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Ross Jacobs
March 13, 2024
Training

WHAT IS FORWARDNESS?

Ross Jacobs
March 13, 2024
Training

Regulating a horse’s speed seems to be one of the most common issues that come up regularly at clinics. Either people are lost on how to get their horse to move with more energy or how to move with less energy. It appears that putting the forward in a horse or taking it out is a perpetual mystery to many people.

Tagged: forward, impulsion, dullness

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Ross Jacobs
March 10, 2024
Training

USING PRESSURE - ‘AVERSIVE' TRAINING OR NOT?

Ross Jacobs
March 10, 2024
Training

I would like to offer a brief explanation of my understanding of how training is supposed to work and why there is confusion among people who are opposed to the use of pressure and feel.

Tagged: pressure, feel, aversive, negative reinforcement

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Ross Jacobs
March 7, 2024
Training

WHAT IS A TRICK AND WHAT IS NOT?

Ross Jacobs
March 7, 2024
Training

What is the difference between teaching a horse a trick and teaching it a movement? Is there a difference?

Tagged: trick training

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Ross Jacobs
March 5, 2024
Riding, Training, Fear

THE BLACK SHEEP OF EMOTIONS

Ross Jacobs
March 5, 2024
Riding, Training, Fear

Fear is not something to be ashamed of. It can be used to help our horses by turning it from a negative that interferes with our enjoyment and learning to a positive that keeps us safe and builds our confidence. But it takes a lot of work.

Tagged: fear

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Ross Jacobs
March 2, 2024
Training, Welfare

NEW RULE

Ross Jacobs
March 2, 2024
Training, Welfare

Lately, horse abuse by some high-profile horse trainers has been in the news. Public outrage has been loud. It’s hard to imagine the perpetrators are unaware that what they do is animal abuse.

Tagged: abuse, competition

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Ross Jacobs
February 29, 2024
Training

PRESSURE TO BLOCK A THOUGHT

Ross Jacobs
February 29, 2024
Training

As I said at the start, the distinction between using pressure to get a horse to do something and getting it to let go of doing something is subtle. I don’t know some people who understand this and fewer people who teach it.

Tagged: thoughts, blocking, pressure

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