In clicker training you use the clicker to teach new behaviours and every once in a while to confirm established behaviours. Let your click always be followed by a reward, even if your timing was wrong. That’s ‘part of the deal’. The receiver, the horse, determines the reward. Not the trainer. We can reward our …
People think I have a really ‘easy to train’ horse. They say: ‘Kyra is so sweet’ when they notice that she is always so willing to work with me. Indeed, that is how it looks today. My secret is to set goals and a prepare a step-by-step training plan. To keep me on track, I …
This is one of the best ideas I learned from Pinterest in 2014. I found it on a website meant for Moms. Since I live in Canada, I am now officially a “Horse Mom” **), so I tried it out. This year I started in September, but next year I will start on January 1st. …
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Kyra en ik hebben samen ontzettend veel bereikt deze tweede maand. Het is zo leuk om een trainingsdagboek bij te houden. Daardoor kun je elke ontwikkeling nalezen en heb je (ik wel!) eigenlijk altijd een tevreden gevoel over de voortgang. Ik had vooraf helemaal niet gedacht dat ik de vorderingen die ik in de eerste …
