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 of his life, the last seven or so years at least, travelling and doing shows. He was kept in a stall and though he got out several times a day, he rarely got to go outside and play and run about in the sun and the dirt and just be a horse. His owners allowed me to have him because they thought he had done a great job and it was time for him to have a different life. He arrived at my farm late October 2014 and spent the first month or so just adjusting to his new lifestyle. I gradually introduced him to being outside for the day in a paddock where he could ru

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 the topic for the most part for the blog for this year. He is what we call in clicker training a cross-over horse, as he was trained with negative reinforcement and is now coming to the world of positive reinforcement, a world without escalating pressure or fear of doing something wrong. This is a huge change for him and it will be, I’m sure, fascinating to watch how he changes. I hope you will follow his journey into the world of clicker training and please do not be afraid to ask questions. The official story will start in the next blog so stay tuned!