We are Aussie clicker trainers for horses, behaviorists, & provide clickers, DVD's & on line workshops.
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We are clicker trainers with some 40 years experience. Long gone are the days of fax machines and no internet. Over the years we have expanded our knowledge thanks to the literature that has been published and the studies undertaken, not only on clicker training and schedules of reinforcement, but of the ever developing topics on affective neuroscience, ethology and learning theory. We do not take a strict behavioural perspective when it comes to training when we believe the individual needs something else, but we are behaviourists and use positive reinforcement (unless the individual feels that proximity is creating anxiety). We ‘listen’ to what neuroscience informs us concerning emotions and learning, and have a slant towards a Polyvagal lens and use clicker as part of our social engagement strategy.
The principal owner of the Australian Clicker Connection was a practicing lawyer for many many years (how else do we pay for our horses) and has an honours degree in psychology where her thesis related to the locus of control that existed in children who had suffered abuse. Strategies to help children take control over their lives is very similar to that which many of our horses need in order to live a fulfilled, satisfied and joyful life. The principal owner still teaches part time at university and teaches clicker training on a regular basis. We do prefer the internet nowadays for teaching and the reason for this is that we have a preferential focus with those horses who need some extra help. It is not likely that these horses are able to make it to clinics and if they do manage to be floated to a clinic they are often a bundle of nerves and hold many negative emotions which impacts learning and often distresses their carer (not to mention the effect of the HPA Axis response). There are plenty of clicker training clinic opportunities around the world and we do not see the need to add to that cluttered workplace when so many horses have to remain at home.
At the present time we are taking a break from our DVD series to focus on getting out an online course on Building Confidence and Mastery for our horse. This is in beta testing at the moment and we will get back to part 2 of the ‘Mind Body and Soul’ series shortly (and if there is interest develop more on line courses that relate to overcoming anxiety and increasing confidence for our horse).
