natural horsemanship

Myth Monday: \’Clicker Trainers don\’t use Pressure\’

There is a huge misunderstanding about the word \’pressure\’ in the horse world. I hear people who want to start positive reinforcement training but they hesitate: \’How can I start clicker training my horse and don\’t use any pressure? Isn\’t that impossible?\’ Yes, training a horse without pressure is impossible, but let me explain the […]

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Peer pressure at the barn

One of the most underestimated challenges of positive reinforcement training can be… people in your environment. It is a journey The journey to switch from negative reinforcement (most traditional and natural horsemanship methods) to positive reinforcement training (clicker training, on target training) is instructive and beautiful. It is not always a straight, fast or smooth road. It is often a

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What a relief: training horses without \’leadership\’ and \’dominance\’

Positive reinforcement training or clicker training. This was not just \”another method\” to me. To me it was a completely different approach to training horses. I was told, and I believed, that I had to \”dominate\” the horse otherwise he would dominate me, I had to be the \”leader\” to my horse and that horses \”had

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What to do if your horse doesn\’t listen? (A question about Clicker training)

I get that question a lot lately. A horse has to to what the riders asks, is a motto most riders have. Otherwise he is \’testing you\’, \’disobedient\’ , \’disrespecting you\’ or \’he will become the leader\’ and what not. Not my horse! The other day at the barn someone said to me: \”You do

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