Happy Habits
Abraham Lincoln is credited with saying that people are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. That sounds simple enough. People suffering from depression will tell…
Read moreLearning The Ropes
I realized I haven’t shared Rusty’s first encounter with a rope on his page! It wasn’t dramatic, just an interesting example of letting a horse say when they are worried…
Read moreRoping Horse
Rusty and I have been working on getting him over his fear of ropes. I guess I didn’t share that video here. He had no interest in being around a…
Read moreStimulus Control?
With clicker training the first thing we usually have to do is convince our horses that we want them to think for themselves. We take horses who have been trained…
Read moreSo Easy A Child Could Do It
We had one day of good weather. They get mixed in with the usual bad stuff once in awhile. I snuck out t play with the horses, but I had…
Read moreCleaning House
I had been working with Harvey on free lunging by targeting cones. When I brought Rusty out to play the cones were still there. I thought maybe we could work…
Read moreGood Manners
I’ve been bored. Here at least. To many normal basic training type videos. I was able to sneak out with Rusty for just a couple of minutes. We haven’t worked…
Read moreFinished
If I’m not a fan of “showing my horse who’s the boss”. Because of that I have been asked if I don’t tell my horse what to do? Does that…
Read moreExtras
Sometimes when I look back at video I’ve taken of me and Rusty, or whichever horse, I see things I missed because I was busy concentrating. I pay full attention…
Read moreConfidence Challenge, Scary Objects Edition
It officially starts today! A friend of mine approached me at the end of last year. She wanted to know if our other friend Ineke and I would be interested…
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