Monday night Bill and I watched the TV program “House”. There was a very brief segment where House was teaching a preschooler how to play with some toys. He used clicker training and was surprised that it worked.
Tuesday dawned …
Well, who would have thought that such a cold day (hovering around -28) could be so GREAT!!?
I decided to work each horse this morning.
A very frisky Bucephalus was such a sweetie. Even with the crisp air, he was …
I don’t remember when I’ve seen our outdoor thermometer registering this close to minus thirty! Yesterday it was a balmy minus twenty-five and the only horse I played with was Bucephalus. I figured it had to warm up…WRONG! Today, somehow, …
We had a mini-training camp this week. Klara came three days and we worked with six horses at liberty. We had great fun with Pax. I haven’t worked with this six-year-old Canadian for many months. Ron, his owner, has been …
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Zelador was hilarious Saturday. Every day I practice Pretty Face (Zelador holds his head “on the bit”). He “poses” in that position. I usually start the day by asking for a few Pretty Faces when I’m grooming him in the …
Happy New Year!!!!
The horses are doing great! I love Alexandra Kurland’s book about clicker training and riding. The horses love clicker training. The click tells them when they do something GREAT and they also get a treat. What happens …
The saga surrounding the horse piano continues into 2011. Robb Roberts took my third floor piano, folded the ends under and created three wooden keys which are attached at the front edge of the piano with hinges. He also placed …
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The person creating the youtube channel for the Equine Orchestra created a new channel and removed the old one. He has about four or five more videos to add. This will be done in the next month. Hope you enjoy …
This morning the arena thermostat read minus 11 and the wind chill to get there and back was -25 to -30. Brrr!
I worked with Zelador at liberty, then Zeloso.
With Zelador we’re developing a new game where I toss …
Holiday greetings! Here’s a project we’ve been working on with the horses. As you’ll see in the youtube video some filming took place when it was WARM outside!
http://www.youtube.com/user/WinsongFarm?feature=mhum
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Much to my AMAZEMENT when Bill got home from work, he threw himself into creating a basketball hoop for the horses.
We took it to the lower barn at night feed and tested it with the horses there. Everyone but …
I thought you’d enjoy this photo taken of my vizsla, Sadie, and her pups in 1972. She gave birth to twelve of the darlings! After experiencing a dozen little redheads we decided that Sadie had done her bit as far …
We videotaped the lessons Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The temperature was COLD. The wind howled. It was damp. Sitting still, holding the camera motionless, zooming in on the subject…all very challenging in those weather conditions. When Monday (the final day …
