Despooking exercises for your horse should be calm, positive and fun for both of you. The aim is to build your horse’s confidence, calmness and connection with you no matter what you encounter – from giant spiders to fluttering ghosts (or from umbrellas to plastic bags in the real world!). This video features clips from […]
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Lunging is a great exercise for your horse that I use regularly for: > Teaching horses to remain calm and focused in faster movement > Building strong voice cues for transitions > Creating motivation for forwards movement > Staying connected at greater distances and higher energy > Shaping a horse’s movement to be balanced and
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I have practiced Pilates for many years now after discovering the benefits after a serious riding accident in which I badly damaged the soft tissue in my neck. My body became very stiff and I was carrying a lot of tension because of the inactivity, the feeling was awful as I was only 21 but
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Rowan used to be very head high, tight in the back and toss her head a lot in movement. I used the target to teach her to stretch and lengthen through her spine and now we’re beginning to use it to teach her to change her balance to a more collected position, too. When working
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In this podcast interview, Hannah talks in-depth about Connection Training with host, Amy Frost. She discusses working on the trust between you and your horse using a range of connection training techniques. Hannah explains how target practice’ can help reduce your horse spooking when hacking, training advice for horses that push you around, why specific
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The way you introduce positive reinforcement training to your horse can make a huge difference on how successful it is. The early lessons set the tone of the training – does your horse associate reward based training with feeling excited, anxious, frustrated or relaxed? Our Foundation Course covers the early behaviours you’ll teach your horse
9 Horses. 9 Pedestals. 9 letters in Merry Xmas… Lead to some festive liberty fun! We wish you a very merry Christmas from all of us at Connection Training! If you enjoyed this blog, please share it with your friends using the buttons below. Tell us your thoughts, questions and experiences in the comments section
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Leonara is a spooky mare. And once she gets a fright, she is highly reluctant to try again at that place or with the thing that scared her. She does take a lot of comfort from people, though, and can be helped to work through her fears. Claire Waldron, Manager of the Connection Training Centre,
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All of us at CT talk about relaxation a LOT, but what does that actually look like when you’re training a horse? This video shows exactly what we mean by relaxation, why it boosts the connection between you and why you’re always reinforcing emotions as well as behaviours. This emphasis on relaxation is one of
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Teaching horses to be calm, confident loaders and travellers is a big thing to us at CT. You never know when you might have to load your horse for the vet or to move him as well as to be able to travel him happily and stress-free any time. The good news is that it
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When you discover the power of using a target to train a horse, it is amazing. You can use it to teach a horse to lead, to stay, to load, to stand tied. The list goes on. As the title of Shawna Karrasch’s book says, “You Can Teach Your Horse to Do Anything”. The target
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Trot On visted Hannah at home with her horses to find out more about Connection Training and see it in action. Trot On: A Morning With Hannah Weston
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