Advanced Clicker Training

When you master the Key Lessons it is time to move onto the next stage and train more complex behaviours or change equine emotions in training

New Uses for \’Old\’ Tools in Clicker Training, part I

When I started clicker training I thought it was a pretty simple and forward concept: \’You bridge (click) the wanted behaviour and give the horse a treat. Make sure your timing is right. That\’s all you need to know.\’ Bridging and getting your timing right are both very important and it was an excellent start. I have […]

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How to turn \”Standing on a mat\” into a reward for your horse

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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10 Tools that changed my Training Approach (IV)

What is so powerful about clicker training? What tools are used and how can they change your training approach? In this series I am talking about 10 of my favourite tools for training horses and how they changed my training approach to a much more horse friendly way of training. You can read about Training tools # 1

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Best Basics: take targeting to the next level

Of the seven key lessons in clicker training  \’targeting\’ is my favourite at the moment. I love targeting so much because it is inexpressibly versatile and I am excited because I just discovered new possibilities of this game myself. What is targeting In targeting you ask you horse to touch a target with a body part.

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