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How to Train Your Horse at Liberty | From getting started to lunging and freejumping!

This video shows you how to calmly and simply start liberty training with your horse… and then how to build progressively to exercises like liberty lunging, in-hand lateral work, horse agility and freejumping! Liberty is simply working your horse loose, without ropes or reins. We want our horses to choose to work with us at […]

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Build Your Riding Confidence Using Target Training – A Simple Technique for ALL Levels of Rider

2 Comments / Problem Solving, Riding with Connection / By Hannah weston

Do you get anxious when riding your horse? How do you keep your horse calm, focused and listening when you ride? This targeting technique is really simple and I use it for horses and riders at all stages: # First steps from the mounting block so you’re connected from the start. # Teaching and refining

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Mounting a Young Horse for the First Time with Clicker Training | How to Stay Safe and Connected

Leave a Comment / Riding with Connection / By Hannah weston

Backing a young horse for the first time is often seen as something dangerous and dramatic. Horses who aren’t prepared can panic, bucking bolting and rearing. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! I believe that horses should have a positive experience when someone sits on their back for the first time and this

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Prevent Your Horse Stopping Abruptly When You Click

9 Comments / Problem Solving, Riding with Connection / By Hannah weston

Some clicker trained horses can get into the habit of stopping dead when they hear the click or their marker. From a trot or canter, this can cause the horse to slam on the brakes, bracing and hollowing as they stop. This can cause problems for the horse physically and is uncomfortable to ride. In

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How to Train Horse Agility with Clicker Training | Bending, Curtain, Umbrella, Hoop, Jump, Liberty

1 Comment / Gymnastic Groundwork, Jumping and Obstacles / By Hannah weston

Horse agility is great for despooking, body awareness, variety, exercise and fun with your horse. This video shows how I work with horses at different stages in their agility training through a variety of obstacles. I’m training using positive reinforcement, which means that I use rewards for my horses, and I’m working at liberty. Weaving

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P2 Get More Relaxation When Riding: Stop Your Horse Rushing, Getting Tense or Trying Too Hard

Leave a Comment / Problem Solving, Riding with Connection / By Hannah weston

This video continues the exercises from P1, where we were increasing relaxation in groundwork. Now, we’ve working on reducing tension and rushing when riding lateral exercises. (Watch P1 first) Tension when riding is common and is shown through behaviours such as rushing, resisting, tail swishing, ear-pinning, napping, spooking and getting anxious or, in the case

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P1 Get More Relaxation and Softness in Groundwork: Stop Your Horse Rushing or Trying Too Hard

2 Comments / Gymnastic Groundwork, Problem Solving / By Hannah weston

The key to good training is getting motivation and relaxation in balance. With reward-based training (clicker training), it’s usually easy to get high levels of motivation, but that can get TOO high, meaning you lose relaxation. When your horse tries too hard, they often throw all their behaviours at you, rush through exercises, can’t stand

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Join Us on Our Beach Trip! 🐎🏖 Clicker Trained Horses

Leave a Comment / Adventures and Outings, Problem Solving, Riding with Connection / By Hannah weston

Splashing in the waves and cantering along the sands is one of the best experiences you can have with your horse. Join us (Hannah and Rachel) on our beach trip and find out more about how we travel our horses, deal with spooks using clicker training and have a lot of fun cantering along the

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What is Gymnastic Groundwork for Body and Mind? Healthy Movement, Happy Horse 🐎

Leave a Comment / Gymnastic Groundwork / By Hannah weston

If you’re looking for a clear, gentle and fun way to help your horse become sounder, straighter, more supple and balanced, this is for you. Gymnastic Groundwork helps your horse in these ways: #1 Stretch, Strengthen and Straighten #2 Improve Body Awareness and Proprioception #3 To solve problems like rushing, resistance, stiffness, one-sidedness, heaviness and

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Getting Started with In-Hand Work: Leading with Connection

2 Comments / Gymnastic Groundwork / By Hannah weston

In-hand work includes teaching collection and lateral exercises from a leading position, both at liberty and with a lead rope. So, step one is ensuring that your horse leads well (this is often missed and causes lots of in-hand work problems!). Leading with connection means that you and your horse are walking together, staying in

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Understanding Choice, Communication and Having a Conversation with Your Horse

1 Comment / Gymnastic Groundwork, Problem Solving, Training Theory and Techniques / By Hannah weston

What does it look like when your horse says, “no”? Do you then stop that activity completely? What does it mean to ‘have a conversation’ with your horse? This video shows a simple exercise with a lot going on! Sophie is working with her horse, Lily, clicker training her on a new water obstacle that

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How to Start Training the Archway/Hoop/Curtain for Despooking and Body Awareness

2 Comments / Gymnastic Groundwork, Problem Solving / By Hannah weston

Obstacles provide great challenges to improve your horse’s confidence and body awareness and the archway, hoop or curtain is a common obstacle in horse agility, trail classes and TREC. This video shows you how to introduce it to your horse in a way which is gentle, fun and builds your relationship. Spooky horses are scared

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