Tataaaaaa!
Alsof de duvel er mee speelt. Ze heeft vast en zeker deze lijn hier meegelezen toen ze ideetjes zocht voor haar allernieuwste DVD
Alexandra Kurland, een van de bekendste (beste? ) clikkertrainsters ter wereld schrijft bij het uitbrengen ervan het volgende:
So the DVD focuses on what is really a very common situation. You
have a horse that is afraid of ________. You fill in the blank. In
this case it was saddles, but it could also have been clippers, or
shots, or plastic tarps, etc. The question is what do you do about it?
The lesson begins with a review of head lowering. I showed Muska
that she could control the saddle by dropping her head. Click and
treat. So what we gave her was a way to signal to us when she was
comfortable with each small step in the training.
(de stressthermometer !!! :) )
We transformed the saddle from an object that sent her scooting off, into a cue to stand quietly and drop her head.
We took an object she was afraid of and
let it become a cue for a behavior that leads to a calm, relaxed
mental state. Very neat. In the DVD you get to watch how quickly an
action evolves into a cue, and how you can then use that cue to
change a horse's response to something it was previously afraid of.
The lesson itself is a very simple one, or at least it looks simple
until you try it. In the first part of the DVD I'm working Muska.
In the second half I turn her over to her owner As always we learn
so much watching someone else putting the pieces together. And we
learn that details matter. I am always so appreciative of the people
who participate in these DVDs because I know how much others learn
from watching them. It's so much easier to see all the little pieces
that matter when someone is learning them step-by-step. You get to
see Muska's concerns reawaken when the pieces aren't flowing together
smoothly. And then you see her relax again as Nick masters each
stage of the lesson.
One of the things that I highlight in this DVD is Muska's body
language. She's so expressive. She shows us her worry, her
concern. And we can see how little things - moving through steps too
fast, getting the hand in the treat pocket before the click, etc. -
effect her. All those little details matter so much to the horses.
We may not be aware of them, but they certainly are!
This will be a very useful lesson for those of you who are struggling
a bit with your horses. Watching Muska may help you to see all the
places where you may be rushing through things, jumping steps a bit,
or just not reading your horse well enough. This DVD contains the
answer to many of the why-is-my-horse-so-frustrated-with-me? posts.
To help train your eye to the little details that are so important I
made extensive use of freeze frames. When I want you to see some
detail in the handling, or Muska's body language, I freeze the video
at that spot. That's what took so long in the production. It's a
very labor intensive, time consuming process, but it is well worth
it. I think you'll find that this is a wonderful DVD to learn from.
You'll see details in the handling and in Muska's reactions that I
know will transfer directly to your own horses.
So what's on this DVD?
* a reminder yet again of the power of the foundation lessons.
* the importance of mechanical skills and good timing.
* the chunking down of lessons into small steps, and the teaching
process for learning that fundamental skill.
* the reading of body language - so important.
* the power of cues - their use in changing a horse's reaction to
something it was previously afraid of.
Tot zover-- er staat nog meer, maar ik wil niet overdrijven in mijn gelijk krijgen
Verander zadel eens in gewicht, hoewel, ook zadel hebben we zo gedaan. We zijn gewoon een aantal stappen verder.
Mevrouw Kurland heeft ook het beste van clikkeren gecombineerd met het beste van SubtielTrainen zeker?
Mijn dag kan niet meer stuk!
Piet
The opposite of positive reinforcement is no reinforcement, not correction
Warboel
