Magic and I are having fun together playing at liberty in the woods. The connection and bonding comes through the power of positive reinforcement. Sometimes Magic and I go to a place together where there is just love and play forgetting we are different species.
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In this video clip you will see me working with Oliver reviewing and teaching him in-hand balance work. After the foundation lessons are in place I like to teach horse’s to balance up in-hand first before they are mounted.  It is easier for them to transfer the work to under saddle this way.  And by using [...]
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Having a calm, confident and relaxed horse self load is a delight. We can use clicker training to teach our horse anything, including calm and confident trailer loading and traveling. I like to work first with the horse at liberty in an enclosed safe area so they can take a break if they need [...]
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Magic and I love to play together. For with clicker training the horse learns to love his work and to take ownership of the behaviors. This is how we can get horses to work at liberty in collection or any other seemingly amazing movement. They have been taught in small steps, rewarded [...]
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Most of us are cross over trainers. If we have been with horses for any length of time we have used correction based training. Yes, we would give a pet, a good girl or good boy, a secondary reinforcer, but we still would correct unwanted behaviors through various means. If we look at [...]
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How we work with our horses is important. We want them relaxed when we work with them. We do not want to work with them with tension in their bodies. Tension over the long haul creates lameness issues. It is natural for horses to counter balance to turn and stop, raise their heads up [...]
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