am not sure what is going on. I have answered you at least twice, but my posts have not gone through. I was thinking of teaching your horse to smile, or nod his head, or maybe step up on a platform.
I hope this goes through! Third time is the charm! |
Nat2 & The Price of Valor | | 2011-02-16 06:27:33 | | | Well, that wasn't me talking right there. Eagle wrote in when I was logged in, so she was talking. She opened the wrong window, but at least her post went through. ANyway, I think maybe you could try doing a target or something. Take a cat toy, or stick,or WHATEVER, and lower it down close to the ground. When your horse lowers his head to/and touches it, you click and treat him. Like Eaglegirl said before, if he really does it perfect, give him a "Jackpot" treat. I find that Little Man likes chocolate chips, but not popcorn. He likes pears too, and apples, and Rosie likes oranges. Yes, oranges. SHe crunches them and the juice comes out like a Orange Squeezer. |
Nat2 & The Price of Valor | | 2011-02-17 05:08:28 | |
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