The clicker and target - positive reinforcement at its best

Animal trainer Shawna Karrasch teaches Rick how to use the clicker and the target to reinforce behavior. As seen on The Horse Show with Rick Lamb. Commercial free. Enjoy!

[@Ladysmyth]

Loved that he was still standing at his target when they left the barn. Replayed it and saw that she had included the cue in their conversation...and the only one that noticed the cue was Minty!

[@sandywisecup9325]

Diana Hilliard I felt bad though that she never looked back. how long did Mint stay there waiting for her to say o k ?

[@petsforsale]

Only just found this video and I noticed Minty was at the target too in his stable.

[@14.1_handshigh]

I really enjoy this style of training! I think positive reinforcement is a great technique, especially it you’ve got a horse with an ego who doesn’t take kindly to being reprimanded. I definitely want to bring this into my training and see the benefits!

[@coragreer4426]

Be careful I use R+ (positive reinforcement) and you have to be careful some times horses get “muggy” where they try and take treats or nibble your hands/pockets you have to teach them not to do that my mustang is a little muggy so I only give treats when I bend down so she learns she only gets treats when I bend down and say my que word or click a clicker

[@emilycarr1644]

@@coragreer4426 its important that you reward for position, and let the horse consciously make the decision to not mug, and THAT gets him reinforcement. Otherwise they are relying on your body cues and for YOU to make a move. Shawna also has a great video on starting food manners on her channel!

[@Sofiarivassculptor]

Beautiful Rick Lamb

[@nikk_nobody]

Holy gwakamoli a real trainer awesome very interesting very very interesting

[@Markmytube]

Great job! What and where do you get the stall target and hand target?

[@trickedouttech321]

Sorry food training is not a good training method for horses, it will work but your horse is now offering up behaviors for a reward, not because it wants to pls you, The partnership is the reward for the horse with real horse trainers. The horse will learn to trust you as the leader and will not be afraid and will be willing to touch the object you ask it to because it trusts you and knows you will not put it in a bad spot. This is hard to explain in a comment but clicker and food training is training that is good for predators, not prey animals. Prey animals are animals that need a leady they need a boss someone to make sure they are okay and save the are prey, once you understand this with groundwork and time the horse will want to pls you and work for you, it become a partnership that will last forever. It does not have a positive meaning for the horse. what this horse is doing is offering a behavior for food, That is different from offering a behavior because it trusts you and wants to do ask you ask because that is what keeps them in a safe place.

[@genevievehusak1292]

In traditional training, the horse is not doing it to "please you" either. The horse responds to reinforcement (usually removal of aversive pressure in traditional training). There is absolutely no scientific backing to your statement; in fact, there is lots of research to the contrary, showing that positive reinforcement works for ALL species and is very effective and often more humane than aversive-based training.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahaha 100 cowboys on roundup with clickers and pansies ahaha

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ive been training with treats 50 years..so did my grandfathers and uncles etc

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

i was a trainer at seaworld in texas a long long time ago

[@Dehzee]

i have seen more abuse of horses in the world than i could conjure with memory to fill a day. it is disheartening, while folks profess to love their horses, it is really the ribbon and attention that horse can provide by using his body as a piece of sports equipment for the riders. the excuses i hear is 'have you seen how tough they play in the field?', whether it is because of the speaker's desire to hit the horse, or make excuses for why they sent the horse to suffer the terrors of the slaughterhouse. with clicker training, the animal is self motivated, instead of fear motivated. it is sad to me that in your belief system, the only way to train a horse is by hurting or scaring him, because only hurting animals is manly. i wonder why you think that. i wonder, but i am not surprised. for years now, and mos def in english horse world, i have heard incredulity or been given dismissive postures by women who will have none of it, and push me out of the way so they can grab their whips and spurs. we are, english and western, accustomed to scaring and hitting horses. we view it as tradition, a right. to not hit or scare a horse might make you gay, that is what you condescendingly imply. i can say i have had enough of that attitude, and won't mourn a bit when you and your kind ride off to your final sunset.

[@thepinch1839]

@@Dehzee your comment is so well written and makes so much sense. It is truly mind boggling how much hubris we put into our training methods how much domination is actually in the human horse "partnership"

[@Dehzee]

Thank you, 🙂 and cheers