20240807_Alice_Morrison_coopcare
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses a delightful training session with horses, highlighting the use of the 'one two, three' pattern game for cooperative care. It emphasizes the importance of predictable treat delivery to reduce anxiety in horses, especially regarding pinned ears during training. The script suggests starting with a high rate of reinforcement and gradually building duration to keep anxiety at bay. It also touches on the idea of distant food protocols to further calm horses, offering insights into effective training techniques and the value of clear end-of-session signals for relaxation.
Takeaways
- 🎥 The video was appreciated for its lovely training session and the pleasant surprise of Alice's daughter working in the animal behavior field.
- 🤝 The speaker suggests that combining knowledge can be beneficial for training horses.
- 🔢 The use of the 'one two, three' pattern games with horses is highlighted as an effective method for cooperative care, despite being less commonly seen.
- 🍎 The training aims to make Dauntless understand that treats are given predictably without needing to perform any specific behavior.
- 👂 The importance of not punishing behaviors and instead adding them gradually is emphasized for a positive training environment.
- 👂🏼 The trainer mentions the need to be cautious with the horse's ears, which can indicate anxiety, and the approach to lower anxiety levels from the start.
- 📉 The script discusses the varying opinions among trainers about dealing with years and anxiety, with a preference for a conservative approach to address issues early on.
- 📝 The trainer recommends starting with a high rate of reinforcement and gradually building up to more complex behaviors.
- 🍽️ The idea of treating the horse like a waiter delivering food is introduced, emphasizing the importance of not rewarding the horse when it reaches for the food.
- 🛎️ The end of the training session is marked with a clear signal, which is beneficial for the horse's understanding and relaxation.
- 🌱 The suggestion of using distant food protocols and protected contact to reduce anxiety and improve the horse's comfort with training is made.
Q & A
What was the general feedback on the video training session?
-The video training session was described as lovely and really nice, with a positive note on the use of the one-two-three pattern games with horses.
What is the significance of the one-two-three pattern games in horse training?
-The one-two-three pattern games are used to build duration and keep anxiety out of the picture, making the training process more predictable and less stressful for the horse.
Why is it important to make treat delivery predictable in horse training?
-Making treat delivery predictable helps the horse understand that treats will come without needing to perform any specific behavior, reducing the reliance on the horse's behavior for rewards.
How does the trainer address the issue of pinned ears in horse training?
-The trainer aims to lower all levels of anxiety and remove pinned ears from the training context from the start, although it's not always possible, especially if the horse doesn't show pinned ears while training with food.
What is the approach to handling behaviors that dauntless may use to request treats or speed them up?
-The trainer may need to pause and re-evaluate if dauntless uses behaviors to request treats or speed them up, ensuring not to punish the horse but to maintain a high rate of reinforcement.
Why is it recommended to reward the horse only with the 'tree' in the one-two-three pattern games initially?
-Rewarding only with the 'tree' initially helps to establish the pattern and is similar to charging a clicker, creating a strong association between the signal and the treat.
How can the trainer experiment with treat delivery to make it more like a waiter's service?
-The trainer can experiment by delivering treats almost like a waiter serves food, ideally placing treats on the ground or in a bucket for the horse, avoiding the need for the horse to take the bowl or plate directly from the trainer.
What is the purpose of giving a signal for the end of the training session?
-The end of session signal helps the horse understand when the training is over and can be associated with giving food on the ground or in a bucket, helping the horse to relax and lower their energy.
Why is it suggested to try training in protected contact or on the other side of a fence?
-Training in protected contact or on the other side of a fence can help lower the horse's anxiety, as the trainer and food are a bit further away, creating a more relaxed environment for the horse.
What are distant food protocols and how can they help in horse training?
-Distant food protocols involve not having the food on the trainer's body, which can make the horse calmer by reaching for food that is on the other side of the fence or in a bucket, reducing the immediate pressure on the horse.
What is the importance of high rate of reinforcement in horse training?
-A high rate of reinforcement is important as it helps to keep the horse relaxed and focused during training, rewarding them frequently for standing still and being calm, which aids in building a positive association with training.
Outlines
🐎 Positive Feedback on Training Session
The speaker expresses appreciation for Alice's training video, noting the pleasant surprise of Alice's daughter's involvement in animal behavior. They commend the use of the 'one two, three' pattern game for training horses, which is seen as a helpful technique for cooperative care. The speaker addresses the issue of years in horse training, advocating for a conservative approach to reduce anxiety and avoid pinned ears during training. They suggest starting with a predictable treat delivery method and gradually building up to more complex behaviors without punishing the horse for reaching for treats.
🌱 Reinforcement Techniques and Session Ending Signals
The speaker discusses the importance of maintaining a high rate of reinforcement to prevent the horse from reaching for food and the significance of signaling the end of a training session. They recommend associating the end of a session with giving the horse food on the ground or in a bucket to encourage relaxation and a change in behavior. The speaker also suggests trying protected contact and distant food protocols to reduce anxiety, sharing personal experiences with these methods. They express excitement for future training videos and congratulate the trainer on their progress.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Training session
💡Animal behavior field
💡Cooperative care
💡Predictable treats
💡Anxiety
💡Pinned ears
💡High rate of reinforcement
💡End of session signal
💡Protected contact
💡Distant food protocols
Highlights
The video was a lovely training session and Alice's daughter also works in the animal behavior field.
Using the one two, three pattern games with horses is a helpful method for cooperative care.
The exercise aims to make Dauntless understand treats flow predictably without needing to do anything.
Some trainers don't focus on years and just continue training, hoping it gets better later.
Trudy and Alice are more conservative, trying to lower anxiety levels and remove pinned ears from training contexts as much as possible.
Dauntless does not show pinned ears while training with food, which is not the worst case scenario.
It may be worth trying to improve the situation from the start to make it easier to eliminate unwanted behaviors in the future.
Horses commonly show conflicted behaviors when dealing with food, wanting to get near it but not being pushy.
Pausing and re-evaluating may be necessary if Dauntless uses behaviors to request treats or speed them up.
Making treat delivery predictable by counting out loud 1 2 three before delivering helps prevent unwanted behaviors.
Not punishing behaviors and adding them gradually when training standing still and relaxed is important.
Starting by rewarding only with the tree (3 treats) helps build duration gradually and keep anxiety low.
Experimenting with treat delivery like a waiter serves food helps prevent the horse from reaching for it.
High rate of reinforcement is key to preventing the horse from reaching for food.
Giving an end of session signal and leaving food on the ground helps the horse relax and lower energy.
Using distant food protocols by placing it on the other side of a fence or in a bucket can make the horse calmer.
Alice's daughter has been studying and applying these protocols for a long time.
Alice looks forward to seeing more of the training in future videos.
Transcripts
hi Alice just wanted to tell you that
the video was lovely such a lovely
training session and yeah it's really
really nice and I didn't know that your
daughter also uh worked in the in the
animal behavior field which is really
nice and you'll probably have a a great
time um putting your knowledge together
and training with the horses also so
let's go to mom will be counting one two
three out loud I do love the the one two
three pattern games and I haven't seen
many people using them with horses but
it's very very helpful and can be used
for Cooperative care and lots of ways so
it's an interesting treat which will not
be contingent on daunt's
behaviors for this exercise we want
dauntless to understand that a flow of
treats is coming predictably and that he
doesn't need to do anything in order to
make that
happen so yeah I'll start by answering
your question regarding the the years as
you mentioned if this is something that
will uh get better soon or not and well
this basically we could have hours of
discussion with that some trainers um
have the the idea that they actually
don't bother much with the years and
they just carry on training and it might
get better sometime later um I think
that Trudy and I end up being a little
bit more conservative in terms of that
so we basically try to to
lower all levels of anxiety as we can
and when it's possible and in our
control and all of that to try and get
the the pinned ears away of the the
context that we are training right from
the start but of course that's not
always possible and especially from
watching the the video I don't see that
dless has pinned ears as some horses
would get in in situations while
training with food so I don't think it's
like the worst case scenario that we
have here but it might be worth trying
to do some things to to make it better
right from the start and make it easier
in the future to get rid of this
Behavior if we don't want it to be in
the the final
picture importantly we're not yeah just
adding one more thing it's something
very very common for horses to show when
dealing with food and this whole
conflict of wanting to get near the food
and being in not being pushy as you
mentioned and all that behaviors that
dauntless may use to request the treats
or to speed them up we may have to pause
and re evaluate if that were to happen
instead we're just making the treat
delivery very predictable by counting
out loud 1 2 three before delivering
that and this is all perfect and the
whole view of not punishing the the
behaviors and trying to to add all of
them usually when I start doing this
training the standing still and in a
relaxed way I don't even bother much
with the with the bridge or or I'm just
simply rewarding them in a very high
rate of reinforcement exactly for them
to be chilled so maybe one thing that we
you could try it out would be just at
least usually when I do the one two
three pattern games I start by rewarding
only with the tree just basically the
same process as if we would be charging
the clicker so just treat treats treat
treats treat treats and
uh repeatedly and then you can add two
Tre treats and one two three treats
gradually so for some horses that might
have this difficulty or be more anxious
this might be helpful to build duration
very very gradually and keep the anxiety
out of the picture as much as we can so
it might be something that you could try
it out over time we can slow down the
pace or make it more variable
yeah exactly so and we're also
experimenting with the treat delivery
almost like a waiter would deliver an
item to a table you don't really want
your Patron to have to take the bowl or
plate from you instead the waiter should
ideally deliver to the table yeah and
that's perfect uh some things here from
the the end of the the video
so that's a perfect point that we don't
want to be rewarding the horse when he's
reaching for the food so it's great that
we keep a high rate of reinforcement and
be able to uh prevent this with the high
rate and not being punishing the the
horse when he tries to reach for example
so another thing here really nice by the
end of the session is that you gave him
the the signal of end of session and I
also commented this in a in another
feedback that that I give here in the
Forum but adding the the end of session
signal or CU usually I I really like to
associate it with giving food for the
for the horse on the ground for example
or in a bucket just so this can be
helpful for them to eat more so it's
basically in a larger quantity than what
I'm I would give in one reward for
example and would also help them to
change for example to start eating the
grass or the hay and it just leaves some
there for them and it helps them to
relax and lower their
energy and initially I would get away
for like a long distance so they would
be chilled and wanting to eat the grass
and actually do a pause and then we can
work gradually to be closer to them and
they will be relaxed eating even when we
are Clos and when we call them again to
restart the SE they'll be happy to come
also so this is something very very
useful and that I quite like doing also
and well which other points were
interesting also for this idea the whole
idea of the the years um and how we
could lower this anxiety uh some things
that we could try while he's doing very
well and he stood still for the whole uh
session during the video here so I'm not
not sure if this would be the case but
sometimes it's very useful to try doing
it in protected contact and not only for
horses that are pushy but this sometimes
can help horses to lower their their
anxiety since you and the food are a
little bit further away from them so
this is something that you could try
doing it on the other side of the fence
for
example uh having the high rate of
reinforcement as you already mentioned
which is perfect and also something that
it's really really helpful in those
cases and I have tried with my own horse
and it uh worked brilliantly and try can
also uh tell you more about it because
she she's a a big
um fan of of these kind of protocols and
try has been studying and applying them
for a long time which is basically using
distant food protocols which means not
having the food in our bodies which
which mean uh sometimes for the horse
this can make them way calmer just by
reaching for the food that it is on the
other side of the fence or in a bucket
where they cannot reach it and it's it's
a really interesting thing to try and to
see how dless would react to that so
yeah I'm really looking forward for the
next videos and to see more of your
training it seems that you're doing
really really well congratulations
Ver Más Videos Relacionados
Haflinger überzeugen ist nicht so einfach - So lernt der hübsche Blonde
Zone 2 Training: Dose, Frequency, and Duration | Iñigo San-Millán, Ph.D. & Peter Attia, M.D.
Bereden Politie: Fit en Gezond!
COMO VIVE O CAVALO MAIS CARO DO BRASIL DE 16 MILHÕES DE REAIS?
Cardio antes do treino melhora hipertrofia
Teach Your Dog To Go To Bed And RELAX - Professional Dog Training Tips
5.0 / 5 (0 votes)