‘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...
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Where Communication Begins
- Mar 17, 2015
- 2 min
“U” Part Three
As promised, I will have the after leading video in here for you to compare with the before one from an earlier blog. I hope you can see...
- 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...
- Feb 19, 2015
- 3 min
The Story of “U”
So, at long last here is the first installment in the story of ‘U’ my recently acquired 14-year-old Lusitano gelding. He had spent most...
- Feb 1, 2015
- 1 min
New Year, New Horse
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...
- Dec 22, 2014
- 1 min
The End to a Great Year
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...
- Dec 22, 2014
- 11 min
What to Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 6
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...
- 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...
- Oct 14, 2014
- 3 min
What to Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 2
Expanding Clicker Training Through the People Who Use It I have always said clicker training benefits the most from two groups. The first...
- 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...
- Sep 12, 2014
- 3 min
Do I Fix Riding Problems by Riding?
I always get a giggle when people new to clicker training ask ‘But when do I get to ride?’ Those of us who have been with Alex Kurland...
- 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 28, 2014
- 1 min
The Joy of a Clicker Trained Horse
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...
- 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 23, 2014
- 5 min
Spray Away
I hope you enjoyed my article in the July/August issue of Horse-Canada called “Make fly spray application a breeze” about using clicker...
- 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...
- Apr 14, 2014
- 2 min
Can You Click and Compete?
I was recently asked ‘If I wanted to compete and still use clicker training, how would I ever ride a whole dressage test? I click and...
- Apr 2, 2014
- 3 min
Well-Prepared Companionship
I thought I’d share some interesting words from Alexandra Kurland this week for the blog: Well-Prepared Companionship Most of us have had...
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