Clicker Training for Horses - Mugging Happens

Mugging happens! What to do?
Watch Shawna deal with mugging & talk through how to handle.
While practicing Hand Feeding Safely 🐴 with positive reinforcement we are teaching a behavior - calm, head away. Practice and patience lead to success.
Clicker training with horses - the Priority to Positive® path. At Via Nova, our goal is to introduce Positive Reinforcement (R+) training methods into the traditional horse world in a way that they will be understood, accepted and adopted. As a practical means to move forward, we've developed an approach called Priority to Positive® (PtP).
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[@jupitersecIipse]

Fascinating each time to see how quickly horses learn by using positive reinforcement!

[@kylareppond]

Thank you so much for these tips!!

[@cbravobulldog]

As soon as my horse hears a click, he starts mugging. How do you maintain good manners during the reward?

[@ViaNovaTraining]

Wait through the mugging until he moves his head away, then deliver out away from your body. Also you could work in protected contact until he understands to wait for the treat to come to him.