We've started running a series of workshops looking at equine behaviour. The first one started with 'How horses learn' and we looked at...

A few months ago we published an article called 'How to start Positive Reinforcement through clicker training your horse. We are starting...

Last year during lockdown I was inspired to deepen my learning of equine behaviour, so I studied a module in Equine Behaviour from the...

Tell us about yourself... I’m a veterinarian. I work with companion animals and exotics. I have a special interest in animal behavior and...

For those who have been fortunate enough to have crossed paths with Dale he soon becomes a firm favourite and has been a reliable member...

Marilyn started having lessons a few months ago and recently bought Danilo, a 10 year old Andalusian gelding. Tell us about yourself I’m...

Peter joined Lincourt Stables in the autumn of 2020 and started having lessons with Patricia. He has just leased his first horse,...

The title of this essay is above. Release, Relief, Reward. As a rider I have not separated these terms in my head until recent years. I...

Let’s start at the beginning, what is Positive Reinforcement (R+)? Have you heard of Positive Reinforcement? What about Clicker Training?...

There are some very important steps to getting started with Clicker Training, one of which is getting your horse to associate the sound...

This is a blog post guest written by one of our students at Lincourt Stables, Liparit Hambardzumyan. Liparit and his brothers have been...

Your horse is a horse, not a human. Obvious? Yes of course! Horses don’t remember things like humans do, they don’t think logically to...

The past 6 months have been a challenge in many ways, but also an opportunity to try new things and be creative. One of the new elements...

What 2020 has taught me so far, the view of an equestrian

We’ve moved on a little from your classic lunge lessons and on to using target practice on the ground and then in the saddle. The...

We start on the lunge, the idea being that this would be a good way for me to get the feel of a big moving horse like Bob while not...

Before we start let me say a word about this diary…this is my experience of learning to work and use positive reinforcement methods to...

Below are some Friday thoughts to ponder upon...and that I ask myself when there is time to reflect. Please leave a comment below, we...

I wrote this blog several weeks ago, since then things have changed a great deal and we now find ourselves dealing with a new way of...

Attending the Desert Circuit at Thermal with Terra NOva to help educate around R+ positive reinforcement methods.