This study examined two procedures for establishing halter behavior (i.e., acceptance of wearing and being led via a halter) and decreasing undesired behavior in three petting zoo goats: a fixed-time 15-s (FT-15-s) schedule and shaping involving a clicker. The FT schedule was successful in training initial approximations, but over a longer period for the one goat presented in this article. The shaping procedure rapidly advanced the final approximations to the target behavior and resulted in a large reduction in undesired responses once the target response was reached. The procedures were also equally effective at reaching the target response and greatly reducing undesired responses for the other two goats not presented in this article. This study is one example of an effective way to experimentally examine shaping procedures, as well as promote the use of force-free halter training and behavior in goats.

这项研究检查了三种程序来建立露背行为（即接受露头的穿戴和通过露背的引导）并减少三只宠物动物园山羊的不良行为：固定时间的15秒（FT-15-s）时间表和涉及答题器。FT计划在训练初始近似值方面是成功的，但是对于本文介绍的一只山羊来说，则需要更长的时间。整形程序将最终近似值快速推进到目标行为，并且一旦达到目标响应，就会大大减少不需要的响应。该程序在达到目标响应方面也同样有效，并且大大减少了本文未介绍的其他两只山羊的不良响应。这项研究是通过实验检验塑形程序的有效方法的一个例子，