For the weekly Photo Challenge I chose this picture. This is what me inspires every day: Connecting with a horse. From heart to heart. This picture of me and a wild Dartmoor foal was taken in a moorland called Dartmoor in Devon, England. This moment was very special, because he was deciding if he could trust me. He showed […]
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The Weekly Photo Challenge of WordPress is Close Up. Every Friday there is a new theme. I liked this one, so I made a picture of Kyra\’s eye because I am fascinated by the blue edging in her brown eye. Next time you come close to a horse, take a good look and see if that horse has a
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The Weekly Photo Challenge of WordPress is Close Up. Every Friday there is a new theme. I liked this one, so I made a picture of Kyra\’s eye because I am fascinated by the blue edging in her brown eye. Next time you come close to a horse, take a good look and see if that horse has a
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Mat training is one of the Key Lessons, the basics for success in clicker training. In the beginning the goal of mat training is to teach your horse to \”stand on the mat\”. Then you click and reward. Simple. But, do you know you can also use \”standing on the mat\” as a reinforcer for another behaviour? Make standing
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In another blog I gave tips for riders who are visual learners. If your learning style is more kinesthetic/tactile you may benefit by practising the test by \’riding\’ it. You can practise without your horse. Kinesthetic/tactile learners You can learn the test by \’riding\’ it by yourself to get the feel. Make a little arena by printing the
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Memorizing a dressage test can be difficult. You can read the test over and over, but if you\’re a \’visual learner\’ it helps to \’see\’ the test. In that case a dressage-test-board can help you. With a dressage-test-board you can \’ride\’ the test on the board and make the exercises visual. I used to practise my tests
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I like to think about the future and I like making plans for me and my horse! I like to think about what I would like to achieve with Kyra. What would it feel like if we accomplish it? Here are 5 good reasons to make a planning to help you make your equestrian dreams come true. 1-
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If you scroll to the topics on my blog you might have noticed that I am writing a lot about planning and journaling. The reason is, that it helps me a lot in training my horse efficiently and therefor I reach my goals. Which I like! Often I reach them even sooner than I expect and that works
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A friend gave Kyra to me in 2009. I kept a training journal and a year later I started this blog to keep up with our training results. Here is a translation of the original blog I posted in 2010. It is a summary of the first three weeks we were together. I used clicker training
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If you are serious about making your equestrian dreams come true in the future start planning it today. Make it easy for yourself and start really easy if you are not yet in the habit of writing your equestrian goals down. It can be scary to make a training plan for a whole year or multiple year.
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