Michaela Hempen

Hi, In the last lesson, we expanded the turns to 4 cones with the mat in the center and used feeding to the off-side, away for us, to set up the balance for a turn around a cone that is more to the side instead of the one straight ahead. Now we will systematically build … Read more

Hi, In the last email, I introduced you to the figure 8 lesson. In that setup with a mat and two cones, you ask your horse to go around a cone, land on the mat, change direction and go around the opposite cone. This creates beautiful turns and establishes your cues to send your horse … Read more

Hi, In the last email, I introduced you to The expanding ellipse lesson. With the two mats and two opposite cones that are moved further away from each other, this setup is a great way to increase the distance that your horse walks from one mat to the next, and it creates a balance puzzle … Read more

Hi, Yesterday, we piled through a lot of material. Today we get more practical. Remember, we talked about two strategies to teach a new skill. Response shaping and stimulus shaping or fadingDon’t get hung up by the terminology. I found both stimulus fading and stimulus shaping in the literature. Some authors seem to use both … Read more