Clinton Anderson's Blog – February 2010 Archive (3)

Training Tip of the Week: Treat your personal space as an “invitation only” area.

To clarify a bit on last week's post because we received some questions: The only way the horse is allowed into your personal hula hoop space is if you invite him in. And you’ll only invite him into that four foot circle if you know you can get him out of it. Think of how you want your neighbors to treat you. You might like your neighbors, but you never want them to just barge into your house. You always want them to walk up to the door, knock and ask to come…

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Added by Clinton Anderson on February 26, 2010 at 9:16am — 1 Comment

Clinton Anderson’s Training Tip of the Week: Protect Your Personal Hula Hoop Space

The safety category of respect refers to your personal hula… Continue

Added by Clinton Anderson on February 19, 2010 at 10:42am — 1 Comment

Mental AND Physical

When horses feel safe, comfortable and have enough food and water to sustain them, their next need is stimulation. Your horse needs to be stimulated both physically and mentally on a daily basis. As with many other things when working with horses, you need to… Continue

Added by Clinton Anderson on February 12, 2010 at 4:16pm — 2 Comments