The 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…
Read moreContrafreeloading
Contrafreeloading: Contrafreeloading is when an animal would prefer to “work” or “play” for its reward versus simply being given food. I had Heildof and Rusty out hoping to get…
Read moreHalloween Wings
Second try on the wings. I could have put something down the middle of the pool noodles. Still might. In the mean time though I had something else I wanted…
Read moreHalloween
For those of you who don’t know, I love fall and Halloween! The only thing better than fallen leaves and pumpkins is fallen leaves and pumpkins with horses involved somehow.…
Read moreHead Down Cue
While visiting my parents we spent some time at the barn. Because what else would you do? 😉 Mom mentioned that her lovely horse Silver would not lower his head…
Read moreRiding With +R, For The Academy
The kids wanted to ride last night. It’s been awhile and took quite a bit of time to get saddle and cinches, and children sorted. It made me think through…
Read moreDoing Nothing
One of the most important things we can do with our horses during training is absolutely nothing. Training is fun and can be exciting. Our horses want to be doing…
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