Equine Clicker Training, reward-based training, ethical training, treat training, positive horsemanship
There are many ways to built on \’duration\’ in behaviours you train with positive reinforcement. I will give an example of building duration in stationary behaviours and building duration in moving behaviours. General Training Tips Set your horse and yourself up for success: Make sure the horse understands the goal behaviour before adding the criterion […]
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When you start clicker training your horse you might want to start with something fun and measurable. Key Lesson Mat training is an excellent exercise to start clicker training your horse. It\’s a very simple exercise to train and easy to understand for your horse. What does Key Lesson Mat training look like? Your horse
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The Key Lessons are my Key to Success in Equine Positive Reinforcement Training. One of my keys to success is Key Lesson Targeting. In this blog I will share the purpose and benefits of this basic exercise. Watch the videos in this blog. What does Key Lesson Targeting look like The horse learns to touch
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Teach your horse to put his nose into the halter himself. Win-win!
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When you start clicker training your horse you might want to start with something fun and exciting. I call my basic clicker exercises \’Key Lessons\’. HippoLogic\’s Key Lessons (Your Key to Success in Positive Reinforcement training) are not basic exercises, they are actual training tools. Important and versatile training tools. In this series I will explain how you can use a
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Not too long ago I wrote a blog about the \’boring basics\’ which appeared not to be boring at all! I realized that some equestrians maybe still consider basic exercises as \’exercises\’ or \’basic\’ while they can be so much more. I consider HippoLogic\’s Key Lessons (Your Key to Success in Positive Reinforcement training) not basic
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In this series I will explain how you can turn basic exercises into valuable training tools, HippoLogic\’s Key Lessons (Your Key to Success in Positive Reinforcement Training)
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Here are some barn hacks that will make your life easier at the barn in winter. This winter is one of the coldest in Vancouver, BC, Canada since decades. We had a lot of snow too. Not the nicest weather to work in if you work at a barn. #1 The joy of using de-icers
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I would love to see every horse owner that wants to improve his or her skills to use a training logbook. It\’s a tool that is very underestimated. Try it for a month and let me know what you\’ve learned!
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When I was a little girl learned quickly that I couldn\’t boss around certain horses. I also learned that I liked it much better when I didn\’t have to. A few decades ago I learned about positive reinforcement (+R) training and now, 17 years later I can truly say +R has become more of a
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