"How to Teach Your Horse Tricks -With Clicker Training"
by Georgia Bruce.
60 Pages, Step by Step Photos.Published By Ramco Press 2007.
Book comes with a free clicker!
For many years trick horse trainers have kept their methods secret...finally this book takes the mystery out of training trick horses and shows us a simple and effective method for teaching our horse to perform fantastic tricks.
Georgia Bruce has extensive experience training trick horses, she regularly performs clinics and trick shows around Australia with "Rumba the Wonder Horse."
In this book Georgia shares her experience and knowledge of trick horse training in a simple and easy to follow step-by-step format.
Clicker Training is a gentle, simple and effective method for teaching horses to perform even the most complex tricks and behaviors.
A clicker is a sturdy plastic box with a metal insert which makes a high pitched clicking sound when pressed.
The clicking sound is used as a marker signal, which tells the horse when they have earned a food reward.
The clicker allows us to be very precise about which behavior is being rewarded, this way the horse learns exactly what it has to do to earn the reward.
Clicker Training was first developed for teaching dolphins tricks. This gentle method for motivating animals was the only effective method of training animals, such as dolphins, that can just swim away if they don't want to perform. You can't exactly put a rope on a dolphin to get it to jump through a hoop!. Clicker Training is was of motivating animals so that they really want to perform! It can be used to teach your horse tricks or to improve performance under saddle.
Clicker Training is now also used in zoo's to allow simple veterinary procedures to be performed on animals without the need to anaesthetise them.
Improve Results, Train Your Horse Like a Dolphin!
This book includes:
- Brief History of Clicker Training
- Preparation For Trick Training
- Positive and Negative Reinforcement in Training
- Structure of a training session
- How to Introduce Your Horse to Clicker Training
- Shaping a Behavior
- Basic Groundwork with the Clicker and Establishing Respect in a Gentle Way
- Trick Training - The Basics
- Teaching Your Horse to Smile
- Carrying Objects
- Fetch
- Soccer
- Shake Hands
- Spanish Walk
- Pedestal
- Trick Training the Tricky Tricks
- Rear
- Bow
- Lying Down
- Inventing Your Own Tricks
Trick training can be a fun addition to your everyday riding and training. It helps build a better relationship with your horse, makes them look forward to training sessions and increases their trust and confidence.
This book is A5, 60 pages, a small book but it is packed with information that is very hard to come by...and has taken years of experience to learn.
Most trick horse trainers don't want to share the secrets of their success, Georgia has written this book in a simple step by step format with lots of pictures to allow you the knowledge and secrets of the top trick horse trainers....you and your horse won't be disappointed...or you will get your money back guaranteed!
Click Here to Watch a Video of Georgia and her Trick Horse Rumba
Georgia Bruce gives lessons, clinics and demonstrations around Australia. Georgia and Rumba the wonder horse were booked to be educators at Equitana 2007. Unfortunately due to the event being postponed they will now be appearing at Equitana Asia Pacific 2008 in Melbourne. To organise a lesson or clinic with Georgia, or to find out more about clicker training or trick horse training please see her website: www.horsetraining.org