How to … Keep-going
Keep-going signals can be very useful to build duration in behaviour, it can help prevent frustration and it can encourage the animal to keep doing what he is doing.
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Positive Reinforcement (+R)
Equine Clicker Training, reward-based training, ethical training, treat training, positive horsemanship
Clicker Training 101: Introducing the Clicker
How do you start with Clicker Training? It\’s easy. Here are some tips for a successful start.
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6 Tips to bond with your horse
In order to bond with your horse you don\’t need magic, like this recipe. I believe that everyone who is dedicated tho their horse can develop a heart-to-heart connection with their horse. You don\’t have to have a lot of talent. #1 Spent time with your horse The more time you spend, the better you
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Recipe for a Magical Bond
Have you ever seen people that seems to have a magical bond with their horse? I mean riders who can ride their horse without using visible reins or leg aids or even ride their horses around without bridle and saddle. Owners who can calm down their horse even in extreme situations, like when they are badly hurt or panicking. Horses
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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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Kyra\’s training journal: summary month 1
A friend gave Kyra to me in 2009. I kept a training journal and  a year later I started this blog to keep up with our training results. Here is a translation of the original blog I posted in 2010. It is a summary of the first three weeks we were together. I used clicker training
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Keeping an open mind is a challenge
Of course we all think we are open minded, right? At least I love to think that I am open to new approaches and ideas. But when it comes to horse training I noticed that it can be a real challenge to keep the mind open. One of the challenges I took on a few years ago
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Summer time: Training plan for crossing water
Here are just a few ideas to teach your horse to cross water. After all: Summer starts this weekend and if you love trail riding or Horse Agility you might come across water. Goal How you start depends on how your horse feels about water, his experience with previous water crossings (previous owners might have
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10 Tools that changed my Training Approach (V)
This is the final part of this series where I talk about the tools I have learned to use since I started using clicker training. I didn\’t use them all right away and I use more than these ten I write about here. I hope they may inspire you to try something new. Click to read part
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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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