Earlier in the week I said I would post some pictures of the buoy target I am using. The first picture shows how the buoy can be used with the handle. using-buoy-target-with-handle.JPG While the stallion is targeting calmly now, the handle helped me keep all my fingers! The other picture is with a mare that is [...]

I have started to utilize a new target for the horses that I am clicker training. Rather then the traditional buoy target I have started to use a 8 inch inflatable buoy that has a handle. It has become multi functional. For the stallion that I am training it allowed my hand to be protected [...]

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Are You Clicker Training, or Training with a Clicker?is a great article by Kathy Sdao. I like it because it addresses the fact that just because a trainer uses a clicker, they are not necessarily a clicker trainer. I have found in my consulting that some clients have been led to believe that it is the clicker that [...]