Today\’s WordPress photo challenge is Ooh Shiny! Diversions, distractions, and delightful detours. What always distracts you? What can\’t you resist not looking at? What is your \’Ooh, Shiny!\’? Mine is \’horse\’. It doesn\’t matter if they are in a pasture next to the highway or printed on a bag in a shop somewhere. I always […]
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In this series I will keep you posted about the young horse I am training in order to prepare her for the next farrier visit. I will call her A. in this blog. A was scared to let people touch her legs, especially her hind legs. She kicked out whenever she felt something touching them.
I promised to keep you updated on our clicker training sessions. We had another session since my last post. Progress might seem slow, but I know from over a decade of clicker training horses that slow is the way to go.
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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
This weeks WordPress Photo Challenge is called Mirror and is all about reflections. Expressions and quotes The horse is your mirror, It will never flatter you, It reflects your temperament, It also reflects your mood swings. To be angry with your horse, Is to be angry with yourself. If you are fearful, a horse will back
This is the picture that came to mind when I read this weeks topic of the WordPress Photo Challenge: Have a nice weekend everyone! 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 blog with Bloglovin
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The real name of this WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is \’Curve\’. When I think of horses and curves I think of all baroque horse breeds. Baroque horses Wikipedia tells us what baroque horses are: \”The term baroque horse describes a group of horse breeds, usually descended from and retaining the distinctive characteristics of a particular
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The photo challenge from April 1st was Landscape in my mind I was immediately searching for a landscape picture with horses… I remembered the vacation in the UK in Exmoor where we saw Exmoor ponies in the wild. Their coat is a really good camouflaged in the ferns that are growing on the Moors. In the background you can
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For me the clicker represents force-free horse training, friendship, fun and life time of learning. Let me explain.
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In response to WP photo challenge with the theme \’Time\’. How to forget time: Go to the barn and spent time with my horse. ZEN. Sandra Poppema For tailored advise, please visit my website Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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Last weeks theme of the WordPress challenge was \’Optimistic\’. How do I express my optimism in a picture when it comes to horses? This picture came to mind. It is taken on a moorland called Dartmoor in Devon, England. This foal is a Dartmoor pony and his mom and the rest of the herd were patiently waiting and watching it
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