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The 2024 program starts in May 2024. Enrollment is open: Apply here

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Here is what the program looks like and what the 4 trimesters in the HippoLogic Clicker Training Academy offer. We learn by repetition and every time we’ll go through the basics, you’ll learn more, see more and understand more. Each level in your education will have it’s own challenges: the more you know, the more you’ll understand that there is more…

The foundation of each season is always The Confident Clicker Trainer.

It’s my 12-week foundation course that includes everything! From: Appetitive to Zen behaviour.

This program takes you from Confused to Clear about Clicker Training! You’ll discover new things every time you go through the course and your horse will develop and improve his skills and behaviours!

R+ MOVEMENT Training! Exercise your horse with positive reinforcement! Time to get your fat horse fit and your whoa-horse a go-horse

SPRING
Each season has it’s own challenges, for instance Spring is the time we have to compete with lush, yummy grass and greens every where!

Grass Training! Useful in Movement Training (especially at liberty) as well as in hand walks and on trails How to keep your horses’ attention while being in nature’s candy store

Spring Movement Training
Horses gain weight in Spring (as is in their nature), days getting longer and maybe your horse gets more pasture time. You’ll have to adjust your Movement Training to those challenges!

SUMMER

Confident Clicker Trainer. When you’re new this is what you need, when you’re going through the course again, you’ll notice things you’ve never noticed before. It’s all about refining your training skills, improve your observation skills and develop a clear eye for the tiniest improvements in your horse.

Summer Movement Training
What exercises are best for when the weather is HOT? You’ve built some momentum in Spring and now you don’t want to lose it.

Your horse might be 24/7 out and still gaining weight? Or is harder to motivate due to warm weather. How to deal with these challenges!

‘Trails and Trailering’
This is the season to get your horse out and expand your horizon! Taking your horse out on trails can be challenging when your horse doesn’t load into the trailer. Or you can’t take him out on the road because of the traffic
Or your horse is herd bound, your other horse has severe separation anxiety and you simply can’t go out for a walk or trail ride.
This is where you can use more clicker training to help your horse overcome his fears and help him become a trustworthy, confident trail partner.

AUTUMN
We go through The Confident Clicker Trainer program and you’ll discover there is still more to learn! Also the weather effects your horses behaviour and he might need to refresh his skills.

Autumn Movement Training

The grass has the last grow spurt before winter hibernation. Suddenly your horse gains weight again! How to overcome this challenge?
What about the weather? Your horse freaks out about your umbrella or rain pants. What exercises can you do when it’s muddy. Maybe your horse has more indoor (Stable) hours and gets really “fresh” when taken out. Or the spooky corner when there is stormy weather. How do we deal with those challenges safely?

Husbandry Skills: From Haltering to Hoof Cleaning
Days are getting shorter but we can still teach our horses so much! Husbandry skills help us keep our horses and us (!) safe and making sure that our horses stay in good health.

Deworming is something that you might only do a few times a year, but even those times you don’t want it to become a struggle. You want to do it with consent and ease.

Hoof care, taking care of their feet (especially in mud) is really important. All husbandry training contributes to trust and the relationship you have with your horse.

WINTER

The Confident Clicker Trainer. Your horse behaves different in Winter. You behave different. Maybe you need to blanket your horse, he spents more time indoors and reacts differently to treats. The hay cubes that had almost no value in Summer are now the bees knees in Training! While in Spring you’ll *have* to offer something better than hay cubes because of the grass all around.

Winter Movement Training
Dealing with snow, cold (what gloves to use in -20 ºC and what treats that you can handle with gloves) and frozen ground will have it’s own challenges.

Maybe you’ve come a long way since Spring Movement Training and you need to find ways to keep your horse fit in Winter, so Spring will be a “breeze”. Even when Winter has it’s own challenges, we’ll find ways to keep you up with your training, so you won’t have to start from scratch when Spring comes around!

So many fun exercises you can do, even when it’s dark, cold and snowing! Snow fun! Enrichment to keep your horse occupied in long Winter nights.

Clicker Challenges
There are so many ways to put your training skills into practise. One way is to engage in entertaining Clicker Challenges! Teach your horse to paly “Jingle Bells” (with a twist) or build a chain of behaviours for one click! I’ve got many Clicker Challenges for you to keep you entertained!