Capturing
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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I decided that it would be fun to teach the horses numbers and see how far we could go with it from there. They already know colors. Numbers are the…
Read moreDouble Whorled Complications
The slightest change in the location of a horse’s whorls can make huge differences in temperament. No where is that more difficult to figure out than in side by side…
Read morePlaying With Harvey
Like horses, kids come up with the funnest ideas when allowed to do what they want. So much more fun than forcing our ideas on them. Not that there aren’t…
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 moreMare In For Training, Horse Whorls
This mare has high double whorls. She is in training to help her with some issues her people had with her. Double whorls have a bit of a reputation, many…
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