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Originally Posted on October 13, 2019 at https://mertensdvm.wordpress.com/blog/ Mr. Ed is a black quarter horse gelding of indeterminate age, although his teeth (or lack thereof) declare that he’s close to 30. He’s been …
Originally Posted on October 6, 2019 at Horsefeathers Blog I’ve been playing with some liberty leading with Luna recently, working off of some techniques I learned from my friend Jaya Erkkila. Jaya …
Originally Posted on September 28, 2019 at https://mertensdvm.wordpress.com/blog/ Using complete freedom, a few well-timed treats, and within the space of 4 weeks, we showed that horse there was nothing to be scared …
Originally Posted on September 20, 2019 at https://mertensdvm.wordpress.com/blog/ Yesterday was my 4th session with Red the foot-shy quarter horse; the farrier appointment is next week so we were down to really testing …
Orignally Posted on September 13, 2019 at https://mertensdvm.wordpress.com/blog/ Today was our third day of work with a quarter horse gelding named Red, a gelding who is reportedly an uncooperative basket-case when it …
I’m taking an introductory animal behavior course right now, on line; part of my quest to learn as much as I possibly can learn about this fascinating field. So …
It’s easy for any training method to be misused. In the case of positive reinforcement training, we start to lose good results when the training becomes more about the …
Here’s a new twist on a perennial horse problem: Finn the 4 year old Fjord gelding refuses to get out of his trailer. Finn, at 19 hours stuck. You’ve read in …
Isn’t it nice to know that what you do really matters? That was my first brave response to realizing that Covid-19 was here among us, and dangerous. A model …
I introduced Cowboy a few days ago, my latest clicker project who needs to resolve issues of crowding his humans. Another concerning behavior has been kicking at horses or …
