Discover Horse Clicker Training

Jun 27th, 2008 by Addy | 0

Clicker training is a slang name which originally came from the scientific term operant conditioning. Formerly used to train aquatic mammals, it has become progressively more distinguished in training horses using positive reinforcement.

Using the concept of operant conditioning in psychology, an animal learns a particular behavior or a task when positive reinforcement follows the action that the trainer wants the animal to repeat. Eventually, the undesirable behavior or actions done by the animal aren’t rewarded and ignored. Hence, giving rewards for getting things right make horses more eager and quick to learn.


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