How To Begin Equine Clicker Training: Improving horse-human communication - Paperback

by Hertha James (Author)

This book clearly outlines what is involved with clicker training horses. Positive reinforcement is explained with photographs and further illustrated with many short, free YouTube video clips. It contains eight detailed Training Plan outlines ready for use to set up education programs for individual horses. Techniques such as 'free-shaping' are clearly described without delving into scientific terminology. Positive reinforcement training is rapidly challenging many traditional ideas about horse training. This book shows how equine clicker training opens a host of new possibilities by letting a horse know when he is are right, rather than telling him when he is wrong. It shows how clicker training adds a new dimension to horsemanship. The handler and the horse learn the new clicker training language together. Clicker training does not mean you have to click and treat every task forever. The book explains how it is a technique you can use to communicate more accurately what you would like the horse to learn. It encourages you to turn general Training Plans into Individual Education Programs custom-made to exactly suit the horse you are working with.

Author Biography

Hertha James began her career as a zoologist working in zoos and as an animal handler on film sets. She then went on to teach high school Science and Biology for 23 years. She has a lifelong interest in animal behavior, especially horses. Horses have always had a place in her life. She is an active participant in international Horse Agility competitions and twice gold medal winner in the World Equine Clicker Games. Hertha is author of fiction, non-fiction about horsemanship and has written extensive teaching and learning resources. She produces DVDs and video clips, with accompanying detailed notes, to illustrate the fun that can be had when we use clicker training to communicate with our horses.