**Sante LOVES these exercises and will continue to do them for as long as I'm willing.** The micro shaping work is great isn't it ! Classic has been doing...
Hi Barbara, Your clips are great. Very timely as I've been doing the tummy crunches for a couple of months now, and, like your horse, mine asks to do them at...
I have uploaded some video clips of Sante doing belly crunches, a new exercise which we are micro-shaping. The goals are greater balance, relaxation, and...
I'm signed up. Anyone else going? Dolores PROGRAM UPDATE: Presentation descriptions for THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ANIMAL TRAINING: INNOVATIONS AND REFINEMENTS are...
Hi Lisa, ... thanks! the Artist is John Wright, a Scotsman, who sadly past away last year. The name of the song is "some dreams". I looked for it in youtube,...
... Hello Yvonne, thats right, sometimes I was looking for the movement of the hip in the quality of being soft and forward. when I got this, I clicked it, so...
Hello! I wanted to let you know that I enjoyed watching you and Mirko very much!! I also was hoping you could tell me the name of the song that played during...
I'm traveling right now if you all can wait I'll give you my opinion on all of them :) Regards, Kim Cassidy I love not man the less, but Nature more. Lord...
... What a great story :-) Isn't it amazing what they understand of what we think we have taught them :-) Too true! -- Jane Bookends Farm E. Ryegate, VT ...
I use Easy Boots of various types depending on the foot shape and have been happy with them overall. For eventing at the Intermediate Level I use Swiss Horse...
I use Old Mac G2s and I can't fault them. They are held on securely and I even used them 24/7 last year, including for turnout in a muddy field. The horse...
Hi, Can someone share with me the experience on the hoof boots? I've seen different ideas on the Easyboots products ( http://www.easycareinc.com/) and Renegade...
**I spent a lot of time this summer with two horses where our first few sessions were me clicking for ānothingā at various times. It seemed very ...
... What a great story, Jane! Ande is young and I guess we can't always determine "what they will consider the reinforcing behavior." "My foot was 'there' when...
Hi Jane, How clever of Ande. Especially considering I spent time last summer teaching my horses to step back over a pole and it turns out it is not that easy....
I liked Katie¹s idea of stepping over a rail being an anchor behavior, so I decided to try it with 3 yr old Ande. He¹s done rails before- in hand, longeing...
Yes Hertaha, thats what I've done too. But Cookie is a specialist in lacking confiance . As much as I stomped, laughed etc... she decided to do just once the...
Doris wrote: Yesterday I tried to CT, I seduced her to put sometimes with lots of precaution, a hoof on the plastic. I've had some success with things like...
Katie wrote: "I did not choose to build this as a fixed loop. Instead in each loop, I ask a little question and then let her go over the pole. This allows me...
Hi Yvonne , When I come home tonight ...it was black night. So I let the horses just go in the next meadow. But as I saw Cookie Yesterday afraid of crossing a...
On Sunday, 8 November 2009 at 9:10:08 +0000, doris boyer wrote: Hi Doris, ... Yes, that helps a lot. I often "think of the base of my tongue" and feel how my...
Hi Hertha, Yes, this is a great example. I liked Doris's example too of Nestor's hoop loop. In both cases the horse took the initiative and put together a...
Hmm. I've been trying to ignore my boss's bad behavior for about 4 years. I've given up. She's moving away. I'm happy. Thanks. Laurie Higgins 484-902-0401...
Katie Bartlett said: "So, yes I do think they learn which chains are ones they should go through without waiting for feedback from the handler and which ones...