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3 Tips to Succeed Clicker Training your Horse
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 …
Step-by-step Guide to Teach Your Horse to Come When Called
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 …
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5 Tips for dealing with Frustration in Horse Training
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 …
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5 Benefits of having a System in your Training
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 …