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Do you know what your lead feels like to your horse? Can he trust your hand? Or are you inadvertently poisoning the clicker training experience with too much force? Those are the types of questions we'll be exploring in this lesson.

The \"t'ai chi\" rope handling exercises that I'll be sharing will:

* improve your balance
* help you develop a more secure riding position
* give you a better understanding of the lead rope as a communication tool.

\"Training is a mechanical skill. Don't let mechanics get in the way of good training.\" Bob Bailey

These days I prefer to use the phrase \"handling skills\" rather than \"mechanical skills\". But the intent is the same. You can understand all the theory in the world, but if you’re grabbing the lead with a tight fist instead of using it with finesse, your horse isn't going to enjoy his training sessions.

The good news is you can do something about your handling skills. You can absolutely get better. You can develop a smoother, more horse friendly rhythm. You can find a functional balance that helps you communicate clear intent. You can develop fine motor control. To get you there this lesson covers a series of Awareness Explorations that will help you access your underlying core balance.

The original DVD Lesson covers the morning ground work that I include in my clinics. In these sessions we leave the horses in their stalls to take a nap while their owners work on their handling skills. In clinics we see over and over again how valuable these sessions are. We work out the details of how we are going to ask for something before we involve the horse.

I'm joined in this lesson by Ilse de Wit of the Canadian Clicker Centre. First I teach the exercises to Ilse, then we explore how they relate to ground work and to riding. We look at how you can:

* develop better sensitivity and feel down a rope
* improve your balance and riding position
* use bone alignments to be powerful and effective without being forceful or aggressive.

This DVD was first produced in Jan. 2007

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Alexandra Kurland has been working since the early 1990s to bring clicker training into the horse world.

Her area of particular interest is the development of a horse's balance: physical and emotional. Helping horses stay sound throughout a long lifetime is the goal. The result are beautiful horses that feel like heaven to ride. Her work can be applied to any breed, discipline, and age.

In 1998 Alexandra launched the rapidly growing field of clicker training for horses with the publication of her first book, “Clicker Training for Your Horse”.
She has also written “The Click That Teaches: A Step–By–Step Guide in Pictures” and “The Click That Teaches: Riding with the Clicker”. She has also produced The Click That Teaches DVD lesson series, plus an on-line training course, and an extensive library of articles in her blog: theclickercenterblog.com. She also produces the weekly Equiosity podcast - an exploration of all things equine with a special emphasis on the horse-human bond.

Alexandra teaches clicker training geared to any horse need or sport—including developing a gentle and companionable riding horse, working with foals and weanlings, training advanced performance horses, and helping difficult to handle horses.

Prior to the pandemic, Alexandra traveled widely giving clicker training clinics and presenting at conferences in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. She has been on the faculty of The Clicker Expo since it’s beginning almost twenty years ago.
Her clinic teaching has now shifted on-line so wherever you are in the world, you and your horse can learn directly from Alexandra.

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