The Dentist
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…
Read moreTargeting
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…
Read moreTeaching or Training?
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…
Read moreWe 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…
Read moreTricking A Horse Into Calmness, Academy
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.…
Read moreWinter Exercise
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…
Read moreThe Basics
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…
Read moreTerms In Practice
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…
Read moreCapturing
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…
Read moreChaining
Chaining: Chaining is linking behaviors to create a new behavior. We do this with almost every trick we teach our horses. We teach a few separate, simple behaviors. Then we…
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