Clicker training hoof pick up.mov

This is a video of about the halfway point of teaching the lesson pony Stowaway to pick up his hooves for cleaning. Initially he was very reluctant and had to be leaned on, clucked to, and the foot had to be physically lifted and held up. At the time of this video, he willingly lifts his feet when I merely reach for them (the hind feet I touch his hocks), but he still needs consistent work holding them up for a length of time (I can pick them fine but small children take a long time to pick out hooves!). Please note! The "double click" you hear early on in the video is an editing error that I couldn't fix...I only click once for each behavior and treat for each individual click.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• clicker training
• clicker
• hooves
• horse
• pony
• cleaning feet
• cleaning hooves
• picking hooves
• picking hoof
• training

[BookendsPonies]

thank you! I'd actually forgotten I'd made this video and was glad to review it...I should show it to the kids who are working with him now and having trouble again.

[arconowitsch]

nice work!