Hold On For A Second

Wait. Breathe. Give yourself time, and your animal a moment to understand what you are trying to communicate to them. This is a constant journey – learning not to expect immediate results or perfection. Our whole world is built around speed. Phones have become fast, fastest and faster. We have everything we need with the tap of a touch screen. …

Hold On For A Second

Wait. Breathe. Give yourself time, and your animal a moment to understand what you are trying to communicate to them. This is a constant journey – learning not to expect immediate results or perfection. Our whole world is built around speed. Phones have become fast, fastest and faster. We have everything we need with the tap of a touch screen. …

Finding Their Currency

One of the main reasons I don’t follow any single training “method” is the idea that there is one way that works for every animal. Ideally a reward should be something the animal really wants over anything else. It should be comparable to giving someone a 20 dollar bill for helping you out or cooking them some dinner or buying …

Finding Their Currency

One of the main reasons I don’t follow any single training “method” is the idea that there is one way that works for every animal. Ideally a reward should be something the animal really wants over anything else. It should be comparable to giving someone a 20 dollar bill for helping you out or cooking them some dinner or buying …

Finding Their Currency

One of the main reasons I don’t follow any single training “method” is the idea that there is one way that works for every animal. Ideally a reward should be something the animal really wants over anything else. It should be comparable to giving someone a 20 dollar bill for helping you out or cooking them some dinner or buying …

Follow Your Gut!… And When Not To

Our gut feeling about a situation can keep us safe if we know when to listen. Quite often peer pressure can lead us to do things we actually know we shouldn’t be doing! Like that one day where everyone was riding in the arena and started going over huge jumps. They told you to not be such a scaredy-cat and take …

Follow Your Gut!… And When Not To

Our gut feeling about a situation can keep us safe if we know when to listen. Quite often peer pressure can lead us to do things we actually know we shouldn’t be doing! Like that one day where everyone was riding in the arena and started going over huge jumps. They told you to not be such a scaredy-cat and take …

Follow Your Gut!… And When Not To

Our gut feeling about a situation can keep us safe if we know when to listen. Quite often peer pressure can lead us to do things we actually know we shouldn’t be doing! Like that one day where everyone was riding in the arena and started going over huge jumps. They told you to not be such a scaredy-cat and take …

Spring has come

For people who work with animals, springtime as a symbol for everything nice: no more muddy paddocks, no more wet dog paws (or entire bodies!), no more constant rain and snow… Now we can just go out in the field and walk up to our horse without losing a rain boot. But should we? In the warm, dry seasons we …

Spring has come

For people who work with animals, springtime as a symbol for everything nice: no more muddy paddocks, no more wet dog paws (or entire bodies!), no more constant rain and snow… Now we can just go out in the field and walk up to our horse without losing a rain boot. But should we? In the warm, dry seasons we …