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As we began the research, we identified an object to gain the horse's intrigue. Our team of researchers determined that a large, fluffy dog toy would suffice - something that is easy for the horse to bite and hold onto.

The fluffy toy was then presented to our test subject, Shadowfax. At the beginning stages, the horse merely glanced at it. Then the test subject began to show interest as we held a treat behind it.

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The results of this study indicate that the most effective way to have a horse fetch a toy is constant treats. A strong positive correlation was found between learning each stage of a trick and increasing incentives (treats).

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Works Cited: https://horse-tricks.weebly.com/

Many thanks to Gandalf for allowing us to use Shadowfax as a test subject

We'd also like to thank the internet for horse puns and adorable images of horses with cats.

Stud Muffin Horse Treats

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On this page you will find fun and interesting tricks to teach your horse, starting with the most simple tricks at the top of the page and going down to the more difficult tricks at the bottom of the...

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Once Shadowfax showed interest, we began to have the test subject touch and eventually bite it. Interest in taking hold of the object increased as we gave the subject more treats.

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The goal of this research is so that the test subject will bring the object from afar. Researchers first started simple by lowering the object. Our testing found that the horse would grab the lowered object if we held a treat to it at first.

As the test subject became accustomed to the lowered object, researchers began dropping the object to the floor, while still using the command ‘fetch!’. Our team found that we needed to bring the horse to the object, take hold of it and then reward it with a treat.

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After the test subject successfully began picking up the dropped object, researchers began throwing the object while saying the 'fetch!' command. After a bit more treats, Shadowfax walked over to the object, picked it up and brought it over to the researchers (who had treats in hand).

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As the test subject continued to bite the fluffy toy, our researchers began to say "Fetch!" to create word association.

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University of Colorado, Office of Academic Affairs, COLTT Team

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University of Colorado, Office of Academic Affairs, COLTT Team

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A Horse is Just a Horse... Of Course?

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A comprehensive study on teaching a horse how to fetch a toy through incentive based learning.  Conducting this study is to improve public understanding of horse tricks as well as recommendations to improve the effectiveness of tricks.  In our study, this report defines the key steps to a successful toy fetching.