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Showing posts with label training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label training. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Leadership is not a rank

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Kouldbloed Kim produced this video "Leadership is a choice, not a rank."  In the absence of any explanatory information, I believe...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Gudmar Petursson Training

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You may be familiar with Gudmar Petursson through his appearance on the Rick Lamb TV show, Knights of Iceland high speed riding demons...
Monday, April 1, 2019

Pignon Liberty Training Methods

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Here's a very interesting video of Frederic et JF Pignon demonstrating their liberty training methods.  You can turn on the sub...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Power of the Sugar Lump

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Theodore Roosevelt understood that feeding a well timed treat could help the horse adapt to novel situations. His young horse Ren...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

Training the Horses for the Ben Hur Chariot Scene

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The end of the theater showing of the 1959 version of Ben Hur featured a piece on the training of the horses in the movie. Charlton Hes...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Great Way to Train Icelandics to Trailer Load

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Most Icelandics are very food oriented.  I love the way this horse trainer uses clicker training and positive reinforcement to teach Norman...
Saturday, July 7, 2018

Training Horses for the Lloyds Bank advert

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Here's the behind the scene's look at how the trainers worked with the black horses to film the follow up ad for Lloyds Bank in Br...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Flooding Vs. Desensitizing Your Horse

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Over the years, Blessi has taught me that helping a horse to overcome a scary situation can be done in two different ways. Systematic de...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Intrinzen--To the Moon

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To the moon from Seriouspony on Vimeo . Kathy Sierra and Steiner Sigurbjornsson are leading the Intrizen group to develop a new way of...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Distance to Set Cavalletti Poles for Gaited Horses

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I have gone to several clinics that use ground poles for exercises as part of the session.  During a Western clinic, the instructor put up p...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Treat training for Hippo Milking

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I have been told by certain horse trainers that I should never feed Blessi treats. A Nile hippo named Bibi gave birth to a 6-week prem...
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Principles of Horse Learning

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We constantly debate different horse training methodologies—Parelli versus Anderson, classical German dressage versus classical French dr...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Finding the Go in Icelandic Horses

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Dani Germacher gave a Icelandic horse riding clinic at Sand Meadow Farms on the east coast.  She provides some excellent tips for improving ...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Manola Mendez --Working with the Horse's Mind

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Manolo Mendez, formerly the head rider of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, in Spain, does clinics around the globe now.  Bl...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Benedikt Líndal -- Training Icelandic horses

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Benedikt Líndal is a master trainer of Icelandic horses.  He has created a series of videos on Youtube introducing his training--a combinati...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Activating SEEK and Turning Off FEAR in Horses

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In her book Animals Make Us Human , Dr. Temple Grandin discusses the emotions that many species of animals can have.   Animals and peopl...
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Monday, April 15, 2013

Blessi at Police Horse Training

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Flickr Photo by cwwycoff1 Carl Wycoff This weekend, Blessi and I went to a Police Horse training clinic. Blessi surprised me since I...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Can Horses and Dogs Get PTSD?

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My sister's dog Lana Approximately 5% of the military dogs serving in the US armed forces suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorde...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Pippi Longstocking rides a pony

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Although the equine in this video is not an Icelandic, you have to admit that the pony is darn cute.  And the little rider dressed as Pippi ...