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What Clicker-Trained Horses Learn in Kindergarten
In 1988 Robert Fulghum wrote his book: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. So what do our clicker-trained horses learn...
Aug 11, 20141 min read


Use Clicker Training to Making Doctoring Your Horse Easier
When you live every day with clicker trained horses you often forget just how easy it makes all the day-to-day and emergency procedures...
Jul 9, 20141 min read


Spray Away
I hope you enjoyed my article in the July/August issue of Horse-Canada called “Make fly spray application a breeze” about using clicker...
Jun 23, 20145 min read


Working and Playing Together
It is always nice to get together with like minded individuals. At a recent gathering, six of us got together to play and help each other...
Jun 20, 20143 min read


Self-Loading The Clicker Way
In this blog, I am going to explain in more detail how to teach trailer loading using clicker training. The featured horse in the article...
Apr 17, 20144 min read
Hind Leg Lifts
To shape a hind leg lift for hoof cleaning, I use the same basic idea as I did for shaping the front leg lift. This time I will place my...
Mar 18, 20142 min read


Hoof Care Made Easy
So, how do you start getting your horse to offer to hold up a hoof? Here are the videos that go with my article in the March/April issue...
Feb 19, 20144 min read


A Positive Approach to Picking Up Hooves
I really hope you had time to have a look at the video links I posted last week. I would love some feedback on what you thought and felt...
Feb 12, 20142 min read


Deworming Prep: Part 2
I was surprised not to get any comments on the video in last week’s post. It caused quite a stir on Facebook! Maybe everyone is too busy...
Dec 10, 20132 min read


Deworming Prep: Part 1
Let’s look this week at how clicker training can help every day issues like deworming. Is your horse easy to deworm or does he run at the...
Dec 1, 20133 min read


Mat Work and Trailers: Part 2
I hope you played with mats and moving them to different locations last week and worked a bit on building duration as well after your...
Sep 10, 20133 min read


Mat Work and Trailers: Part 1
Trailer loading, just like any other behaviour we would ask our horses to do, must have had been taught before we can ask, and expect,...
Sep 3, 20132 min read
Using The Same Exercise To Solve Opposite Training Problems: Part 2
Last week we looked at the ‘no go‘ horse. So now how did this same exercise help sort out the ‘no whoa ‘horse? Once again, we discussed...
Aug 19, 20133 min read
Muggy Horse: Part 3
I like to relate grown-ups and duration by suggesting you look at it this way. You and I are having a great conversation, you have my...
Jul 15, 20132 min read


Building a Solid Foundation With Foundation Lessons
All good training begins with a solid foundation. Just like building a house, if the foundation isn’t solid there will be issues with the...
May 13, 20133 min read


What is Clicker Training?
Hello! I’m glad you decided to check out my blog and find out what clicker training is all about. So, what is clicker training? Here is a...
Apr 7, 20134 min read


The Pony Fairy is Coming to Horse-Canada Magazine
I’m very excited about my upcoming articles in Horse-Canada magazine and hope you will have a look at them and then come back to the blog...
Jan 13, 20132 min read

Building A Solid Foundation For Success
I love that there are more articles on clicker training appearing in magazines (Equus, Practical Horseman, Horse Canada) and that they...
Nov 4, 20123 min read

Foals and Frustration
It has been a long time since we have had a foal on our property. This summer, we are fostering a foal, Bruce, and his dam, Spyder, for a...
Aug 5, 20124 min read

Trailer Loading, Part 1
Spring is here and thoughts are turning to horse shows and trail rides. This usually means we need to get our horse into a horse trailer,...
May 6, 20124 min read
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