Spooktober
It is spooktober and horses are known for spooking. They can train us to live in fear of provoking their fear. They train people not to try to ride if…
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It’s almost Halloween 🎃 There are so many scary stories involving horse training, I thought it would be fun to share some of them. Like horsey Halloween ghost stories. 👻…
Read moreTargeting
My favorite trick to teach is targeting. It’s such a small simple thing. It is the all and everything of training. If you think about it, is there any trick…
Read moreHalloween Horrors
Sometimes the result of the training is so beautiful. We see a horse leaping to respond to barely there cues. They seem to work as one with the person. Beautiful…
Read moreHalloween Horrors
It’s almost Halloween 🎃 There are so many scary stories involving horse training, I thought it would be fun to share some of them. Like horsey Halloween ghost stories. 👻…
Read morePunishment
Why are we always so quick to want to punish? I watched a school board meeting last night. They were arguing over policy and before they even had it set…
Read moreThe Strangest Positive Reinforcement Story I’ve Ever Heard
I know all the rules of the training, I know positive reinforcement is effective, I know it works. We needed something done RIGHT NOW though. There wasn’t time to train.…
Read morePerfection
My husband said I shouldn’t write this post. I’m sure he had many reasons for that. Possibly embarrassment among them. He also said it sounded like bragging. If that is…
Read morePedestals
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…
Read moreControl
It seems that horse people are constantly trying to control their horses. They want to control their feet, control their minds, control how they move and how they think. The…
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