Is your horse scared of being sprayed? In this video, I show you how to train your horse to be calm and relaxed about spray. As always, my methods are gentle and use positive reinforcement. I hope it helps you! ➤ If you’d like to find out more about my positive reinforcement horse […]
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View all vlogs here If your horse just lifts their foot for a second, or snatches or stomps it, this video is for you – I show you 5 R+ techniques for teaching horses to hold their feet up for longer. I hope this is helpful! Thank you for watching 🙂 This video features: CT
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Strengthening your horse’s back and core muscles can be simple and fun for both of you. It doesn’t have to be complicated or a battle and you can do it all using groundwork exercises! In this video, you can follow my mare, India, as I took her from very weak and out of shape to
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Introducing a young horse to tack and rider for the first time should be a relaxed and rewarding experience for both of you. This compilation of horses and riders shows our process of using positive reinforcement to start / back / break (I hope not!) young horses. We have more in-depth videos on mounting and
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I’ve always wanted to teach my horses to lie down on cue, but I’ve also had reservations about it, too – so many horses are forced or contorted into the lie down, which is horrible to do and, for me, entirely ruins the magic of your horse lying down with you. So, I decided to
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Do you want your horse to willingly line up to be ridden and to immediately connect with you when you’re in the saddle? Then this video is for you! I show you the process I took when working with a mare who bolted as soon as anyone tried to mount. This technique taught Lubie: How
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How can it be a good thing when you ask your horse to do something and they say ‘no’? This resistance can be anything from a lack of response to your cue right up to behaviours such as bolting, rearing and kicking. And that’s always a bad thing, right? Well, actually, it can be safer,
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Behind-the-scenes view of how we train our horses when we’re out hacking and dealing with real-world scenarios. All of our training is done using positive reinforcement, or clicker training. We aim to keep the horses feeling good and enjoying the things we do with them. Both horse and human need to happy about the exercise
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Taking Freckles cross-country for the first time, I wanted it to be an experience he enjoyed and that boosted his confidence and our relationship. It can be so easy to overface our horse or expect too much of them and end up in a bit of a battle. My approach is always to take it
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Trick training is a great way to have fun with your horse, build your communication and practice your training skills in a no-pressure way. This video gives you a quick overview of the steps I use to clicker train horses to play fetch. It’s simple, fun and always makes me smile – enjoy 🙂 For
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Gymnastic Groundwork Series Part 5 Teaching your horse to stand on different surfaces builds their awareness of foot placement is a great way to improve body awareness and confidence. Using soft mats and surfaces means that your horse has to use their little stabilising muscles and you can really see their body working to stay
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Gymnastic Groundwork Series Part 4 Poles are a great way to build your horse’s body awareness and confidence. For many horses, this starts with despooking exercises to ensure that they’re not anxious about the poles or afraid of stepping over or touching them with their feet. You can see some of the exercises I’ve done
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