term results, but the damage is deep.
Something that he would enjoy doing,” as I said ear-
lier - well, that was certainly the case! In my opinion,
all creatures enjoy play (to some degree), being able
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/true-cowboy-magazine/ to accomplish tasks successfully and having a sense of
id341763379?mt=8 some control in their lives. The specialized version of
clicker training that I use includes all of those aspects
- it provides not only immediate signals, but also gives
me a way to encourage “inclinations” toward desirable
responses.
We started with the smile and we’re still going strong.
To date, Lukas’ liberty repertoire includes:
• posing
• nodding yes and shaking his head no
• a dry and wet kiss, fetching
• being “blindfolded”
• catching
• yawning
• saluting
• pedestal work
• Spanish Walk (forward and backward)
• the stay and come
• jambet (3 legged pivot)
• reverence
• passage
• bow
• crossing his front legs
• laying down while I sit on him,
• feet together (front and back)
• hide and seek (with his beloved green towel)
• acting lame
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• pushing a cart
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