Happy New Year
Thank you so much for following and sharing my blog in 2016! Hope to keep in touch in 2017! I wish everybody a Happy, Healthy New Year with lots of fun equestrian hours! Sandra Poppema, HippoLogic
Positive Reinforcement (+R)
Equine Clicker Training, reward-based training, ethical training, treat training, positive horsemanship
Relax!
This weeks photo challenge is called Relax Horses need to lie down in order to get their REM sleep. This is dozing, if they really sleep they lay flat on their side. Sandra Poppema Are you interested in online personal coaching, please visit my website or send me an email with your question to info@clickertraining.ca Follow my
How to use a training logbook for your horse
A training diary can be a valuable tool in achieving your training goals if you know how. A logbook is not \’just a diary\’ where you describe what you did that day. In order to get the most out of your training diary keep these tips in mind.
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Click with your Horse
Since I was a little girl, I was fascinated by horses. Every year on my birthday and every Christmas I asked for a pony. I dreamt about riding and training horses at liberty. Of course in these fantasies the horse and I were one. We could communicate in a way that the horse would do
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6 Reasons Why Clicker Training Doesn\’t Work (and What You Can Do About It)
The first thought that comes to my mind when a person tells me \’Clicker training doesn\’t work for my horse\’ is \’Why not? Is he sleeping?\’ Just kidding. (Klik hier voor de Nederlandse versie van dit artikel). Listen to this blog on YouTube: Horses can be trained either by using an aversive to reinforce behaviour (negative reinforcement, -R) or using
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More about Mat Training
One of the key lessons in my positive reinforcement course is mat training. In mat training you teach your horse to stand on a mat with the two front feet. Once your horse knows what is expected of him, you can turn this exercise into a powerful tool to teach new behaviours. Applying Mat Training Once your horse is
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Power of a Bridge Signal in Horse Training
Recently I have received the same question from several people. Why do you need a clicker when you could just use your voice as a bridging signal? What are the advantages of a clicker? Why a bridging signal is needed If you want to reinforce certain behaviour one has to reward the horse at the
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The horse that changed my life
Which horse changed your life? Was it a challenging horse? I bet he wasn\’t cooperative all the time, was he? The horses that changed my life were \’stubborn\’, \’difficult\’, \’dangerous\’ or \’challenging\’. Some horses had \’character\’ according to the salesperson, which usually meant that they are not very cooperative. \’Stubborn\’, \’difficult\’ or \’dangerous\’ What does a horse have to
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How to change emotions in your horse during training
Sometimes a horse shows undesired emotions during training, like biting, mugging, signs of frustration or even aggression. What can you do to change it? My mentor always told me it is foolish to keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results. How do you break this circle? Change the setup
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