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Cowboy School

By Neversummer July 11, 2022 Heildorf No Comments

Heildorf has been away at cowboy school. He’s been learning how to work cattle, how to calmly and quietly cover many miles while listening to his rider for cues while…

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Cowboy Camp

By Neversummer March 29, 2022 Heildorf No Comments

Heildorf is off to cowboy camp. I am a positive reinforcement trainer. It might seem odd to some people that I sent my horse off for some cowboy to ride.…

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Contrafreeloading

By Neversummer November 8, 2021 Academy, Heildorf No Comments

Contrafreeloading: Contrafreeloading is when an animal would prefer to “work” or “play” for its reward versus simply being given food.   I had Heildof and Rusty out hoping to get…

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Burrs

By Neversummer April 22, 2021 Heildorf 1 Comment

I turned the horses out in the tree row to get some grazing on the nice green grass. I ran a bit of electric fence, just enough to give them…

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Snake!

By Neversummer March 1, 2021 Heildorf No Comments

Heildorf walked up to me the other day. Even though it is still winter with snow on the ground I nearly jumped out of my boots. Was it logical? No.…

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Disobedience

By Neversummer February 27, 2021 Heildorf No Comments

This doesn’t look like much, but it is a pretty big deal. I’ve been trying to convince Heildorf to try body targeting for a very long time. He stands there…

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Spanish Walk

By Neversummer February 18, 2021 Harvey, Heildorf No Comments

We do Spanish walk around here. It isn’t exactly on purpose. Maybe the first time. After that we just fell into it. Harvey has always wanted to do these huge…

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Pedestals

By Neversummer July 16, 2020 Clicker training, Harvey, Heildorf, Rusty No Comments

We’ve been working at being able to work together. Without anyone trying to kill the rest of them **coughRustycough** Not that anyone would ever try that 😉 I was pretty…

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Tapping

By Neversummer June 14, 2020 Heildorf No Comments

Heildorf has been terrified of people up high anywhere near him since he got here. Usually I start all the horses by teaching them to step over to the fence…

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Pedestals

By Neversummer May 15, 2020 Clicker training, Heildorf, Rusty No Comments

I have been on a pedestal kick lately. I look for new options everywhere and have been obsessed with working on the ones that I have. The other day we…

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