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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The second key revolves around Ken Ramirez’s definition of an advanced training technique. An advanced training technique is anything...

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...

In the November/December issue of Horse-Canada, in my article “Starting Them Young: Clicker Training Foals,” I mentioned two new games –...

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 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...

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...

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...

I hope you enjoyed my article in the July/August issue of Horse-Canada called “Make fly spray application a breeze” about using clicker...

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...

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...

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...

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