Horse training advice and training tips to improve your skills.
Many horse owners and riders, me included, started out one point in time using appetitive reinforcers to train our horses. Reinforcers our learner likes to receive. It doesn\’t matter if we use positive reinforcement for trick training or more \’serious\’ behaviours like standing for the farrier. Fact is, not everyone is successful in teaching their […]
4 Tips to improve your Horse Training Skills Read More »
Said someone once to me. I didn\’t say anything, but my body screamed: \’Yes, there is….\’ Although I couldn\’t explain in words why I felt that way, now I do. Since it was hard to catch it in words, it is a long explanation, so please get seated. When I talk about horse training, I
\”There is nothing wrong with Negative Reinforcement applied properly\” Read More »
You would think that if one knows better, they will do better. Right? I think it is a bit more complicated than that. Here is why. Natural horsemanship (NH) and traditional horse training are based on negative reinforcement. Negatieve reinforcement is strengthening behaviour by taking away an aversive (= something unpleasant). Pressure-release is an example
Why are NH and traditional horse training methods still popular? This is why Read More »
Last week I took my notebook and I sat in Kyra\’s paddock to meditate. It was really relaxing and suddenly I thought of some brilliant additions to add to my horse training plan for 2018. I am always on the look out for good ideas about planning or training animals. This time I found it
How to Start Setting Your Goals and Achieve them in 2018! Read More »
How to deal with problem horses? Where to find help? What\’s the best way to deal with it?
Solutions for Dealing with so called \’Problem Horses\’ Read More »
I loved horses as long as I can remember and according to my mom I saw horses everywhere. After years of asking my parents for a pony and riding lessons, I got riding lessons. I found a free lease pony just a block away. In the city! wasn\’t that a wonderful coincidence that the only
Questions that may change the way you think about Horse Training Read More »
The other day I was reading back in my training journal. I was in a bit of a rut and I realized how important my journal really is and what it brings me. I have accomplished more in horse training in the past 8 years, thanks to the use of my journal, than in the
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Personally I think trust is one of the most important values in a horse-human relationship. Without a foundation of trust you don\’t have much to built a good relationship on. It\’s easier to love someone you trust, than someone you don\’t. That \’someone\’ can be a human as well as an animal. If you trust
Important values in the horse-human relationship: Trust Read More »
When I started horse riding I started like all novice riders. My instructor taught me The Basics. I learned how to adjust the stirrup leathers and get in the saddle, to sit straight and what I had to do to transition from a halt to a walk and how to turn. Later on I learned
What is so exciting about the boring \’basics\’ in horse training? Read More »
In December 2016 I started to offer an online course about Equestrian Goal setting. It\’s one of my fun projects and my students really liked it. What is your goal? I enjoy helping other enthusiastic equestrians with splitting their goals into achievable steps. It has been so rewarding for me to see people achieve their own goals
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