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>>>> Ik ben er nooit wezen kijken, omdat ik regelmatig hoor, hoe
>>>> het daar over het algemeen toegaat en daarom is het
> de kruiwagen meelopen... maar niet strak achter mij....
> Nah.... hij moet nog veel leren....
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> Wil.
Niet direct antwoord op je vraag Wil, maar kreeg net dit mailtje binnen, niet dat ik vind dat alles moet wat kan van wat hieronder staat, maar het is een compleet andere interessante benadering.
A preliminary 2-foal study on the use of Positive Reinforcement from birth.
Beth C. Bliss1, Jan Norman
1Registered Nurse, Three Rivers Community Hospital, 500 S.W. Ramsey, Grants Pass, Oregon 97527
Horses are born precocial. They are pre-programmed by nature to learn many things immediately for survival. We wanted obedient foals that were reasonably safe to handle. We documented, using video recording, how quickly our foals could learn a variety of behaviors using a marker sound that was consistently followed by positive reinforcement. We used a tongue click as a behavior marker. A verbal bridging signal was variably used. Initially a friendly scratch or rub was the reinforcer. Both foals began to accept sweet feed as a reinforcer by day 10. Physical and verbal cues signaled for a behavior. No control group was used. One foal was targeting by day 6 and being bathed without restraint at day 9. At 2 months old, both accepted handling of all body parts, wore a halter, surcingle and butt strap, gave to pressure, trailered, and targeted objects. At 4 months old both stood tied, lounged, and ground drove. By one year of age on cue behaviors for both foals included picking up objects, coming when called, urinating, drinking, sitting on a beanbag, side passing, backing, executing forehand and haunch turns, putting their head down, wearing a saddle, breast collar and crupper, and Spanish walking. One also jumps objects, lies down, and squares up; the other straddle walks logs, teeter totters on a board, and puts her eye and ear in our hand on cue. We have found no negative outcomes with these foals using this method when working within the newborn or juvenile horses natural physical capabilities based on age. They have become reasonably safe to handle, and can be cued to execute a variety of behaviouirs
Warboel
