What do you do after a stressful day: are you going to ride or not? Enjoy my video. Sandra Poppema Are you interested in online personal coaching, please visit my website or send me an email with your question to info@clickertraining.ca Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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In a study done in Norway researchers taught 23 horses to communicate to their trainers if they wanted blankets (rugs) \’put on\’, \’taken off\’ or \’unchanged\’. The horses were taught 3 different symbols to express their choice. If they chose \’unchanged\’ they kept their blankets on if they wore one and didn\’t get one on if they
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Only recently I heard about this persistent myth. It is a myth that is frequently shared amongst dog trainers and in the marine mammal world. The idea behind this myth is that predators are used to \’working hard\’ in order to get food while prey animals (herbivores), like horses, don\’t have to work for their food. \’The most valuable thing
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This is the picture that came to mind when I read this weeks topic of the WordPress Photo Challenge: Have a nice weekend everyone! Sandra Poppema Are you interested in online personal coaching, please visit my website or send me an email with your question to info@clickertraining.ca Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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Mat training is one of my key lessons in positive reinforcement training. It is a very versatile exercise and a good base for more advanced exercises. Standing on a mat Standing on a simple puzzle mat is a fun exercise to teach your horse. The goal is simple: the horse has to stand with his two
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Recently I started training the rescue horses at the BC SPCA. I was asked to help (re)train the horses with positive reinforcement, since that is my specialty. Would my training benefit the rehabilitated horses in terms of welfare? Is negative reinforcement training better in terms of welfare or is a horse better off with positive reinforcement training? I found
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How do you start positive reinforcement training with a horse that is already trained with negative reinforcement (traditional or natural horsemanship training)? Start with a \’clean slate\’ I would suggest start with some exercises that are totally new to the horse. Choose exercises (and cues) the horse doesn\’t know yet. You should make sure it is a new
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Can you teach your horse everything he needs to know without using pressure in an aversive way, pain or threats? Can we really get rid of our spurs, tight nose bands, crops, training sticks, whips, martingales and other \’aids\’. Yes, you can! You can teach a horse something with adding an appetitive (something the horse
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Clicker training or positive reinforcement is based on a simple concept: adding something the learner wants (an \’appetitive\’) in order to strengthen a behaviour. What can possibly go wrong with a simpel concept of noticing (a tiny step towards) the desired behaviour – mark the behaviour (\’click\’) and reinforce (strengthen) it by giving the learner something pleasurable? Theory versus
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The real name of this WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is \’Curve\’. When I think of horses and curves I think of all baroque horse breeds. Baroque horses Wikipedia tells us what baroque horses are: \”The term baroque horse describes a group of horse breeds, usually descended from and retaining the distinctive characteristics of a particular
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