This is one of my horses' favorite tricks and people love it too! It's a super easy way for you to get started with clicker training using the shaping method. It is suitable for horses on stall rest, and for rainy days because you can play it in the barn aisle.

I started by just dropping a brightly colored handkerchief on the ground. Whenever the horse put its nose on it, I clicked and treated. It didn't take long for them to start picking it up with their teeth. Once they're consistently picking it up and dropping it when clicked (to accept their treat), withhold the click bit by bit until they are holding the handkerchief for a few seconds. Soon they will be handing it to you!

What not to do (based on my personal experience):

I thought it would be fun to have Jubee pull the handkerchief out of my back pocket. It was a great trick until the day she got hold of my back pocket. She kept pulling and almost lifted me up by my pants. I thought she was going to rip them off of me! So, after that, we never played the 'get the hanky out of my pocket game' again.

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