Marine Mammal and Terrestrial Animal Training Resources » Zoo Training http://www.animaltrainingblog.com Animal Training Tips from Zoo Animal and Marine Mammal Training Experts Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:31:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Buoy target with handle http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/06/buoy-target-with-handle/ http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/06/buoy-target-with-handle/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:23:30 +0000 Meg http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/06/buoy-target-with-handle/  Earlier in the week I said I would post some pictures of the buoy target I am using. The first picture shows how the buoy can be used with the handle. using-buoy-target-with-handle.JPG While the stallion is targeting calmly now, the handle helped me keep all my fingers! The other picture is with a mare that is in the early stages of learning to go to a remote target. using-yellow-buoy-target-for-initiating-remote-targeting.JPG

You can find these buoys with a handle at www.mytrainingstore.com with the following link http://www.mytrainingstore.com/productView.asp?ID=8

]]> http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/06/buoy-target-with-handle/feed/ 0 New target for clicker training with horses http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/02/new-target-for-clicker-training-with-horses/ http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/02/new-target-for-clicker-training-with-horses/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:22:58 +0000 Meg http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2008/06/02/new-target-for-clicker-training-with-horses/ I have started to utilize a new target for the horses that I am clicker training. Rather then the traditional buoy target I have started to use a 8 inch inflatable buoy that has a handle. It has become multi functional. For the stallion that I am training it allowed my hand to be protected while he figured out that he simply needed to touch the target and not bite it or me. For some of the mares the target (which is bright yellow but also comes in purple) has been great to use for basic targeting while I am holding it but also is a great remote target when I put it on the ground. With the handle, the buoy does not roll away when touched. And for a mare that was VERY hesitant to participate with the training, it has become one of the cues that a fun session is about to start. When she sees it she comes right over. If she gets spooked during the sesssion and is hesitant to return I can hold the target to my side and her ears go forward and the feet follow. I will try to post some pictures of the target in action later on this week.

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]]> http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2007/10/29/zoo-animal-training-marine-mammal-and-terrestrial-mammal-training-blog-available-for-trainers/feed/ 0 Are you Clicker Training, or Training with a Clicker? http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2007/08/23/are-you-clicker-training-or-training-with-a-clicker/ http://www.animaltrainingblog.com/2007/08/23/are-you-clicker-training-or-training-with-a-clicker/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:49:53 +0000 Meg http://www.animaltrainingblog.net/2007/08/23/are-you-clicker-training-or-training-with-a-clicker/ Are You Clicker Training, or Training with a Clicker?is a great article by Kathy Sdao. I like it because it addresses the fact that just because a trainer uses a clicker, they are not necessarily a clicker trainer. I have found in my consulting that some clients have been led to believe that it is the clicker that does the training – not the person behind the clicker. In our classes, we discuss that the clicker is not magic. The person using the clicker needs to understand a variety of elements including operant conditioning, the importance of timing and how to take small steps in their training to achieve positive results.  Training is a mechanical skill and needs to be practiced and refined – thus, just because a trainer is using a clicker does not necessarily mean they understand clicker training.

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