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Overweight horses

Slow or Sluggish horses

Recovering laminitis horses

30-day Kickstart Exercise program for Recovering Laminitis Horses

Your non-ridden horse is overweight, slow or sluggish to respond or recovering from laminitis.
You want him to get fit without whips or sticks, and you can’t ride… This is for you!

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Get your horse interested and eager to move
Turning reluctant horses into a forward, happy athletes using positive reinforcement
Kickstart your horse’s fitness

Get your name on the list to receive early bird pricing when group cohort opens

Start April, 2027

During Winter 2026 this program is also offered as a 1:1 for those who need to start ASAP.

The 30-Day Kickstart Exercise program for Recovering Laminitis Horses is designed for

Recovering laminitis horses
Non-ridden horses of any age, especially if they are reluctant to move
Overweight but healthy horses that need to get fit
Arena sour horses and horses that hate their exercises

What you’ll learn in the 30-Day Kickstart Exercise program for Recovering Laminitis Horses:

How to start exercising if your horse is completely out of shape when he’s recovering from laminitis or lameness
To create a tailored exercise regime for your horse that fits your lifestyle
To transition your horse to (more) positive reinforcement and help your horse enjoying his movement training without using unhealthy treats
How to get from honouring your horse’s NO to voluntary YES from your horse

START today!

What Our Students Have to Say

‘My overweight horse now loves to move’

I joined the R+ for overweight horses course because I got a new, very fat horse. Because he did not know R+, I joined with my other, a bit fat, horse that already knew R+.

He and I grew up with R- and have been working with R+ for a year now. I did not want to do join up anymore, but I did not know how to exercise him on the ground with R+. This course was a gamechanger for me.

I knew what R+ was and how horses learn. But the fundamentals of R+, you first have to have a behaviour to reinforce it and put a cue on it- became totally clear during these 2 intensive weeks.

This made a total change from ‘horse can only walk when I say so’ to ‘horse likes to walk and initiates it himself (and that is totally fine!!)’. He changed from a horse that did not do a step by himself to a horse that, in 2 weeks, made a whole ‘circle’ around a rectangle of cones, and even took a first initiative to trot.
I would recommend this course, not only for the fat horses, but for all horses!

Loes KuiperFrom The Netherlands

A fascinating and creative teacher. She was great help in helping me and my horse achieve our goals. Concise, clear and funny!

Noche Miller~ Horse Whorls

‘I achieved my goals with Sandra’

START here!

I have done the the Assessment for Positive Reinforcement for Horse Training over Zoom and it was so much more than what I expected.
For one it was fun to do!

But it was also deeply enlightening and it really made me think about my relationship with my horse and my plans for going forward. And I came away very motivated.

Thank you so much!

Aafke BrouwerFrom USA

‘So much more than what I expected! ‘

‘It was so inspiring and fun to share thoughts with someone that’s been doing clicker training for so long.’

A fascinating and creative teacher. She was great help in helping me and my horse achieve our goals. Concise, clear and funny!

Had a one och one training assessment and it was really interesting and helpful. It felt as if Sandra really cared about me and the problems I have in training, and helped me understanding what I do good and where I need to get better.

It was also inspiring and fun to be able to share thoughts with someone that’s been doing clicker training for so long. It really helped me identify where I need to go next.

Kim PerssonClient

‘I had a really empowering session’

I had a really empowering online coaching from Sandra, helping me put my problems in perspective. Now Iliana and I are really focusing on not grabbing for food wherever she goes, and with baby steps we are getting there. Lots of other things to train too, but one thing at a time I think.
Thank you, Sandra, you are an inspiration!

Patricia ElkinsFrom Spain

Sandra is very knowledgeable and communicates in clear language both novice and experienced horse people can identify with.

She sincerely celebrates your successes and is willing to answer all your questions with an open mind and helps us to ask those questions we thought were not relevant.
She is always learning and shares that with others. Sandra is a great coach and communicator.

ClientFrom UK

‘Sandra is very knowledgeable’

Why it’s important to focus on the Relationship with Your Horse

The better you understand your horse, the better you can make his life. When your horse feels understood and listened to, he’ll trust and love you more.

Clicker training is an invaluable tool in clear and horse-friendly training. It’s the most useful training tool I found in 40+ years of training horses. You can develop a clear two-way communication with your horse, that really builds trust and creates mutual understanding.

I believe having clear communication that honours the horse’s spirit and leaves his character intact, contributes to the safety of both horses and humans in their daily interactions and training & riding.

“Put the R of Relationship first, so that you can get the R of Results in your Training”
~ Sandra Poppema

Sandra Poppema and her formerly wild horse Kyra

Sandra Poppema, BSc
Founder of HippoLogic Clicker Training Academy

Develop your Horse Training & Communication Skills

Our focus is always on deepening the communication with our horses so we can make training and interacting a win-win! We listen to our horses! We will teach you how.

In the HippoLogic Clicker Training Academy you have access to many online Clicker Training courses for self study.

In our Facebook group you can ask questions, show your training videos for fun or tailored feedback and share your success in training. Connect with like-minded horse lovers!

In our weekly live Zoom Group Coaching Classes you’ll get personal coaching from Sandra in our group.

Get The Next Step whenever You’re Ready

When you join us you’ll be introduced to HippoLogic’s proven clicker training system, the Key Lessons (your Key to Success in Equine Clicker Training).

Under Sandra’s professional guidance you can learn at your own pace, so you won’t get stuck in overwhelm.

Each month you can participate in a fun Clicker Challenge to test your skills and implement your knowledge!

When you have a specific dream that you want to accomplish with your horse, Sandra helps you design your personal training plan and offers you accountability and support for as long as you desire.

New courses are offered on demand of our members, so it’s important to let Sandra know what you’re specific interests are!

My Philosophy

Using positive reinforcement to communicate with horses, has many advantages:
– It’s a clear two-way communication that makes the horse feels loved, heard and important
– You can avoid frustration by arranging your training set up and because you can detect it in early stages
– It helps empower horses and helps them overcome traumas, make them confident and trust their trainers.
– It helps overcome traumas and fear in horses.

I believe that:
·        We don’t have to coerce horses into doing things for us
·        In order to have a good relationship with your horse you need 3 things: a clear two-way communication system, listen to each other and accommodate each others needs and trust. Therefor my HippoLogic training system is based on these 3 pillars. Positive reinforcement training is based on listening to your learner and accommodate your horse in his learning process so that we can make this a win-win
·         Too much negative reinforcement, the use of punishment or badly applied positive reinforcement can stand in the way of having a happy horse that loves to be with you
·         Every horse person can learn to use positive reinforcement in a constructive way that contributes to the horse-human relation(friend)ship
·         We can all use support from each other in our learning process, that’s why I founded two online clicker training communities (my free Facebook group and the HippoLogic Clicker Training Academy).
·         Clicker training can become main stream. I’ve seen this approach become more and more well known since I came in contact with it in 1999. You can help by clicker training your horse so others will see how well this works. Did you know that B.F. Skinner has discovered the learning quadrant when he was a professor at Harvard (1958-1974) and that he wrote his most influential book Schedules of Reinforcement in 1957.