Using a shaping plan will help you make your training more effective and less stressful. In positive reinforcement training we need our horse to think about what we want and to make a conscious decision to do it. We don\’t push, pull, force or threaten our horse in the right direction and release the pressure, force […]
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When you start clicker training your horse you might want to start with something fun and measurable. Key Lesson Mat training is an excellent exercise to start clicker training your horse. It\’s a very simple exercise to train and easy to understand for your horse. What does Key Lesson Mat training look like? Your horse
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The Key Lessons are my Key to Success in Equine Positive Reinforcement Training. One of my keys to success is Key Lesson Targeting. In this blog I will share the purpose and benefits of this basic exercise. Watch the videos in this blog. What does Key Lesson Targeting look like The horse learns to touch
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The word \’Patience\’ is between quotation marks because this is not really patience. It is \’just a learned skill\’ that looks like the horse is patient. We often tend to think horses have \’to know by now\’ what we want them to do, but in reality we simply have to teach them. In my business
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The expression \”Training with treats\” is often immediate cause for a lively discussion between people who do and people who don\’t use food reinforcers. Want to watch the video? Scroll to the bottom of this blog! Reasons to Train with Treats There are many reasons to train with treats. I only will state 3 here.
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In April I asked the members of my Happy Herd Facebook group \”What struggle in Horse Training would you like to overcome?\” One of the answers was \”I wish I had a system or list with \”to work on\”-goals for the week\”. Here is how you can create your personal list of training goals that
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Teach your horse to put his nose into the halter himself. Win-win!
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When you start clicker training your horse you might want to start with something fun and exciting. I call my basic clicker exercises \’Key Lessons\’. HippoLogic\’s Key Lessons (Your Key to Success in Positive Reinforcement training) are not basic exercises, they are actual training tools. Important and versatile training tools. In this series I will explain how you can use a
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Not too long ago I wrote a blog about the \’boring basics\’ which appeared not to be boring at all! I realized that some equestrians maybe still consider basic exercises as \’exercises\’ or \’basic\’ while they can be so much more. I consider HippoLogic\’s Key Lessons (Your Key to Success in Positive Reinforcement training) not basic
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In this series I will explain how you can turn basic exercises into valuable training tools, HippoLogic\’s Key Lessons (Your Key to Success in Positive Reinforcement Training)
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