Clicker Training: Colt Starting the Natural Horse Review

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(More customer reviews)Perhaps it is unusual to be thrilled about a book at the age of 80, but this book which combines Positive Reinforcement [clicker] & Negative [Natural Horsemanship] Reinforcement is the most up to date book of its kind for horses. It is filled with great one liners and specific step by steps: "how to do it". And the steps are in order. I thought I was inventing this but she does it better than I do. I train my horses from scratch and ride into the high back-counry alone. You have to trust each other up there.
Every thing I could find in the book works and makes the relationship better at the same time.
She defines dominance [in the round pen chapter] and I use something from Rashid I use called Accepted Horse Leader: Those are the same terms only because of the way she does it. Being dominate in a forceful way is not there, but what I call being an Accepted Leader is there. She explains why being safe is important and how to achieve that safety for both of you in the best way possible for both of you.
The stories are all so meaningful and encouraging, stories that come only from a long and very creative experience.
If you have been doing this work on your own, you don't have to be alone anymore. This is a great book.
She also fades out the clicker: A "how to" that is often neglected.
The only objection I have is there is no Index. Dr. Phil didn't have one in his 1st book either so she is in good company. Drat: No index.
Don't forget to read the Closing on p 306.
Thrilling, Yes, Thrilling,
David

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Clicker Training is rewarding your horse for specific things that they have done. The clicker is a small hand held plastic box that makes a clicking noise when pressed.When this box is pressed, it tells the horse"YES, that is correct."Then we give them some food so the click has meaning.Clicker Training works great with anything that you would like to teach your horse.This book is the result of over 4 years working with 50 different horses with Clicker Training. I needed a program for myself that I could stick to.I work with many different ages of horses.I would be working on more finished colts, then 6 months later I was back to just weanlings.I wrote a manual that I went by to get me back on track, and to keep me consistent. I have incorporated Clicker Training with Colt Starting and the result is this step by step guide that takes you from a horse that has never been touched to riding.