Photo challenge: Gathering
Like people, horses like to gather around the food on a party. This is lunch on Sunday: hang around and socialize. Weekly Photo Challenge Sandra Poppema Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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Key Lesson: \’Patience\’
Teaching your horse to be calm and relaxed is a valuable exercise that\’s worth putting some training time in. Here is how you can train your horse to be patient.
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Key lesson: Mat training
In the series about the Key Lessons (the key to success in clicker training|) this is Key Lesson \’mat training\’.
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Key lesson: targeting
In my previous post I talked about the key lessons safe behaviour around food , equine emotions during training, head lowering & backing. Another key lesson I want to encourage all clicker trainers to teach their horse is \’targeting\’. Targeting In targeting you ask your horse to touch a target with a body part. You start this
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Eye
In response to the WP Weekly Photo Challenge. Today\’s topic is \”Eye\”. I have made many eye pictures of horses over the years. I find it very difficult to photograph them in an appealing way. Here are my best shots. I like this one because of the light. I like this one because of the
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Key Lessons: Head Lowering & Backing
In my previous post I talked about the key lessons safe behaviour around food and taking the horses\’ emotions into account during training. Today\’s two key lessons are natural behaviours and therefor easy to put on cue: head lowering and backing. Head lowering as key lesson Although it is not proven that lowering the head calms
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Key lesson: Horse, stay in learning mode [emotions in training]
In my last post I wrote about the importance of teaching horses safe behaviour around food and food rewards. Another key lesson that helps keep training safe and fun for all parties is managing the emotional state of mind of the horse during training. You want the horse to use his mind and stay in his learning
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Key Lesson \’Table Manners for Horses\’: stop mugging and pushy behaviours in clicker training
Teach your horse manners to stop mugging, biting, grabbing the treat and being pushy around food and treats in training. The key lesson \’Table Manners for horses\’ increases safety and it provides clarity. Use this exercise to prevent and stop frustration and undesired behaviours in your horse. Table Manners is one of 6 Key Lessons
Weekly Photo Challenge: Trio
In response to the weekly photo challenge \’Trio\’ I selected two pictures I took in 2009. In December 2009 Kyra shared a paddock with another mare Mees and a gelding named Ziggy. They made a lovely trio. Kyra was 1,5 years old, the other horses where 2,5 years old. They had their own happy
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed
Today I made a picture of me and Kyra while I was making a video of our training for my online clicker training course. Kyra is always curious if I bring my camera. The photo perfectly fits the theme Shadowed. Sandra Poppema Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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