Roping 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…
Read moreFirst Training Session With Poppy
We are working on treat manners and targeting. Cows present completely different problems when it comes to treat manners than horses. With horses we mostly worry about biting. Also staying…
Read moreCognitive Dissonance? Or Functional Fixedness?
In clicker training we often hear that people don’t want to switch over from whatever their normal training method is because of cognitive dissonance, “ the mental discomfort (psychological stress)…
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