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Brain Games and Free Shaping to Enhance your Horse’s Creativity: “Show Me Something New”

Leave a Comment / Tricks and Fun Stuff / By Hannah weston

I love that people around the world are pushing the limits of equine intelligence and horses are, of course, showing us that they are clever and creative in a whole range of different ways. What are some ways you might begin to unlock this creativity and cognitive abilities in your own horse? This is what […]

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Hannah talks about the CT Book on the Whole Horse Podcast

2 Comments / Press and Appearances / By Hannah weston

I was delighted to chat with Alexa again from the Whole Horse Podcast. In our first chat, we got into the principles of positive reinforcement training and discussed practical ways to build motivation, while keeping relaxation and bringing it into your everyday life with your horse. In this second episode, Alexa was asking all about

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Loading Preparation and Simulation Exercises (Before you even get to the trailer!)

Leave a Comment / Problem Solving / By Hannah weston

Help your horse to overcome loading fear using these simulation exercises. They are perfect for breaking loading down into smaller steps for your horse so that you can keep the training calm and positive. You don’t even need a trailer or horsebox to do them. At Connection Training, our focus is always on keeping the

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Deep Dive Review of the CT book 📖PODCAST 🎧

Leave a Comment / Press and Appearances / By Hannah weston

It’s getting closer to book release time and to whet your appetite, here’s an interview we did with Tracy over on the Come Along for the Ride Podcast all about the Connection Training book. Here’s what Tracy had to say: “In this special episode I speak with Hannah and Rachel about their new book, Connection Training

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5 Ways to Teach Hip Targeting

5 Comments / Gymnastic Groundwork / By Hannah weston

How do you teach your horse to move his hindquarters TOWARDS you? This video shows you 5 different techniques to train it. Body part targeting is where the horse moves a specific body part to your hand or other target – in this case, we want the horse to move his hip towards your hand.

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Horses Choosing to be Tacked Up and Ridden?

4 Comments / Problem Solving, Riding with Connection, Training Theory and Techniques / By Hannah weston

This topic is all about horses choosing to be tacked up and ridden – is it possible that they actually will choose to be ridden and, if so, how can you train it? Choice is a huge part of Connection Training and giving horses a voice and allowing them to participate in the decisions you

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Hosing and Bathing: Teach Your Horse to Stand Quietly

3 Comments / Problem Solving / By Hannah weston

There are some simple techniques you can use to help teach your horse that hosepipes, water, sponges etc are nothing to fear. In this video, you’ll see Poppy change from saying a strong, “NO!” to being bathed to actually enjoying it. That is the key to great training – changing the horse’s emotions to joy,

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Toby the Painting Pony! Trick training for fun and enrichment with a retired horse.

2 Comments / Tricks and Fun Stuff / By Hannah weston

Toby is retired from riding but still loves to learn and play. Painting is one of his favourite things to do and he always goes to stand by his easel as soon as it’s brought out! Trick training is a great way to enrich the lives of horses who can’t be as active as they’d

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Hannah on the Whole Horse Podcast

Leave a Comment / CT News, Press and Appearances / By Hannah weston

I had a great time chatting to the lovely Alexa Linton who hosts the Whole Horse Podcast. On it, she has thoughtful discussions with a fantastic range of equestrian professionals that are informative and inspirational. I recommend this podcast and it’s one I listen to when mucking out! Here’s what Alexa said about our chat:

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P4 Why use STATIONARY targets? Riding, loading, jumping and more…

1 Comment / Getting Started with CT, Riding with Connection, Training Theory and Techniques / By Hannah weston

As you’ll know by now if you’ve watched this series – targeting is a versatile and oh-so-useful training technique. This video is all about the third type of nose targeting, using a stationary target. You’ll learn: – How to introduce stationary targets and then how to use them for training: – standing tied – injections

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P3 Why teach your horse to FOLLOW a target?? Lunging, lateral work, stretch down and more…

Leave a Comment / Getting Started with CT, Training Theory and Techniques / By Hannah weston

This targeting video explores FOLLOWING a target – one of the 3 types of nose-targeting exercises I teach and use for, well, pretty much everything! In this video, you’ll learn: – how to teach your horse to follow a target and then use it to train: – leading – bending – lunging – freejumping –

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P2 Why Teach Your Horse to Touch a Target? De-Spooking, Rein-Back, Loading and More…

Leave a Comment / Getting Started with CT, Training Theory and Techniques / By Hannah weston

Targeting is a really versatile training technique that you can use for so many things. In the last video (part 1) I explained what targeting is and the different types of targeting. This video looks at some of the practical uses of touching a target. Touching a hand-held target is the first type of targeting

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