I am reading a very interesting book. It is called Before Happiness and is written by Shawn Achor. You can look it up if you want. In this book you can find ways to improve your succes rate. The thing I like most is that I have already been using a lot of these strategies in my […]
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Sometimes a horse shows undesired emotions during training, like biting, mugging, signs of frustration or even aggression. What can you do to change it? My mentor always told me it is foolish to keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results. How do you break this circle? Change the setup
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This weeks WordPress Photo Challenge is called Mirror and is all about reflections. Expressions and quotes The horse is your mirror, It will never flatter you, It reflects your temperament, It also reflects your mood swings. To be angry with your horse, Is to be angry with yourself. If you are fearful, a horse will back
Years ago deworming meant stress for me and my first pony. Sholto was not really hard to deworm, but I had to be cautious. He could move his head down in a split second and sometimes that meant that I pinched the syringe in his palate. Or, I emptied the syringe while he was moving
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I see a lot of people who are struggling with riding or training their horse. For example, they would love to ride a certain discipline, let\’s say dressage, but their horse \’doesn\’t like it\’. Would you like to change that if you could? If the answer is yes, keep on reading, if your answer is no, I am curious why not. Motivation
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Sometimes previous training benefits you in situations you never could have expected. So can trick training. Many tricks may seem useless when you train them, however they can benefit you in surprising ways. Here are some examples.
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The statement that a horse only works for \’the treat\’ and \’not for you\’ is one that I have heard many times. In fact this is one of the most common arguments used by people who use negative reinforcement to train their horses.  What motivates the horse: you or the food I also prefer to think in terms of \’motivation\’
In a previous post a while ago I talked about How to start clicker training: introducing the clicker. Once your horse knows the click means a reward is on it\’s way, you can start clicking for specific behaviours. Targeting The next lesson can be targeting. In targeting you ask the horse to touch an object with
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Who hasn\’t heard the statement that \’if you train with treats (like in positive reinforcement), your horse doesn\’t respect you, he will do it only for the food and not for you\’. This is an interesting myth to debunk because there is so much to it. \’Training with treats\’ Not everyone who \’trains with treats\’ is
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It was 1999 when I heard about clicker training for horses. I knew dolphins were trained with a whistle and fish to reward them, but that was about everything I knew. Â I decided to try it out with my 21 year old pony Sholto. I learned about learning theory during my study Animal Management, but
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