Oscar 04/25/2011
Had a particularly good evening session yesterday with the delightful Oscar. 15 hands of charm and cheek, very good fun! He's been introduced to the first steps of clicker training by his owner, but she wasn't sure exactly how to take it on further, or how fast, it turns out that Oscar is very bright and in an hour of work with me picked up lots of new cues for various behaviours. I concentrated on working with calm concentration, loose schooling, standing still to order, giving to pressure and the beginnings of lateral work. He was very funny during his lesson, to start with he would only go anti-clockwise, the right rein was, according to him, just too hard! So it took some patient work to persuade him that clockwise was not only possible but actually pretty easy. At that point, having learned this great new thing. He concluded that I really only wanted him to go on the right rein, so he refused to go round to the left for a while, I'm afraid I laughed at the poor chap, spent a few minutes teaching him follow-the-hand to get which direction you're supposed to go round and then he worked beautifully! At the end of an hour we were delighted with his progress, and he just wanted to carry on... A very good session. Leave a Reply | AuthorA lifelong love of horses and interest in riding has combined with a degree in Behavioural Sciences. I have always looked for cooperation and partnership and the happiness and enthusiasm of the horses I've worked with. I love to help people and horses to have better relationships and clear communication. Clicker training is a wonderful way for me to improve the lives of horses and their people, and to meet some wonderful characters along the way! ArchivesOctober 2011 Categories |
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