Episode 373 A Clicker Expo Wrap Up Part 3 - Training Traps and a Backstage Pass

Episode 373 A Clicker Expo Wrap Up Part 3 - Training Traps and a Backstage Pass

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May 8, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

The episode discusses insights from the Clicker Expo, focusing on the characteristics of skilled trainers and the lessons handlers learn while training their horses.

We recorded this conversation early in April 2026 right after the Clicker Expo. In Part 1 the Clicker Expo served as a launching point for our conversation. We talked about Dr Susan Friedman’s presentation on Doing Compassion and my own talk on Thinking Fast, Making Quick Decisions. My program included a discussion of the characteristics we see in skilled trainers. In part 1 I listed some of those characteristics. Among other things skilled trainers able to be flexible as needed. They are able to make adjustments in what they are asking. And they are creative. They are able to find teaching strategies and appropriate training steps that suits their learner’s individual needs. For the full list refer back to Part 1. These characteristics are not some special gifts that people are born with. We can think of them as a by-product that emerges as we gain experience training our animal learners. The point of my program is we can be more deliberate, less hit or miss, in the development of these traits. When we jump into this training, of course people are focused on what they will be teaching their horses. That’s only natural. But it isn’t just the horses who are learning new skills. In…

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Topics covered

  • Clicker Expo
  • training traps
  • skilled trainers
  • handler lessons
  • animal training

Keywords

  • Clicker Expo
  • training skills
  • animal learners
  • flexibility
  • teaching strategies

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