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  • From: SARCRNA@aol.com
  • To: msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] air scenting horse
  • Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:49:56 EST

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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