Inspiring The Next Teachers
Happy 2018! I hope this new year brings you lots of positive adventures and look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones too...
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Where Communication Begins
- Aug 19, 2017
- 2 min
Playing With Horse Agility
I’ve been playing with some "new to the horse world" ideas. I know, I know...so what else is new! It has been a treat this summer to have...
- Feb 27, 2017
- 2 min
Driving Eggo
I will admit, thanks to a friend, that I almost (ALMOST but not really) wish that snow and winter would stay a bit longer. Why on earth...
- Sep 9, 2016
- 6 min
Clicker Training and Perfectionism
This blog is written again by Carolina who is living and learning for a while with The Pony Fairy, Monty Gwynne. And in the photos, she’s...
- Aug 9, 2016
- 5 min
Trust and Clicker Training
The following post was made by Carolina W. She has been here about two weeks now and will be here a few more. She is from Germany and her...
- Nov 19, 2015
- 3 min
‘U’ and Riding
‘U’ has been doing really well and, as you know, even participated in a clinic this year. He was also doing really well with regards to...
- Apr 1, 2015
- 3 min
‘U’ and ‘V’
Usually this blog is about ‘U’ but this week we are going to talk about ‘V’ or Valor. I wanted to talk a bit about him this week as a...
- Mar 2, 2015
- 3 min
“U” Part Two
So, I hope all of you had a look at the video clip from the last blog. I’m pretty sure a lot of you out there may have looked at the...
- Dec 15, 2014
- 2 min
What to Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 5
So, the second key is staying true to clicker principles – no matter the challenge. It may seem easier to slip back into old training...
- Dec 1, 2014
- 6 min
What to Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 4
The second key revolves around Ken Ramirez’s definition of an advanced training technique. An advanced training technique is anything...
- Nov 19, 2014
- 4 min
What to Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 3
Opening the First Lock I always go back to this: I did some of my very best training when I knew the very least. At the time I was...
- Oct 27, 2014
- 2 min
Magic Hands and Goblins
In the November/December issue of Horse-Canada, in my article “Starting Them Young: Clicker Training Foals,” I mentioned two new games –...
- Oct 27, 2014
- 7 min
Clicker Training Foals
Begin at the Beginning. No matter what the age of your horse one should always begin at the beginning of training because there will...
- Sep 24, 2014
- 5 min
What To Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 1
I wanted to share Alexandra Kurland’s reply to a recent question posted in the online course forum here, as it says so many things that...
- Aug 22, 2014
- 2 min
Resistance-Free Bridling: Part 2
I’m hoping you checked out my article “Resistance-free Bridling” in the September/October issue of Horse-Canada magazine, where I talk...
- Aug 11, 2014
- 1 min
What Clicker-Trained Horses Learn in Kindergarten
In 1988 Robert Fulghum wrote his book: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. So what do our clicker-trained horses learn...
- Jul 9, 2014
- 1 min
Use Clicker Training to Making Doctoring Your Horse Easier
When you live every day with clicker trained horses you often forget just how easy it makes all the day-to-day and emergency procedures...
- Jun 20, 2014
- 3 min
Working and Playing Together
It is always nice to get together with like minded individuals. At a recent gathering, six of us got together to play and help each other...
- Apr 17, 2014
- 4 min
Self-Loading The Clicker Way
In this blog, I am going to explain in more detail how to teach trailer loading using clicker training. The featured horse in the article...
- Dec 10, 2013
- 2 min
Deworming Prep: Part 2
I was surprised not to get any comments on the video in last week’s post. It caused quite a stir on Facebook! Maybe everyone is too busy...
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