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 steps with […]
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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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Clicker training your horse can be difficult and confusion. The Key to Success is writing a shaping plan. A shaping plan is a written manual to train a behaviour from scratch. In shaping the trainer splits the goal behaviour into easy achievable steps for the horse. Then you rehearse and reinforced each step, until your
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Teaching your horse to be calm and relaxed is a valuable exercise that\’s worth putting some training time in. Here is how you can train your horse to be patient.
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In my previous post I talked about the key lessons safe behaviour around food and taking the horses\’ emotions into account during training. Today\’s two key lessons are natural behaviours and therefor easy to put on cue: head lowering and backing. Head lowering as key lesson Although it is not proven that lowering the head calms
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In my last post I wrote about the importance of teaching horses safe behaviour around food and food rewards. Another key lesson that helps keep training safe and fun for all parties is managing the emotional state of mind of the horse during training. You want the horse to use his mind and stay in his learning
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