Horse training advice and training tips to improve your skills.
Do you struggle implementing (more) clicker training into your daily interaction, riding and training your horse? Would you like to use positive reinforcement in more areas of the relationship with your horse and don’t know how to do this? Do you feel uncomfortable because you’re the only odd one at the barn who uses clicker …
This month Horse Rookie published another article that I’ve written for them. It’s a shaping plan to train your horse to respond to his name so that you can get him out of the pasture effortlessly. Why teach it The better question might be, why not teach it?! It’s fun to have a horse that responds …
Step-by-step Guide to Teach Your Horse to Come When Called Read More »
We all get frustrated in training or riding our horses. That’s a given. Horses can also get frustrated if their expectations about their training or the consequences of their actions (release of pressure or receiving a treat) are not being met. What can you do to prevent frustration and what if you are already frustrated …
5 Tips for dealing with Frustration in Horse Training Read More »
Sometimes people think positive reinforcement doesn’t fit into a system because this training method is horse-centered. They figure since every horse and every situation is different, it’s impossible to create a system. You know what? It’s true that every horse, every training and every trainer is different. If you focus on what every training, every …
I did a little research and asked positive reinforcement trainers ‘What is your biggest struggle or concern?’ Why are not more people into clicker training their horses? Here are some answers I got. Why horse people don’t use R+ according to clicker trainers “I find the biggest hurdle is the food. It is so ingrained …
