Month: May 2023

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Modern Horse Training – One Month Anniversary

It’s been a month since “Modern Horse Training” was published. Yesterday I celebrated the one month anniversary by exploring Instagram. People who know me are aware that I am a very reluctant user of social media.

Instagram is unknown territory for me. I am very much like someone who is new to clicker training. I’m asking the same questions. What is this? How does it work? How do I begin?

Regular users of social media would have been chuckling if they had seen my computer usage over the last couple of days. I was like a nervous horse edging up to a puddle, jumping back, nosing forward again. Should I or shouldn’t I put a toe in?

I have bravely decided to test the water. Just like that nervous horse I could easily jump back out again, but I have a lot that I want to share with you about Modern Horse Training – not just the book but what that phrase has come to mean to me. I’m motivated to take the first step in.

So I have put up my first post on Instagram. If you are on Instagram, you can reinforce this behavior in a number of ways. You can, of course buy my book. That’s very reinforcing! It is available through my web site, theclickercenter.com and Amazon. You can leave a five star review on Amazon. People have been writing some extraordinary reviews which I deeply appreciate. They are great reading! And they certainly help to spread the word about clicker training.

You can share the book with your friends. And you can share your own images on Instagram of what Modern Horse Training means to you. With your help, I’m going to be learning how that’s done on Instagram. You can laugh as I stumble my way around hashtags. Just remember the answer is always obvious to the one who knows it. Right now I have questions not answers which means I am exactly where someone is who is new to clicker training. I am imagining someone opening my new book for the first time and beginning their journey into clicker training, just as I am beginning my exploration of instagram. The difference is they get to play with their horses. Whatever anyone says about social media playing with horses has to be more fun!


See you on Instagram! If I have the language right, you can follow me at #ModernHorseTrainin

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Modern Horse Training – Morning News

Modern Horse Training – Morning News

I’m smiling this morning. People have been reading the new book and the reviews for new book are indeed coming in. Thank you to all of you who posted your comments. They are truly amazing!!!

So thank you to Amy, Tehachapji (I love the photo you included of your equine best friend),Sybil, Julie, Sabine, Denise, Eileen and CMC. You certainly got my day off to a great start! Thank you for your wonderful comments!!

I encourage everyone to visit the “Modern Horse Training” page on Amazon to read the reviews. (https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Horse-Training-Constructional-Becoming/product-reviews/173341682X/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews)

So now let’s have some fun. Help me add to this word chain by describing what Modern Horse Training is. I’ve posted this on The Click That Teaches facebook group. I’m looking forward to seeing what others share. I’ll get us started with some help from Robin and horses I have met in clinics. I’ll let Panda lead us off because that’s what she normally does.

Modern Horse Training is Fun! Please use the comments section to add to the word chain and share on social media.

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Modern Horse Training – The Reviews Are Coming In!

Modern Horse Training – The Reviews Are Coming In

I have to share. Amy Stevenson posted the first review on Amazon and it is astounding! I couldn’t ask for a better first review. Here is what Amy said about the book:

“Wow wow wow!!!! I’ve only been thumbing through Alexandra Kurland’s newest book that just arrived and I am blown away. After only a day I’ve barely touched the surface of what’s contained within. The depth and breadth of knowledge is astounding. Having personally begun working with Alexandra, I knew it would be good, but it is so much more than I expected.

Science based and accurate from cover to cover and still all the information is presented in a completely user friendly way. It’s so easy to read, understand, make a training plan and take it to your horse in a real world setting!

My first impression of the book is a culmination of Alexandra’s lifetime of working with and training horses and teaching their people. A legacy of her life’s work in education and her collaborations within the world of horses and the world of modern animal training.

This book is a MUST HAVE training manual for every horse owner, clicker trainer from novice to advanced and ANY traditional trainer looking to revise their horsemanship skills to solve any and all types of ground manners issues and teach husbandry and hoof care behaviors and so much more that horses need to understand in order to be safe and successful living in a humans world with us. It’s not possible to list all the important behaviors horses must know that are contained within. I am going to need some extra copies for myself and to gift to my horsey friends when they buy a new horse or their first horse!

If you’ve had a horse who was difficult to catch, halter, lead, lift feet for hoof care, there’s something for you.

If you would like to ride with softness and release from the slightest asking of aids and no escalation because your horse understands how to organize its body to give, this book is for you.

If you’re working with your first ever horse or have been a pony clubber riding since you were a three year old, this book is still for you.

I highly recommend to anyone caring for or working with horses in any capacity. It’s so good.”

Thank you Amy! What a perfect first review!