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Aug 18, 20172 min read
Playing With Horse Agility
I’ve been playing with some "new to the horse world" ideas. I know, I know...so what else is new! It has been a treat this summer to have...
Nov 17, 20163 min read
Back to Ottawa for More Fun
This year I was fortunate enough to be invited to teach at Heroncrest Stables, near Ottawa Ontario. I was there in the spring and had a...
Sep 9, 20166 min read
Clicker Training and Perfectionism
This blog is written again by Carolina who is living and learning for a while with The Pony Fairy, Monty Gwynne. And in the photos, she’s...
Jul 12, 20164 min read
Bernice and Altea
This month’s blog is all about an amazing lady who inspires me and everyone who meets her. Her name is Bernice. Her horse’s name is Altea...
Mar 18, 20163 min read
Roll Up the Rim and Remove the Halter
As an aside for those of you playing the Tim Horton’s online no need to buy anything roll up the rim game, I found it to be an...
Oct 6, 20152 min read
Leaps and Bounds with U
It is hard to believe it has been almost a year since ‘U’ came to live with me. It has been so wonderful to watch him change from a...
Apr 1, 20153 min read
‘U’ and ‘V’
Usually this blog is about ‘U’ but this week we are going to talk about ‘V’ or Valor. I wanted to talk a bit about him this week as a...
Dec 22, 201411 min read
What to Leave Behind, What to Take Forward: Part 6
Clicker training for many is something they slip on easily like a well fitting glove. For others it represents a real U-turn in their...
Aug 22, 20142 min read
Resistance-Free Bridling: Part 2
I’m hoping you checked out my article “Resistance-free Bridling” in the September/October issue of Horse-Canada magazine, where I talk...
Jun 23, 20145 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...
Mar 18, 20142 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...
Dec 10, 20132 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...
Oct 21, 20132 min read
Cue Transfer: Part 2
I hope you all had fun playing with transferring the head down cue from the lead to a lifted hand. Now let’s look another cue transfer. I...
Oct 14, 20133 min read
Playing with Head Down and Cue Transfer: Part 1
Now that you have head down using a lift of the lead rope, make sure it is solid…that you get head down promptly every time you lift the...
Oct 7, 20133 min read
Head Down: Part 2
I hope you have all tried the up for down method and are having some success. There are usually three ceilings that the horse will stop...
Sep 30, 20133 min read
Head Down: Part 1
With clicker training, we teach head down a bit differently. Head down is taught by lifting up on the lead rope. At first, this seems...
Sep 24, 20133 min read
Happy Faces: Part 2
By now you should be both smiling and having an even better time, so now we need to look at generalizing this behaviour just like all our...
Sep 16, 20133 min read
Happy Faces
The next foundation lesson is called Happy Faces. Whether it is yourself doing the smiling or being on the receiving end of a smile,...
Sep 10, 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 3, 20132 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,...
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