Why do I get the feeling this horse has had tons of groundwork prior to this video? You’re telling me you took this horse and taught him all this in one day? I didn’t see any dominant behavior in the beginning, just a fresh horse playing around. When Mom gave the cues to join up, he did. Still very impressive, and kudos for spending the time and effort into getting to this point.
I didn’t suggest that this was taught in one day. This was his 4th session with me. The bucking (notice the one shot in my direction), rolling in front of me and returning to the door are all forms of dominant behaviors. I did not cue the horse to join up, I let that be his decision. Atlas lives outdoors 24/7 with a herd of 6 others and has no reason to be what you describe as ‘fresh” like a horse cooped up in a stall for hours and needs to expel built up energy. Hope that offers clarity.
A horse who kicks at people is dangerous. They do kick at eachother in the field when they go run and play, intentionally missing eachother. But most people tend to die or go to the hospital if a mistake is made on either side.
It’s important to discourage that behavior for those reasons.
He looks like a fun little horse once the activities start though. Good job with the games.
umm well it looks to me that this is a dominant horse, the type that does not get on well in herds.
it has issues with being driven away due to its natural nature, but responds well to clicker training.
so basicaly you sent the horse away which it is also not used to because of all the clicker training (positive) you have done, then cliked it which stopped the behaviour and asked it for another learned behaviour resulting in the horse following you …
This is incredible, how Atlas/Ajax first bucks around and just keeps running, and then turns to you and follows you around. Awesome!
Why do I get the feeling this horse has had tons of groundwork prior to this video? You’re telling me you took this horse and taught him all this in one day? I didn’t see any dominant behavior in the beginning, just a fresh horse playing around. When Mom gave the cues to join up, he did. Still very impressive, and kudos for spending the time and effort into getting to this point.
I didn’t suggest that this was taught in one day. This was his 4th session with me. The bucking (notice the one shot in my direction), rolling in front of me and returning to the door are all forms of dominant behaviors. I did not cue the horse to join up, I let that be his decision. Atlas lives outdoors 24/7 with a herd of 6 others and has no reason to be what you describe as ‘fresh” like a horse cooped up in a stall for hours and needs to expel built up energy. Hope that offers clarity.
A horse who kicks at people is dangerous. They do kick at eachother in the field when they go run and play, intentionally missing eachother. But most people tend to die or go to the hospital if a mistake is made on either side.
It’s important to discourage that behavior for those reasons.
He looks like a fun little horse once the activities start though. Good job with the games.
umm well it looks to me that this is a dominant horse, the type that does not get on well in herds.
it has issues with being driven away due to its natural nature, but responds well to clicker training.
so basicaly you sent the horse away which it is also not used to because of all the clicker training (positive) you have done, then cliked it which stopped the behaviour and asked it for another learned behaviour resulting in the horse following you …