top of page
Blog
View the blog archive below. Stayed tuned for new blogs in 2025!
Gurus, Grandstanding and Great Training
This week’s blog should be on the next foundation lesson; mat work. Instead after struggling with whether to write about a recent clinic...
Jul 22, 20134 min read
Muggy Horse: Part 3
I like to relate grown-ups and duration by suggesting you look at it this way. You and I are having a great conversation, you have my...
Jul 15, 20132 min read


Targeting: Part 1
I hope you had fun practicing you food delivery mechanical skills. You will be happy to know we are ready to get your horse started on...
Jun 4, 20133 min read


Food Delivery Part 2: Time To Target
What now? The horse, right? No, not yet! Now that you have your food delivery skills perfected, it’s time to add another new skill:...
May 27, 20132 min read


Food Delivery Part 1: Thinking Outside The Box "Stall"
This series of lessons, showing you how to use the foundation lessons of Alexandra Kurland’s clicker training, though they appear very...
May 21, 20133 min read


Building a Solid Foundation With Foundation Lessons
All good training begins with a solid foundation. Just like building a house, if the foundation isn’t solid there will be issues with the...
May 13, 20133 min read


Keeping It Positive
Now, let’s look at the horse you have and make a list of all the things he does that you would need to change to have him be your dream...
May 6, 20133 min read


Clicker Gear
One of the biggest keys to success with clicker training, like any form of training, is about how to set things up to be successful...
Apr 22, 20134 min read


What is Clicker Training?
Hello! I’m glad you decided to check out my blog and find out what clicker training is all about. So, what is clicker training? Here is a...
Apr 7, 20134 min read


The Pony Fairy is Coming to Horse-Canada Magazine
I’m very excited about my upcoming articles in Horse-Canada magazine and hope you will have a look at them and then come back to the blog...
Jan 13, 20132 min read


Just In Time For Your Christmas Shopping List
I thought it was a good time to write about clothing for the clicker trainer. Winter is an especially trying time for us to find clothes...
Dec 2, 20124 min read


Building A Solid Foundation For Success
I love that there are more articles on clicker training appearing in magazines (Equus, Practical Horseman, Horse Canada) and that they...
Nov 4, 20123 min read


A Happy Ending For Bruce, The Rescue Foal
Let’s review what we have done with Bruce so far. His first clicker lesson was to turn and face me. This was done by rewarding him when...
Oct 7, 20124 min read


Bruce, The Rescue Foal, Learns To Lead
The story and training of Bruce continues this month. With haying season upon us, I have had very little time to work with the rescued...
Sep 2, 20124 min read


Foals and Frustration
It has been a long time since we have had a foal on our property. This summer, we are fostering a foal, Bruce, and his dam, Spyder, for a...
Aug 5, 20124 min read


Changing "Oh-No!" into "Ah-Ha!"
Our society looks at things that are not working, the way we’d like them to, with a negative “oh no” reaction. I want you to learn to see...
Jul 1, 20124 min read


Teaching Your Horse To Lunge
Good clicker trainers (and good trainers in general) will break a behaviour they want to teach down into its component parts, so that...
Jun 3, 20124 min read


Trailer Loading, Part 1
Spring is here and thoughts are turning to horse shows and trail rides. This usually means we need to get our horse into a horse trailer,...
May 6, 20124 min read


What Do Clicker Trained Horses and Chocolate Have In Common?
I read an article recently by veterinarian and animal behaviourist Dr. Sophia Yin, in which she was talking about a book that she had...
Apr 1, 20124 min read


Resistance-free Bridling
Q: I am having a hard time bridling my horse. Can clicker training help him to get better at it? A: Well, what would you think if I told...
Mar 4, 20124 min read


Teaching Your Horse To Offer His Hoof
Q: I recently got a wonderful new horse, but I am having problems getting him to let me pick up his feet. Can clicker training help me...
Feb 5, 20124 min read


Using The Same Exercise To Solve Opposite Training Issues
Now how can that be? How can I take the same exercise and use it to solve opposite issues? At a recent clinic, I was presented with two...
Dec 4, 20114 min read


May I Have This Dance?
This article will show how to go about splitting a behaviour down into smaller steps so as to make the learning easier and more...
Nov 6, 20114 min read


Building and Balancing A Trust Account
Last month I discussed “getting paid for doing nothing” and how that can help your horse settle and focus on you. Soon you can start to...
Oct 2, 20114 min read
bottom of page