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Help your horse get fit, using positive reinforcement

Most people immediately think about treats in training when we talk about positive reinforcement movement training. Conditioning a horse with clicker training must involve treats, right? Treats in Training When I use the word ‘treat,’ I’m NOT talking about commercial horse treats loaded with sugars. Nor am I talking about apples and carrots. In this blog and in the rest of my work, ‘treats’…

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Exercising Recovering Laminitis Horses: How to Start

Every start is hard…At first, you see no difference. You’re wondering if you’re doing enough, if you’re doing it right. Yes, as long as you are consistent with exersising your horse, you’re doing it right. When you pay attention, you’ll see that your horse starts to enjoy his daily exercises with you. As long as you don’t coerce him into moving. Why Positive Reinforcement Helps To Encourage…

Positive Reinforcement (R+) Movement training for (Overweight) Horses Recovering from Laminitis: why you should get rid of your moving target

Training tools like mats and targets help us communicate better with our horses. Using a target clarifies what we want our horses to do: moving towards it! That’s almost always the correct answer. So you shift to teaching your horse to follow a moving target. You reason that if the target moves, the horse moves. No need for a whip anymore! You just click and treat for ‘movement’. At first…

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Here's the best way to build self-confidence if you're training/riding your horse

Daily writing promptWhat’s the best way to build self-confidence?View all responses I’ve been coaching equestrians for 3 decades. I’ve been coached for over 4 decades in training animals and riding horses. What I’ve found it this. A Big Pitfall in Building Self-Confidence When you start comparing your Chapter 1 with someone else’s Chapter 5 or 15. You never know how much experience someone…

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3 Non-Ridden Exercises for Overweight Horses and How To Turn A Reluctant Horse Into An Happy Athlete

Do you have a herd bound horse that you can only work in the arena? You can’t ride your horse and he desperate needs to lose weight? Are you looking to help your horse get fit with non ridden exercise? Weightloss for Equines Before we look at R+ Movement Training, lets get the big picture first. Weight loss for equines is based on 3 pillars: Management: How we keep our horses: do they move…

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Easy 3-Step Grazing Muzzle Training for Horses

For different horses over the years I used different brands of muzzles. Each brand has its own fit, material and shape. More muzzles with different fits have become available in the past decade. Try different ones and choose the one that fits your horse and your purpose best. The most important things are To Set Your Horse up for Success, and to Train your horse to use the grazing…

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Holding onto the hoof when your horse is pulling back is not clever. What to do instead

Your Horse Listens Perfectly… Until it's Spring. And There’s Grass...

Your horse walks nicely beside you… until something more interesting shows up. Like a patch of fresh, juicy grass. Suddenly, you don’t exist. He’s in your personal space. He’s pushing you out of the way, or he’s pulling you towards the grass. Grrr, so annoying! Or you don’t notice it because it’s such a small issue. Harmless, even. You ignore it. (Maybe because you don’t have a solution). But…

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When Your Horse is Fearful, and Clicker Training Doesn't Lead to the Results You'd Imagined. Here's the Missing Link

When you’re working with a rescue horse, you know they often bring their own (behavioral) challenges. After all, they needed to be rescued for a reason… Your horse lets you halter him…You spray him with fly spray…You get the fly mask on. Done, right? But something feels off. He accepts it, but he’s not relaxed.He hesitates when he sees the halter— just a bit.He backs up and moves away from…

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How can you successfully clicker train an overweight horse without making him fat with feeding treats

Most people think clicker training involves giving the horse a lot of treats.What they don’t know is that the word ‘treat’ in the context isn’t the same as in the context of spoiling your horse after a good ride.Here are 5 ways to use food in training without contributing to the weight problem of your horse: 5 Tips for Clicker Training Overweight Horses Subscribe for more blogs about clicker…

The Secret Of Positive Reinforcement Horse Training

I’ve been clicker training (R+) horses since the late 90’s. Shortly after I started to teach R+ to my clients, too. I saw tremendous positive changes in the attitude of the horses. I saw the bond between owners and horses strengthening because mutual trust and understanding replaced dominance and coercion. The Secrets of Horse Training There are no secrets, really. And I wish more equestrians…

Laminitis is a scary illness

Laminitis used to be a death sentence a few decades ago. A lot has changed since then. I discovered how I could get my reluctant, overweight and recovering from laminitis horse fit with clicker training. That’s something else that wouldn’t have been imaginable 30 years ago: getting your horse moving, with … treats? Without riding, lunging and roundpenning? How? Pitfalls to get my fat horse fit…

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A Plan for When Your Horse Says 'No!' in Clicker Training

This is one of the biggest fears for people who are starting with clicker training. In this blog I already touched on what ideas need to change to become successful with clicker training horses. It will give you a foundation for what I’m explaining here. Why a Horse Says ‘No’ in Training In short, there are many reasons why a horse doesn’t do what we want. Here are a few (common)…

(via Team Building with Your Horse, Using Positive Reinforcement (Clicker) Training) Become a team with your horse. Stop keeping ‘score’ as traditional horse training teaches. Stop the ‘Don’t let the horse win!’ mentality and start understanding your horse so that you can truly offer him value. Aim for a win-win in training and daily interactions. It’s just way more FUN!

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