This is the story of my quest to train my three Dales Ponies for classical dressage, primarily by using Alexandra Kurland's clicker training methods, with a touch of others such as Philippe Karl and Anja Beran thrown in. I turned to clicker training because I had come up against some issues that I didn't know how to fix and because I wanted to inspire them to become enthusiatic partners. Bella and Jack are all my own work and have never been ridden by anyone else.
Bella, Grace and Jack
Bella aged 6
Bella aged 6
Treat Delivery
Jack aged 7
Jack
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- ‘Riding with the Clicker’.‘The Click that Teaches ...
- Some pics of Jack on Saturday, showing that he can...
- Some pics of Jack's eye, to show what he has to co...
- I have become a bit obsessed with rein back. Bella...
- Single Rein Riding.This might seem a strange thing...
- Operant Conditioning, etc.I meant to write this bi...
- Well, at the risk of speaking too soon, I think th...
- I have started working on Bella's canter, just the...
- Withholding the Click.I thought that saying that B...
- Another explaination!I thought that my strategy of...
- Quick Jack update.I rode him in a big field yester...
- Building Duration.For the past fortnight I have be...
- It only took about 5 minutes to fix Bella's should...
- Pressure as a Training Shortcut.I've been thinking...
- Rode Jack in the school today for the video. It wa...
- I rode Jack in the windy school again today and it...
- Working Long and Low.I have been thinking some mor...
- I am so pleased with and for Jack. For the last fe...
- I did some liberty work with them both tonight, as...
- More Freeshaping.I continue to be astounded by how...
- Riding Jack in the school I have kept to on the bu...
- I'm having practise at coping with frustration aga...
- I said yesterday that I couldn't understand why sh...
- I'm having terrible problems with Jack!. He has go...
- For the last few days one of the things I've been ...
- I have watched 'The Art of Riding' tapes again and...
- 'The Art of Riding' series are by Baron Hans von B...
- My riding dialogue with Jack has changed again. Be...
- Volunteer versus Conscript.Before clicker training...
- Jack exceeded all my wildest dreams tonight. It's ...
- A friend sent me this link. It's very poor quality...
- Bella and Jack had a very unusual joint day off to...
- Finally caught OH walking past while I was riding ...
- Some new bales of haylage have appeared in the sch...
- I was a bit frustrated that more flappy plastic ba...
- Appy2quarter and I have written a lot in our blogs...
- I have found that the real difference comes from ...
- One last quote from Charles De Kunffy's 'The Ethic...
- Had another lightbulb moment, courtesy of Mr. De K...
- I did more work on encouraging Jack to over-ride h...
- Another last quote from Charles De Kunffy's 'The E...
- I wanted to copy my part of a conversation I had w...
- SINGLE REIN RIDING.For Shoveltrash and anyone else...
- In his book, 'The Ethics and Passions of Dressage'...
- I read somewhere an interview with Anton Du Beke, ...
- Bella and Jack are now so 100% committed to workin...
- Philippe Karl has also provided me with the last l...
- I have felt the need to put my stirrups down anoth...
- Bella 24th August 2008. I was playing around with ...
- I think that I must have been a saint in another l...
- PHILIPPE KARL and CANTER.Philippe Karl explains, o...
- I LOVE Travers!!! Bella and Jack love it too, but ...
- I said in an earlier post that I couldn’t teach Be...
- Here are some pics of Jack, taken yesterday, Septe...
- I have just bought another Charles De Kunffy book,...
- I know exactly what I need to do, but I never seem...
- I know that some people have trouble working out h...
- Philippe Karl's DVDs have been worth their weight ...
- I'm having trouble believing that Jack is the same...
- I would very proudly like to introduce my new Baro...
- I have been having a wonderful time hacking out my...
- Jack has never quite accepted the concept of lungi...
- QuoteFor me learning to wait for the horse to offe...
- I have had such a lovely weekend. Bella and Jack r...
- I haven’t asked Bella or Jack to canter under sadd...
- I have just started doing some in-hand work with G...
- Poor Jack has suffered a bit of a crisis in confid...
- Jack was SO good today. We had 3 short sessions in...
- Grace is a very fast learner. For the last couple ...
- For anyone interested Jill Shephard's sheepskin sa...
- I was a bit short of time over the weekend and dec...
- It was Jack who was hero of the day today! Since I...
- I am SO, SO, SO pleased with Grace!!!! I haven't c...
- I finally managed to get a couple of pics of Bella...
- I also have one pic of her canter transition. I wa...
- Just to show the reverse side of clicker training ...
- A couple of people were watching me ride Bella on ...
- I have been working on Grace’s trot. I have to con...
- I've got to put these pics from my headcollar adve...
- I mentioned the 'Statues' game that I play with my...
- sI have been struggling to carry the lateral work ...
- I once went to a Kyra Kyrklund lecture demonstrati...
- I've just GOT to put these two pics of Bella on he...
- A few days ago Alexandra Kurland posted a 12 page ...
- I had two real breakthroughs today. Although all t...
- When I think canter my body (core) arranges itself...
- I have had the maddest afternoon! I worked all thr...
- Hello Muriel. Thank you SO much for the comments! ...
- I really would love it if you would leave comments...
- On her ‘Three–Flip–Three: Lateral Flexions’ DVD Al...
- My imaginary reins failed me today! After I had fi...
- I'm reading Dominique Barbier's book 'Dressage For...
- Jack amazed me today. I haven't had much time for ...
- Just when I think that I've got used to the tremen...
- I'm really, really excited today! My new Click tha...
- Muriel asked another really good question (thank y...
- It was very cold and windy here today with a lot o...
- I have now watched most of one of the new 'The Cli...
- Maryka asked me to explain the mechanics of single...
- I am SO glad that I bought Alexandra Kurland's lat...
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