We are entering into showing season soon and my oldest has just picked out her first two dairy heifers to show. They were born in March and we will soon be teaching them how to lead and stack up for showing.
Some may find this humorous, but we have decided to try and marker train them for wanted behaviors I'm thinking we might have to alter the steps a little to make them bovine appropriate. Has anyone else marker trained anything other than dogs? I think this will be a fun little experiment for us and hopefully, the end result will be that my 9 year old will NOT be the kid that is drug around the show ring by the freaking out calf, or the kid with the calf that will not move at all. This is are first year showing anything, so...here we go
I've seen youtube videos of a clicker trained sheep so I don't see why it wouldn't work with calves. Those critters are pretty smart. All you need is a reward that is high value in their eyes.
I would approach the foundation work pretty much in the same manner that you would for a dog. Probably do a lot with targeting since that will help with show positions.
I've seen youtube videos of a clicker trained sheep so I don't see why it wouldn't work with calves. Those critters are pretty smart. All you need is a reward that is high value in their eyes.
I would approach the foundation work pretty much in the same manner that you would for a dog. Probably do a lot with targeting since that will help with show positions.
That's what I am thinking too. Dairy cattle need to have their heads really high (from what I've seen) when they are stacked, so I'm hoping to achieve that without having the lead pulled as tight as possible.
We will definitely do video and post. Chloe is a natural show off, so she's going to love it
First they have to be tame enough that you can rub them all over without spooking, no halter, they have to learn to like the touch. Then that becomes the reward. Start with itching them on the tailhead, brush the tailhead. Quit when they want more!
Feed is secondary really. They don't really like to be touched when they are eating, I mess with them after they are done eating.
I could go on for pages about this. I am really into halter breaking cattle!
What weight are you starting with? Steers or heifers? Steers are MUCH easier.
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We are going to marker train calves!
I'm thinking we might have to alter the steps a little to make them bovine appropriate. Has anyone else marker trained anything other than dogs? I think this will be a fun little experiment for us and hopefully, the end result will be that my 9 year old will NOT be the kid that is drug around the show ring by the freaking out calf, or the kid with the calf that will not move at all. This is are first year showing anything, so...here we go 
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