People think I have a really \’easy to train\’ horse. They say: \’Kyra is so sweet\’ when they notice that she is always so willing to work with me. Indeed, that is how it looks today. My secret is to set goals and a prepare a step-by-step training plan. To keep me on track, I […]
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Are you running out of ideas what to do with your horse? Especially in winter? I am never out of ideas when I am with Kyra. I always have many suggestions what to work on. How do I do that? Well, I make goals. Long-term goals and I divide those into short-time goals. Then I
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This is one of the best ideas I learned from Pinterest. It is called The Good Things Jar and it said: “Start the year with an empty jar and fill it with notes about good things that happen. On New Years Eve, empty it and see what awesome stuff happened that year.” Since I am really
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Here are 5 reasons NOT to start with clicker training. Take a look and decide for yourself. 1) It takes time to learn a new skill: you need to develop handling new tools (like a clicker, target stick and food) and a whole different approach to training and riding. Like: giving the horse a choice
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Wow, the other day when I was walking my meditation walk in the woods it hit me! There is still something missing in my training own life and I discovered what it was… I was totally surprised. So simple and why didn\’t I recognize this earlier? A few months ago I rediscovered EFT (Emotional Freedom
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Like many other horse owners and riders I also sometimes \”don\’t feel like going to the barn\”, or the feeling \”I don\’t know what to do\” (riding or training). Why is that? My horse is my passion! Sometimes I get this feeling because it feels like I don\’t have a goal in mind to work on.
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Yesterday I received my 500th LIKE on my facebook page I wanted to celebrate that lovely event by making a nice picture of Kyra holding up a flag with the text \”500 FB LIKES\”. She knows how to pick up things and retrieve, so I thought it wouldn\’t be a big problem to make this
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Sometimes I come at the barn and Kyra laughs: Maybe I must not take it personal….. Sandra Poppema
I found a few other pictures with quotes. I like positive reinforcement because it makes you focus on the positive, on all what goes right. And what you focus on, grows. I don\’t have to nag my husband about household chores, I have reinforced him a LOT for doing those things. I even don\’t have
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Sometimes I post pictures with quotes on my Facebook page HippoLogic (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hippologic/530779160349853?ref=br_rs. Maybe it is nice to post them here too (so you guys can pin them easily 😉 ) Sandra Poppema
