You have to watch this. Make sure to watch all the way through. It just gets more...
Sometimes people write to me privately, via email. It might be to ask a question they aren’t comfortable asking on one of the public forums I participate in. Or, it could be that they read my book and want to say that they found it helpful. I’ll admit that...
The question was, how do you ask the horse for permission to approach? Everyone is concerned about the horse respecting their space. I say that it is equally important for us to respect the horse’s space. That means we don’t just go invading the...
…and they think very highly of themselves. That’s a cool quote from an article I read recently. It was funny that I read that article right after I wrote different words to make the same point in a discussion recently about the word...
Philippe Karl — one of my hero’s — was in Toronto, ON to do a three day clinic last week. Oh, I wish I had been there! I’ve watched all of his videos and read his books. They all leave me inspired and wanting to see more, more, more of him...
This video features the work of Anja Beran along with her mentor Manuel Jorge de Oliveira. It was a pleasure to watch such quiet, correct riding and handling. In the video we are introduced to several different horses to demonstrate different aspects of the training....
Remember Pamela the, 6 year old gaited, mare I started working with several months ago? The quick recap, you can read earlier blog entries for more details, is she was very worried and tense which caused her to want to run back to the barn as soon as her beginner...
The other day I was writing about reinforcement and that by doing nothing to get in the way of a behavior is the same as rewarding it. Then, while riding yesterday and today I realized that I was letting my mare, Danke, get out of balance and I was doing absolutely...
Recently I wrote about horses who drag owners to eat grass. In response, Nell made a deceptively simple comment, “So what if your horse has a fit? – does this work both ways?” I’d replied, “Sure, if her ‘fits’ get your attention!”...
Recently this issue came up on the Clickryder group. What to do when you are walking your horse and he just dives for the grass without any thought of you. No amount of clicker training for leading nicely seems to keep the horse from running to the grass when he sees...
