Connecting The Dots Between Children’s Books and Horse Training
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by theclickercenter
1M ago
I just published this week’s Equiosity podcast. This is Part 3 of a three part conversation. In Part 1 we talked about resets – what they are and how they can be used to help horses rebalance so they are more in sync with their handlers. In Part 2 this led to a discussion of shaping on a point of contact, the WWYLM lesson and visualizing your horse as a marching band. In part 3 explore some useful metaphors that help in understanding lateral work. We begin with Merry-Go-Rounds and then move on to railroad tracks. At the very end of the podcast I talk about the connection between the horse tr ..read more
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Enjoy The Kenyon Bear Books
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by theclickercenter
1M ago
The Kenyon Bear Books: “Teddies to the Rescue” and “Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real” Order them through my web site: theclickercenter.com or get them from Amazon. In “Teddies to the Rescue” I introduce you to Kenyon. Kenyon lives in the window of the Shuttle Hill Herb Shop. The shop was a real place. For twenty years the children in the village could visit the bears playing in the window. They never knew what the bears would be doing. They might be heading out for a wintertime adventure . . . , or helping to keep the shop neat and tidy. The books turn their adventures into stories every ..read more
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It’s Publication Day!
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
It’s Publication Day!! Help me celebrate by ordering your copy of “Edgrr The Bear Who Wanted to Be Real” today!! I know I’m supposed to be offering you all sorts of limited time offers to get you to buy the book, but that’s never been my style. Instead I’ll share a review of the book that a reader sent me when Edgrr was first published in 1987: “Emma (Age 6) and I snuggled down with Edgrr The Bear Who Wanted to Be Real, and read it straight through. When we finished, we felt wonderful and thought it was a very special and important thing that Edgrr learned. Thank you for sharing.” The Kenyon ..read more
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Tomorrow is Publication Day!
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
Edgrr The Bear Who Wanted To Be Real Tomorrow is Publication Day! From the Book: And now was a time to warm cold paws, dry wet fur, and munch marshmallows.  Edgrr decided that marshmallows were something real bears ate a lot of.  But he couldn’t decide how he liked his done best.  He tried roasting them slowly so that they were an even crusty brown all around the outside.  That was delicious.  Then he tried putting them in the hot part of the fire until they burst into flame.  They turned black, but inside they were soft and gooey.  He liked that, too.  ..read more
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Edgrr – Three Days To Publication!
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
It’s three days to publication! Order my new book, “Edgrr The Bear Who Wanted To Be Real” from my web site: theclickercenter.com or get it from Amazon on Thursday February 1, 2024 ..read more
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Celebrating The New Books!
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
Celebrating The New Books! It’s winter. The horses like this time of the year. No flies. No summer heat, just long naps with the winter sun warming their backs. Winter is a time for dreaming, a time for stories. It is the perfect time for “Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real” The new book will be published Feb 1 2024 That’s the new children’s book. Today is January 28 and I am celebrating my other new book, “Modern Horse Training” at this year’s Clicker Expo Live. I started my day with a Book Nook conversation with Ken Ramirez. What a pleasure and what an honor to talk about the book with Ke ..read more
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Edgrr: A Sneak preview continued:
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
All day long Edgrr lay in a heap just as the little girl had left him.  Kenyon shook his head.  He just did not understand him. “Don’t you want to be adopted?” he asked.  “Don’t you want to be loved?” “No,” Edgrr growled.  “Real bears do not need love.  Real bears live in the woods and eat berries.  Real bears do not need anybody.” Kenyon sighed, but it made him sad to think of all the wonderful things Edgrr was missing. “We must help him,” Kenyon said to the other bears.  The shop was closed for the night, and all the people had gone home to their nice warm ..read more
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Edgrr – A Sneak Preview Continued
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
Edgrr: A Sneak preview continued: The key turned in the lock, and the shop owner walked in. “Get over here at once,” Kenyon hissed.  “Someone will see you.” “Then I shall growl and scare them away,” declared Edgrr.  “I am a real bear.  I won’t sit in the window anymore.  I won’t! I won’t! I won’t!  And you can’t make me!”  he shouted. He ducked under the table cover and hid between two large cartons. Kenyon groaned, but he couldn’t move from the window.  A young mother came in with her two little girls.  They came up to the front of the shop to pick out ..read more
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Edgrr: A Sneak Preview Continued
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
Edgrr: A Sneak preview continued: Kenyon Bear did not understand.  Kenyon was the shop’s bear.  He was bigger than the others, and he lived in the window year round. Kenyon like to help the little bears find good homes.  He didn’t mind not being adopted himself.  The shop was his home, and he had many good friends who came to visit.  But he did not understand Edgrr. Just before opening every morning Kenyon did a check of the window.  It was his job to make sure all the bears were back in their places before any people came in.  After a full night of playing ..read more
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Edgrr is Coming!
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by theclickercenter
2M ago
My new book, “Edgrr the Bear Who Wanted to be Real”, is coming! Edgrr was originally published in 1987, a year after my first children’s book, “Teddies to the Rescue” was published. “Sara” came out the following year. After that horses demanded more and more of my time. I was already teaching and training. There wasn’t time for everything so the bears found their way, as so many bears do, to a back corner of my life. They weren’t forgotten or set aside. They simply had to wait for their turn to come again. Bears can be very patient, much more patient it seems than the many horses who were dem ..read more
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