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Thresholds

By Neversummer November 10, 2022 Academy No Comments

Threshold, in this case, refers to the level at which the horse becomes afraid. Keeping a horse well below threshold means they are never worried about anything. Getting a horse…

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The Dentist

By Neversummer April 26, 2022 Academy No Comments

It started out the way so many situations do with our horses. Something is supposed to be easy. After we have already started, to far in to stop, the horse…

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Targeting

By Neversummer March 15, 2022 Academy No Comments

When I was a small child our horses spent their winters turned out in the corn fields. Now that would scare me half to death and I would never do…

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Teaching or Training?

By Neversummer March 10, 2022 Academy No Comments

Teaching and training are synonyms. Technically they mean the same thing. As with all synonyms the devil is in the details. The exact nuances implied by using different words can…

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By Neversummer February 19, 2022 Academy No Comments

We had a rough horse day yesterday. Nothing awful but not great. My son loves his zippy little mare. She is great for him, putting up with his enthusiasm and…

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Tricking A Horse Into Calmness, Academy

By Neversummer February 7, 2022 Academy No Comments

I don’t know if you can tell in the video just how windy it was while we were trying to work. The gate in the background is banging and clanging.…

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Winter Exercise

By Neversummer January 6, 2022 Academy, Harvey No Comments

Harvey and I have been working on a small dance routine. Or were before it got so cold. It is a simple collection of movements put together and repeated in…

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The Basics

By Neversummer January 3, 2022 Academy No Comments

When we run into problems with our training we fall back to how good our foundation is. When we run into difficulty our mind doesn’t help us. Usually it does…

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Terms In Practice

By Neversummer December 1, 2021 Academy, Clicker training No Comments

We are just finishing up a month of looking at the terms we use in training. I’m a bit late with this but better lat than never. I thought it…

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Capturing

By Neversummer November 30, 2021 Academy No Comments

Capturing: When a behavior is performed freely by the horse and we are able to reward it to encourage the behavior to occur again. So many times we will look…

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