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Tips to start Clicker Training
How to solve mugging behaviour or rude behaviours like running into you or knocking over the wheelbarrow in order to demand a treat. How can we teach a horse to ‘respect our personal space’?How can we give our horses clarity when we just start so that they know exactly when to expect clicks and treats …
Leg Lifting (how and what), Crunches (abs for horses) and Table Manners (safe behaviour around food and treats)
Some common struggles most of us has encountered (or maybe will be with another horse): Leg lifting and Table Manners. Especially Key Lesson Table Manners will come back over and over. If it’s not when hand feeding in training, it can be handy to train your horse to stay at bay until you’ve served the …
Resource Guarding behaviour, pinned ears while feeding
What to do if your horse is guarding his resources and pins his ears after the click, when he’s about to get food. That’s the main topic in this session.
Building confidence outside the premises
We talk about using your Positive Reinforcement ‘Toolbox’ when you take a horse off premises. How can you build confidence on the way, even without sufficient treats. These are the strategies we discuss and how you can use them, taking your horse off premises calmly and how to keep his mind in Learning Mode Key …
Coping with the Loss of your Horse
This session was dedicated to the topic of coping with the loss of our beloved horse. I started the recording in the middle of the conversation about this very sensitive and emotional topic (hence my nervous smile at the start). If this topic makes you emotional, please reach out to me personally. Send me a …
Calming your horse down in stressful situations or surroundings
In this coaching session Andrea and I talk about strategies to calm Tangerine (her ex-race horse who has had a harsh life before ending up with Andrea) down when she’s stabled.Please post your suggestions and/or strategies in similar situations below (in the comments) so we can keep on learning.Thanks and enjoy! The stable Here are …
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About blanketing (Y/N/When), leading your horse, Friendship and how it impacts the results
In this session we talk about blanketing. When is it appropriate and should we do it (why or why not)?We also talk about leading your horse and how R+ influences the experience of the horse.And we talk about how Relationship (Friendship!) and positive reinforcement effects the amazing things (Results) that can happen. Enjoy! Post your …
Green Level Challenge Tips (Nov), Being the Odd one at the Barn and R+ training other people’s horses
We start talking about the HCC (HippoLogic Clicker Training) November. Lucy and Magic aim for Purple and Green levels. We talk about how to build the Green level in steps. Lucy and I had a lovely discussion about training other people’s horses with R+ without permission. It’s actually weird to worry about, because when we …
Choices: what if your horse doesn’t want a blanket? & Dealing with the concern of rain rot
Do we need to give our horses a choice when it comes to blanketing? How can we tell a horse doesn’t want a rug on? How can we make this better for the horse, that’s what we’re discussing in this session.If the horse doesn’t want a rug, how do we deal with our own concerns …
Training R+ in an R- environment & Importance of having your R+ tribe
In this Group Coaching session we talked about how you can adjust your R- environment (for instance if you’re not allowed to train at liberty) so that it will work for R+ training.We also discussed the importance of having a R+ community and ideally someone in real life (at least ONE person) to support you, …
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Red level November
Red Challenge: Props: a cone Behaviours: Key Lesson Table Manners, Key Lesson Mat Training, Stand/Park/Whoa, Respond to name Horse stands still (no props allowed) Handler walks forward (not backing/ facing the horse) away from her horse Handler stops at 6 m/20 ft, turns around (now facing her horse), wait for 3 seconds Handler calls horse …
Blue level November
Props: no props Behaviours: Key Lesson Table Manners, Key Lesson Patience, Stand/Whoa/Park, Walk, Respond to name BLUE Level: Horse stands still (no props allowed) Handler walks away, minimal 3 m/ 10 ft. Handler may walk away from her horse backing or face forward. Horse must keep all hooves on the ground (Standing still) Handler stops …
Green level November
Horse stands on a mat with 2 front feet Handler walks away, minimal 2 m/ 6,5 ft. Handler may walk away from her horse backing or face forward. Horse must keep all hooves on the ground (Standing still) while Handler walks away Handler stops and stands still for 1 seconds facing horse (horse must stay …
Purple Level November
Purple level: this level is about training one or more of the 6 Key Lesson(s) on which the HippoLogic Clicker Challenge is based on. Key Lessons are exercises that always come back and are the foundation of all successful training. For the November Challenge you’ll need Key Lesson 1 and 4 as preparation to go …
Splitting goal behaviour (Shaping Plan) and dealing with aggression (threatening & kicking) horses
How can you start taking your goal behaviour apart (splitting behaviour) the easy way so that you can write a proper Shaping Plan (Key Lessons for Trainers). We also talk about dealing with aggressive behaviour: How can you avoid escalation, keep yourself and your horse save while building trust so that the aggression (threatening to …
Following a moving target, Oral meds, Shaping Plans, Mat training and more
Today’s Coaching Call was so amazing! If you weren’t there, you want to watch this one! Keep pen and paper at hand because you’ll hear some things that you might want to write down. As you know (I’m saying this all the time) writing down things (even when you’ll never read it back) will help …
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