Training

Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #25 Recognizing Your Horse’s Body Language

In this lesson, I discuss equine body language, facial expressions and the importance of recognizing when our horses go over threshold. These observations give us important information that we can use to improve our training. Our horses’ emotions are an important part of our relationship and they definitely come into play with training. We will take a look at how our horses respond in different situations.

 

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Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #24 Clipping Can Be Fun for Your Horse

Using positive reinforcement we can teach our horses to not only stand quietly but to actually look forward to the clipping process. We will utilize systematic desensitization and counterconditioning, which sound like big words but are simple and useful tools to have in your toolbox for lots of situations.

 

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Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #19 A to B’s Useful and Fun Exercise for Your Horse

In this lesson, we bring how to teach our horses to go from point A to Point B. This is useful for exercise, for teaching your horse to go away from you, to trailer load, and for teaching your horse to jump or go over obstacles.

 

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Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #18 Dealing With Spooky Objects

Horses often times find unfamiliar things scary. In this lesson, we will discuss (and practice) how to help your horse to perceive new things as good instead of worrisome. Technically speaking, it is called systematic desensitization and counter-conditioning. It is a fantastic tool for all sorts of new objects, events, and situations.

 

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Equine Clicker 101 Lesson #17 Teaching Your Horse to Go Forward, On the Ground and Under Saddle

Many people struggle with good ways to motivate their horse to go forward…to WANT to go forward when asked. In this lesson, we discuss ways to help your horse go forward. By utilizing positive reinforcement we put something in it that the horse wants and values and this is a game-changer. We will discuss how to use targets and liberty leading to get your horse to respond to traditional cues. The process will change your horse’s association with this behavior. We will also discuss how to fade these tools so that your horse will happily respond to your cues.

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