Warum Generalisieren, kleinschrittiges Training und systematische Desensibilisierung obligatorisch sind:
“This message relates to the horse in the clinic who is distracted and nervous, and the owner says, ‘But he does it at home perfectly!’ These horses have been trained in lower stress contexts, and that learning does not automatically transfer to the more stressful contexts.”
https://www.thehorse.com/articles/36757/does-target-training-help-reduce-horses-stressDoes Target Training Help Reduce Horses' Stress?
Previous study results (Ferguson and Rosales-Ruiz 2001; Hendrisken et al. 2011) have shown that target training—using a clicker to cue the horse to touch an object with his nose, and then offering a food reward—is effective at reducing stress and avoidance behaviors in horses. But if you target train a horse in a low-stress environment, does that training transfer over once he’s placed in a high-stress situation, such as a veterinary clinic or a horse show?