[MSAR] air scenting horse
SARCRNA at aol.com
SARCRNA at aol.com
Fri Mar 19 08:49:56 EST 2004
Has anyone tried target training horses for scent? Let me explain how it is
done. First an animal is taught to target an object--can be a cone, stick,
tip of a whip, pool bumper on a stick, etc. This gets the animal thinking and
offering behavior. Next the scent source is targeted. The horse in this case
would be reinforced for touching the scent source. We've had great success
with our cadaver dogs using this training. Several of us are going to use this
for training our horses to recognize cadaver scent. We will video tape it and
demonstrate it at the seminar in Houston in June...Sar Behaviors: Foundation
Development and Learning Theory.
Susan Martinez
Greater Houston Search Dogs
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