FREE! Equine Learning Teleseminars beginning March 2

Your not going to want to miss these five free calls where you can learn more about horse health and horse training. Your education on horses never has to end when there is so much to learn. This is an equine learning opportunity that should not be missed.

1. March 2: Equine Problem Solving
2. March 9: No Hoof – No Horse: Basic Hoofcare
3. March 16: Homeopathy for the Horse
4. March 23: Clicker Training for the Horse with Leslie Pavlich
5. March 30: Saddle Fitting with Joanne Miller

To learn more and visit www.horsecourses.net All seminars at 8 pm Eastern Time.

Register for FREE! Simply email to: caballus (at) charter . net (remove spaces and replace (at) with @) with the Subject Header reading: FREE TELESEMINAR!

A couple of these horse courses have been requested for/are under review by members of the International Association of Animal Behavioral Consultants as well as were approved for full credits for a student at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA in 2006.

The Horse Care & Management course is based on a course by Gwenyth Santagate written in 1993 and sanctioned and approved by the Florida County Extension Equine Division as well as the Lee County 4-H. It has been edited to keep up with changes that have occurred over the years with regard to health care and general husbandry (and also to add material with regard to Alternative and Complementary Medicine Health Care).

Gwenyth Santagate is a published author of numerous articles that have been printed in several major Equine Publications as well as a contributory author to the United States Mounter Border Patrol Training Manual of 2001. Gwen has over 40 years of experience with horses; Have been training horses for 38 years — instructor since the 1980′s.

More of Gwenyth Santagate’s credentials can be found at www.thepenzancehorse.com as well as a general view of her beliefs and principles with regard to horses and horsemanship.

The other horse course instructorshave varying degrees of certification and affiliations. You can view that info at www.horsecourses.net under the Course Listings.

These free equine teleseminars are put on by Horse Courses owned by Gwenyth Santagate. Gwen is also the owner of PENZANCE Equine Solutions and Bare Foot Trim. The Meaning of the name PENZANCE: “God’s Holy Headland; A place for spiritual growth”.

Please view these videos to learn a little more about Gwenyth Santagate and how she works with horses…

Youtube video: Training Natural Horses: Working with the Spooky Horse

Insight into the way horses think and how to work and play with them … naturally!

Youtube video: Beyond Round Pen

Displays the “herding” that exponetially decreases the time spent in traditional round pen “driving”.

What people are saying about Gwen’s classes…

I am SO impressed with Gwen’s classes. I have learned so much in such a little time! I want to glean as much as I can, as Gwen is very knowledgeable about her subjects and is so down to earth. THEY WORK!!
– Crystal, OK

“Writing that book was so hard. I can’t believe it is finally done. … I always say Gwenyth Santagate is how I got started. Your wisdom slowed me down and allowed me to get rid of my bad habits. The support I was given by you made the real difference and allowed me to look at the horse differently so I could find a New World that I never knew before. So I Thank You.
–Leslie Pavlich, Author of “Clicker Training: Colt Starting the Natural Horse”

There are a few horse training books books out already about clicker training horses but I say the more the merrier because each person has their own voice and way of explaining training lessons. So if you are having trouble wrapping your mind around the lesson in with one book you can try another. I find that with each new book I read on the same subject that I pick up more knowledge from the different points of view.

Leslie Pavlich’s new paperback book is named: Clicker Training: Colt Starting the Natural Horse and it is available now at Amazon.com.

Leslie Pavlich on her new horse training book

After over 20 years of training experience with horses I discovered Clicker Training.

With clicker training I was able to do things with horses that I had never dreamed of before. I hope to share with your what I have found through my book which is the result of over 4 years working with 50 different horses using Clicker Training as my main training tool.

This book is a step by step guide for taking a horse that has never been touched to the beginning of riding combining Clicker Training and Natural Training techniques. If you have a young colt, one of the wild ones, or just want to retrain Old Faithful this book can help you accomplish that.

Problem Horse or Horse training problem

I wrote this Clicker Training book because there are so many horses in need. Just about everyone I know has one difficult horse or a horse that is not broke to ride yet. Owners have concerns about sending their horses away to a trainer. So their horse just doesn’t get the training they need.

This book can help, it is a step by step guide to walk you through the process and you don’t have to send your horse away. If you need extra help with your horse I will be available for Video Lessons to add extra assistance. I believe in one on one interaction because every horse and owner are different.

My goal is to help motivate you, that you can do it, and get you out to the barn. If you run into a problem you and need extra help I give private video lessons that can fast tract you to success.

What do I hope for the future of horse training?

I hope to teach as many as I can that you can use Clicker Training for everyday riding. My book can guide your gently through the basics and to a well-rounded horse you can be proud of. Through the clicker I have worked with horses that I would never have attempted to handle before I discovered the magic of clicker training. Seven years of working with the clicker and a wide range of horses has given me the knowledge to create an easy to read, hold-your-hand and lead you book.

Please join me in this new journey of discovery and you too can have a new outlook for your horse.

OK so what is Clicker Training?

Clicker Training is a precise way of marking and rewarding your horse for specific things that they have done. The clicker is a small hand held plastic box that makes a clicking noise when pressed. The clicker noise, tells the horse “YES, that is correct.” Then you give your horse some food so the click has meaning – a motivator.

Clicker Training works great with anything that you would like to teach your horse. I work with many different ages of horses. I would be working on more finished colts, then 6 months later I was back to just weanlings. I wrote a manual that I went by to help keep me on track, and to keep me consistent. I have incorporated Clicker Training with Colt Starting and the result is this step by step Clicker Training book.

Horse Clicker Training Lesson; youtube.com video

Note from Joni Solis (owner of this blog): So many people PooPoo any ideas that involve horses and hand feeding of treats. BUT don’t toss out Clicker Training just because it deals with feeding horses from your hand. If you work correctly the horse doesn’t turn into a monster just because he knows you have food on you. I have two very food loving ponies and one used to be a biter. Though clicker training I have two highly motivated ponies that love their training lessons and don’t want them to end. The biter no longer bites.

Take your time to truly investigate clicker training and give it a real go. Your horse will love you for it and you will be amazed at what you can get your horse to do and do it happily.

Clicker Training can be done safely. It can be less stressful to your horse than conventional training. More and more people that were about to give up on their horse have discovered the Prince of a horse they really had once they tried the clicker.

I am an amazon affiliate and will make some money if you buy this book from clicking on the links on this page. I do believe in clicker training for all animals and highly recommend you try it even if I don’t make any money from it.

Just try it!

Free* call with Linda Tellington-Jones of TTouch Wednesday November 28, 2007

Update: New call with Linda Wednesday, March 19, 2008; sign up for this free call!

“TTouch For You‚Ķ and The Horse You Rode In On” – Free live teleseminar call discussing how TTouch and TTEAM affect you and your horse.

How often do your get to ask a top equine clinician any question you want?

Linda has 30+ years of teaching classical riding. She has traveled widely teaching people just like you how to get along better with their horse partner!

Reasons you should to check into TTouch and TTeam

Snipits of info from Linda’s site…

…enable a horse to override old patterns and to learn without fear or force…

…TTEAM exercises result in self-control, focus, self-confidence, cooperation, balance and coordination. Moreover, eleven unique ways of leading a horse provide opportunities for both horse and rider to increase ability and coordination…

The Tellington TTouch helps to relieve tension, fear of contact, soreness or discomfort and transforms nervous, spooky or resistant horses and improve attitude and behavior. With TTouch your horse will enjoy learning and cooperate willingly.

TTouch has been used extensively to speed healing and recovery from injury and illness in horses and in all animals, including humans.

Hundreds of case histories about emergencies with colic, illness or injury demonstrate the value of TTEAM work with the ears to keep a horse out of shock or to bring a horse out of shock while waiting for the veterinarian.

Some of the questions Linda will be asked are…

“What is the career potential for a T Touch certified practitioner, and how do we go about becoming certified?”

“What was the path that led you to know about and/or develop your Touch? (i.e., what areas of study led you there)?”

Here is your chance to chat live with Linda Tellington-Jones about how TTouch and TTEAM can help you and your horse.

Only hours left! Hurry and register for this free* call

YouTube.com video on ttouch…

Video Description: TTouch work is helping Daizy gain a relaxed coherent sense of herself. She spent her first year confined and chained and was not allowed to develop properly.

Summary:

Call with: Linda Tellington-Jones a Favorite Equine Clinician
Date and time: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007
8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific
Register for the call

These phone seminars are the new wave in learning. They are faster, easier, and save you time and money compared to traveling to attend learning seminars across the country.

Equine Teleseminars put on by Patricia of EquineTeleseminar.net give you a wonderful chance to learn from the best horse professionals.
Where else do you get the opportunity to ask your favorite equine clinician your questions, and to have them answered – LIVE over the phone!

P.S. This is a zero-cost call*

* This phone call is free, outside of your regular long distance phone charges. Space is limited, so sign up now and make plans to attend! Sign up even if you can’t make the call, your questions make the event more valuable for everybody. Even if you can not make it for the live call or you miss the call you can order the audio and text files and still get all the important info!

Feel free to spread the news and tell your horse loving family and friends about this call!

Horse picture by Ian Britton

Touching horses – teaching horses

Bonding, de-stressing, relaxing – all enhanced through the magic of touch

Update: New call with Linda Wednesday, March 19, 2008; sign up for this free call!

Throughout history great horseman have used the sense of touch to help tame and teach horses. The right kind of touch can greatly relive tension and fear and aid in bonding with the horse. Many of the top horse clinicians today have learned the importance of touch when dealing with horses.

Clinton Anderson learned the magic of touch from another equine clinician when he was still a teen. Pat Parelli also knows and uses touch with horses as well. The correct use of touch can lower the horse’s heart rate and even its cortisol levels. Touch between horses is used to reduce social tension between group members. It is also used as a source of reassurance following social conflict.

Linda Tellington-Jones’ TTouch Method involves the simple use of the human touch and can improve your horse’s performance, behavior, and well-being. So if you are looking to learn new methods to enhance the relationship between you and your horse you will want to attend her special call, “TTouch For You‚Ķ and The Horse You Rode In On” on Wednesday November 28, 2007. It is a Free live teleseminar call (phone seminar).

In just a couple more days you can chat with Linda about how TTouch and TTEAM and the ways it can help you and your horse.

What would YOU like to ask Linda Tellington-Jones?

Here here are a few questions Linda will be answering:

“What is a good starting place to begin with a horse who’s had quite a checkered past (several owners, couple of injuries)?”

“Do you think TTOUCH also helps animals on the emotional, mental and spiritual levels?”

“If you could ask Linda Tellington-Jones just 1 question about TTOUCH or TTEAM, what would it be?”

Sign up and we’ll ask her YOUR question too! It not too late to get your question in – register for this free call.

(Questions get answered in the order they were sent in, so hurry.)

Photo by Ian Britton

Horse videos about horses and touch…

Equine Teleseminars make it easy to learn more about your horse!

These Equine Teleseminars (phone seminars) put on by Patricia of EquineTeleseminar.net are an exciting, affordable opportunity to ask your favorite clinician your questions, and to have them answered – LIVE over the phone!

Unlike attending a clinic, teleseminars are easy for you…

* No packing and long travel time or drives
* No worries about the price of gas, motels, the security of your horse, or if your car is going to make the trip before it falls apart
* No need to farm out the kids, the dogs, the other horses
* Relax in your favorite easy chair
* Sip on your favorite hot or cold drink
* Purchase the audio files, and listen to them over and over

Call Info Summary:

Call with: Linda Tellington-Jones a Favorite Equine Clinician

Date and time: Wednesday, Nov 28, 2007; 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific

P.S. This is a zero-cost call*

* This phone call is free, outside of your regular long distance phone charges. Space is limited, so sign up now and make plans to attend! Sign up even if you can’t make the call, your questions make the event more valuable for everybody. Even if you can not make it for the live call or you miss the call you can order the audio and text files and still get all the important info!

Feel free to tell all your horse loving friends and family about this call!

Note from Joni Solis…

We own it to the horses we love to learn to do better by them. Stay open to learning new ways to care for your horse.

If you are an equine clinician you should consider joining Patricia of EquineTeleseminar.net in giving these calls.

How has touch been involved in your relationship with your horse?

Alexandra Kurland equine clinic in Arkansas Feb 16 and 17, 2008

Dolores Arste is hosting an Intro horse training clinic on clicker training horses with Alex for Feb 16 and 17, 2008 in southwest Arkansas. Based on the people she has heard from so far she thinks they are going to have an “advanced beginner” clinic and some very interesting horses.

Dolores would love to have other experienced trainers and horses there too.

“Having a couple of people and horses who’ve progressed with clicker training adds so much to an intro clinic. It really lets the people new to clicker training horses see where they can take it. The participants and the horses will tell us how far we can go. The possibilities are limitless.”
- Dolores Arste

An information sheet it now ready to send. Just contact Dolores Arste please. Contact info below…

Contact info:

Dolores Arste www.zenhorsmanship.com
Dolores @ zenhorsemanship. com (copy and paste into your email program and remove extra spaces)
177 Polk Road 152, Hatfield, Arkansas USA
Ph: (518) 882 6485 (Phone calls are best for contacting about the upcoming clicker clinic)

Read my past post,
“How to train your horse with gentle positives“ for more info on clicker training for horses.

Note from Joni: I think anyone that loves horses and wants to have the best relationship they can with them should be open to new ideas and ways of communicating with them. Horses love clicker training and people of all ages and sizes can learn to do it. It doesn’t use a lot of muscle to pressure the horse into doing what you want. You can be gentle. Clicker trained horses are happy equines that are self motivated because learning becomes a fun game.

Have you ever checked into clicker training for your horse? Leave a comment. Thanks!

Clicker Training for the Horse 101

This brand new 10 week course on clicker training equines has been added to PENZANCE’S Online Educational Series and begins November 12th

Brief introduction to Positive Reinforcement training of the horse with more detail focused on the Terminal Bridge, Intermediate Bridge, Behavior Modification, Shaping and Variable Reinforcers. Meet in live classroom once weekly. Posted materials and class transcripts stored online for easy access anytime.

Course teacher is Gwen Santagate. Her credentials and background can be found on The Penzance Horse in the “About Gwen” link.

Software requirements are easily met…

Requires Microsoft Power Point Reader and Adobe Acrobat Reader. (both can be found on the internet for free download.)

For more info and to register visit The Penzance Horse

SPECIAL OFFERING UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH…

Anyone who registers as a full student for any 101 course can have a friend register for just
1/2 tuition!

If you’re interested in this, please email Gwen Santagate at: caballus @ charter.net. (please remove spaces in email address) If you have any questions please contact Gwen.

Note from Joni:

I love clicker training for my ponies and dogs and I think everyone with an animal to train should keep an open mind to training methods and give it a good try. It is easy and gentle and based on looking for positives. I haven’t taken this course, but it seems like a good way to learn about clicker training your horse.

Other horse educational courses:

Equine HOMEOPATHY 101: begins November 7th

Combining the Introduction of Classical Homeopathy with more detailed instruction on First Aid and Acute Situations, taking a Homeopathic Case, Repertizing, Introduction to Constitutional prescribing and more. Includes Case Studies and practice ‘cases’ for acute situations. 10 weeks. Meet in live classroom once weekly. Posted materials and class transcripts stored online for easy access anytime. 2 additional texts required for study.

Other popular courses:

NHC101 (Natural Hoofcare 101)
and
PPT101 (Progressive Equine Partnership Training 101)

Both these courses begin the first week of December.

The Penzance Horse

The Meaning of the name PENZANCE: “God’s Holy Headland; A place for spiritual growth”.

MISSION STATEMENT

• To foster a greater understanding and awareness of Equine Behavior and Care for Horse Enthusiasts world-wide through education in real time and in virtual settings.
• To provide a sanctuary for those horses and humans whose hearts or bodies have been broken.
• To always project a positive kind and gentle image.
• To be an example for other Equine enthusiasts throughout the world.
• To share God’s Blessings and Grace as He has given to us and to be a light in the darkness for others.

If you have been through one of the horse educational courses I would love to hear your thoughts. Have you ever checked into clicker training for your horse? Leave a comment. Thanks!

horse training, natural horse training, equine education, eyestrain eduction

Teaching your horse to love learning!! Horse Clicker Training Clinic

Alexandra Kurland Equine Clicker Training Pioneer is coming to Hatfield, AR February 16-17, 2008.

To put it simply, an animal tends to repeat an action that has a positive consequence and tends not to repeat one that has a negative consequence. Trainers can take advantage of that natural tendency by providing positive reinforcement following an action that they want the animal to repeat. In order for the animal to connect the positive reinforcement to the behavior that he is doing, the reinforcement must happen AS the behavior is occurring, not afterwards. The actual reinforcement can’t always be delivered to the animal at that precise instant, however.

“Clicker training” is a term used to describe a way of training animals that has become increasingly popular in the last decade because of its gentle methods (and because it is effective). The scientific term for it is operant conditioning. The term came to mean a small box known as a clicker but and really can be coupled with any Marker.

Trainers needed to find another way of letting the animal know that he was doing the right thing, so they began using a conditioned reinforcer. A conditioned reinforcer is anything that wouldn’t ordinarily be something the animal would work to get. A primary reinforcer, on the other hand, is something that the animal automatically finds reinforcing, such as food or water. It can also be something intrinsic such as the opportunity to rest or even the opportunity to go forward.

We’re naturally wary of gimmicks that seem to pervade the riding and horse training industry. Most seem to be designed to permit the handler or rider to ignore good horsemanship techniques in favor of forcing or coercing the horse to do something in lieu of the human learning how to properly handle the horse and him or herself.

But once in a while someone develops a truly ingenious horse training technique which doesn’t replace good horsemanship, but instead addresses some specific barriers in equine training which, when removed, greatly facilitates the application of good horsemanship principles. Heavy doses of clicker training without appropriate application within the framework of a sensible natural horse training program could result in horses which did not tune into the handler’s space, energy and intentions. Clicker training is not a replacement for appropriate resistance free or low resistance (natural horsemanship) handling techniques.

And, here is where Alexandra Kurland excels. Putting into perspective the positive reinforcement with the less than unique idea that we’d like to ride our horses she gives us the balance of both the worlds of classical horsemanship combined expertly with the marker signal indicating “yes”. The marker truly highlights and captures a moment in time of the elegance of perfection.

Alexandra Kurland is the author of “Clicker Training for Your Horse” and “The Click That Teaches” video lesson series and step-by-step training guide. Her articles have recently been featured in John Lyon’s Perfect Horse.

Ms. Kurland earned her degree from Cornell University where she specialized in animal behavior. She has been teaching and training horses since the mid-1980′s. A pioneer in the development of humane training methods, Ms. Kurland began clicker training in the early 1990′s. She very quickly recognized the power of clicker training for improving performance, for enhancing the relationship people have with their horses, and for just plain putting fun back into training.

The Clicker Training Clinic is being held at Dolores Arste winter home in Hatfield, Arkansas.

Dolores Arste was first introduced to clicker training when one of her horses became unmanageable biting and rearing and generally being very difficult to train. Dolores is a practicing Life Coach and avid teacher of the clicker method combined with Horsemanship techniques such as Clinton Anderson, John Lyons and Parelli Natural Horsemanship. She is the author of an audio e-book “Finding the Clickable Moments”. You can find the e-book and articles including “Who uses Markers” on her website at: www.zenhorsmanship.com

When she’s not coaching or teaching clicker training she’s out riding one of her 5 horses in the beautiful countryside of Galway, New York or Hatfield, Arkansas. You can contact Dolores Arste for more info on clicker training and the upcoming clicker clinic.

Contact info:

Dolores Arste www.zenhorsmanship.com
Dolores @ zenhorsemanship. com (copy and paste into your email program and remove extra spaces)
177 Polk Road 152, Hatfield, Arkansas USA
Ph: (518) 882 6485 (Phone calls are best for contacting about the upcoming clicker clinic)

Horse picture by Ian Britton

Note from Joni on clicker training

I use clicker training for my dogs, ponies, and rescue foster dogs. They all love it and learn fast. Old, young, strong, or weak can learn to use clicker training and your horses will love you for it. By the way, all equines including Mules and Donkeys do great with clicker training.

If you want a horse that is highly motived to want to figure out and do as you ask and do it gladly then you need to give this a try! Most horses don’t want the training time to end. How many of you can say that with your training method?

Have you ever checked into clicker training for your horse? Leave a comment. Thanks!

Discover her horse training secrets.

Dolores Arste of zenhorsemanship.com has lined up Stacie Westfall to be interviewed on her next Clicker Trainer’s Conference call for April 9th.

Dolores sent me the following info on this very special *free call…

I can’t believe that Stacie’s fire to become a horse trainer was fueled at a John Lyons Symposium in Maine. I was actually there!

Stacy grew up in Maine where she rode any horse she could find. She started riding on a Shetland Pony named Misty who was trained to rear on command. Stacy trained her first colt at 14–a $150 project horse.

Now several (I won’t say how many) years later, Stacy Westfall, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, is no stranger to the competition arena. She was the first woman to compete in and the first woman to win Road to the Horse–showcasing her horse training methods. Stacy is also a winner in the reining show pen. She’s best known for her “mystery-rider” bridle-less freestyle ride. In 2003, National Reining Horse Association Futurity fans leapt to their feet after her bridleless ride rated tops with the judges.

Stacie’s horse at this year’s Road to the Horse was totally in love with her within the first hour of her training. At the end of the weekend, her horse was following her around like a puppy. That’s something I’m sure we can all appreciate. Stacie bought last year’s horse Popcorn AND this year’s horse. She performed with Popcorn for the crowd this year. And, you see him in her colt-starting article series in Horse and Rider.

This is your opportunity to have me ask the questions that you want to hear. Together, let’s find out what led to her such amazing success.

*The call is free except for the long distance charges and will be up on the replay line for about 2 weeks after the call.

To register visit ZenHorsemanship.com

Notes from Joni Solis…

I really feel strongly that people in the horse industry should be open to continuous learning adventures like these free live calls that Dolores and other horse people hold. Please go sign up for this call and enjoy your opportunity to learn from other professional horse business people.

horse business, horse training, learn, lessons, call