Happy New Year and welcome to 2015. With a new year comes a new blog topic. Late in 2014, I was given a lovely horse, “U” and he will be...

I’d like to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a positive New Year. I also wanted to thank Horse Canada for publishing...

Clicker training for many is something they slip on easily like a well fitting glove. For others it represents a real U-turn in their...

So, the second key is staying true to clicker principles – no matter the challenge. It may seem easier to slip back into old training...

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...

Begin at the Beginning. No matter what the age of your horse one should always begin at the beginning of training because there will...

Expanding Clicker Training Through the People Who Use It I have always said clicker training benefits the most from two groups. The first...

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...

I’m hoping you checked out my article “Resistance-free Bridling” in the September/October issue of Horse-Canada magazine, where I talk...

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...

This week I’m posting a video of things that a lot of people don’t often associate with clicker training. They are not the cute tricks...

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...

I thought I’d share some interesting words from Alexandra Kurland this week for the blog: Well-Prepared Companionship Most of us have had...

So I have to apologize for being absent for so long. It seems that winter has finally ended and I can put the hip waders used to make my...

To shape a hind leg lift for hoof cleaning, I use the same basic idea as I did for shaping the front leg lift. This time I will place my...

So, how do you start getting your horse to offer to hold up a hoof? Here are the videos that go with my article in the March/April issue...

I really hope you had time to have a look at the video links I posted last week. I would love some feedback on what you thought and felt...

I hope you spent a few moments thinking about what kind of problem solver you are. If you are looking at clicker training perhaps you are...

This week, in preparation for the upcoming article on improving your horse’s ability to lift and hold up his hooves, in the March/April...

I can’t believe another year has come and gone. Time really is going faster, or maybe it just gets faster as you get older. Yet another...