I’m practicing the skill of writing short posts. Here’s the second post I put up on Instagram. You can find me there at: @alexandra.kurland.5

But note – I couldn’t resist adding a bit more to the original instagram posts.

I love this photo. Robin is waiting for the lesson to begin.

Here’s the story behind this photo. I was getting set up to video the runway lesson. That’s a lesson that I use to introduce horses to standing on mats. Instructions for the lesson are included in the new book, “Modern Horse Training”.

Obviously, mats don’t worry Robin. He loves his mats. He had been standing off to the side of the arena watching me set out the cones and the mat.

The camera was up on the deck that overlooks the arena. Once the cones were in place, I left the arena to turn the camera on. I went out of sight into the barn and then up a flight of stairs to the loft. Robin let me know that he was eager for the session to begin by going over to stand on the mat.

His behavior tells me that he not only understands the runway lesson, he enjoys it. He wanted the lesson to begin!

I love this about our clicker-trained horses. They let us know in so many ways that this is training they truly enjoy.

How do your horses tell you they enjoy their training time?