I care about all our animals, including our horses. Their emotional and physical well-being is top of the list of things that are important to me in our relationship. That’s easy. I care about them and that’s not hard to do.
They asked if a horse must always experience emotional stress when learning a new task. They said that one of the first things that attracted them to clicker training was the idea of low or no-stress training. At first, this seemed to be the case.
I received an email from someone asking for suggestions on keeping her horse's attention. They said they deliberately keep their session to only a few minutes because their horse can't focus for more than a 5-10mins.
When we think of ways we create worry in our horse we tend to think of pressure that is too big or ill-timed or a release of pressure that is inconsistently timed. These things can cause a horse’s cup of worry to fill very fast. But what about an event that we don’t recognize as causing worryy?
When I watch a video of a horse being worked, I watch it twice. The first time is with the sound turned off so the commentary is muted. The second is with the sound on, so I can hear the trainer’s commentary.
