Do you wish you could have some personal coaching when clicker training your own horse?

Whether you are just starting out using positive reinforcement with your horse, need some help troubleshooting specific training issues, want to refresh your training or looking for one-on-one coaching to advance your skills then this is the course for you.  
 
Equine behaviourist and trainer Trudi Dempsey hosts this unique online coaching course. You will have access to 7 weeks of learning – including 3 training challenges, video lessons, live Zoom sessions, group discussions in a dedicated forum, downloads, training plans and coaching with individual feedback on your training videos to help you improve and fine tune your training. 


You will learn how to: 


• Recognise and improve your training skills


• Create the best training environment


• Create behaviour by luring, capturing and shaping


• Build duration and distance in the behaviours you train


• Add cues and put behaviours under stimulus control


• Ensure errorless learning


 • Reduce stress in your training

 
 • Troubleshoot any problems you may be having


• Set yourself and your horse up to succeed


• Break down your training goals into achievable steps


• Plan your training successfully


• Collect data


• Maintain your motivation


 • Progress forward if you get stuck in your training

 
THERE ARE TWO STUDY OPTIONS: 'FULL STUDENT' FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TRAIN AND HAVE COACHING AND 'AUDITOR' FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO TO OBSERVE BUT NOT PARTICIPATE.


This course is aimed at horse owners, students and equestrian professionals interested in advancing their positive reinforcement training. You will need to have a basic understanding of positive reinforcement training to take this course.


The course runs for 7 weeks.

All course material will be available for 30 days after the course has finished.

NEXT PROGRAMME STARTS 15 JULY

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Course curriculum

    1. Welcome pack

    1. 1: Planning for Success

    2. 2: Finding and Maintaining Motivation

    1. SCIENCE LECTURE: The Art of Zen

    2. PRACTICAL LECTURE: Stand Still and Chill

    3. CHALLENGE 1 QUIZ

    4. ZOOM MEETING 1: 7pm BST • 17 July

    1. CHALLENGE 1 ZOOM MEETING: 7pm BST • 17 July

    1. SCIENCE LECTURE: Fluency and Flow

    2. PRACTICAL LECTURE: Take a Step

    3. CHALLENGE 2 QUIZ

    1. CHALLENGE 2 ZOOM MEETING: 7pm BST • 7 August

About this course

  • £189.00
  • 17 lessons
  • 4.5 hours of video content

Who is this course for?

  • HORSE OWNERS

  • EQUINE STUDENTS

  • EQUINE PROFESSIONALS

Continuing Professional Development (CPD/CEU)

  • Course Contents

    3 x training challenges, 3 x individual feedback on your training videos, 4 x Zoom meetings, video lessons, community discussions, quizzes, training plans, downloads and 1 x final quiz

  • Course Duration

    7 weeks

  • CPD/CEU Certificate

    You can download a personalised CPD/CEU certificate after completing the course material and the final quiz.

  • IAABC

    This course has been approved for 15 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants (IAABC) for full students and 11.5 CEUs for auditors. You will need to request an IAABC CEU certificate directly from us, so please get in touch once you have completed the course and quiz.

  • KPA

    This course has been approved for 17.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the Karen Pryor Association (KPA). You will need to contact us for an event code, download your CPD certificate once you have completed the course and then email both code and certificate to the KPA.

  • PONY CLUB UK

    This course has been approved as CPD by the Pony Club (PCUK). Download and email your CPD certificate to the organisation once you have completed the course.

REVIEWS

5 star rating

Loved the Balance Between Practical and Theory

Corinne McCafferty

I think the best part about this horse is that your learner gets to be involved too. Being able to film your own progress and get feedback was so valuable an...

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I think the best part about this horse is that your learner gets to be involved too. Being able to film your own progress and get feedback was so valuable and lead to me making lots more progress than I would have made on my own. It was fun and reenergised me to spend better quality time with my horse. I also learned lots about the more technical and theoretical side of Positive Reinforcement.

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5 star rating

An encouraging and informative course

Kate Banfield Rickard

This course was exactly what I needed, and gave me the confidence to begin exploring positive reinforcement training in more detail. Trudi's science and prac...

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This course was exactly what I needed, and gave me the confidence to begin exploring positive reinforcement training in more detail. Trudi's science and practical lectures were engaging and easy to understand, which made the training challenges feel approachable and achievable. Trudi's personalised feedback on video sessions was thorough and insightful, whilst also being encouraging and positive. Thank you, I will be back for more!

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5 star rating

Amazing course, Must do!

Gabriel Lencioni

In this course, Trudi not only teaches you how to improve your training but also involves you in many discussions and exchanges of ideas that make you able t...

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In this course, Trudi not only teaches you how to improve your training but also involves you in many discussions and exchanges of ideas that make you able to think for yourself, consequently getting to be a better trainer and achieve your own goals in the most ethical way!

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Outstanding trainer and great discussion

Drea Lee

I thoroughly enjoyed this course! Trudi is an amazing trainer, offering her expertise and advice, always approachable for any and all questions. The group zo...

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I thoroughly enjoyed this course! Trudi is an amazing trainer, offering her expertise and advice, always approachable for any and all questions. The group zooms and discussion boards are brilliant, it was great to be in a space and able to bounce ideas off each other. 5 stars from me!

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5 star rating

Excellent positive reinforcement course

Jane Brown

I am relatively new to positive reinforcement training and have not really been in a “ learning “ environment for several decades so when I saw this course a...

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I am relatively new to positive reinforcement training and have not really been in a “ learning “ environment for several decades so when I saw this course advertised on social media I was very interested but also worried I wouldn’t be able to keep up or it would be too much for me. I made contact with the lovely Trudi Dempsey who put me at ease and encouraged me to sign up, I’m so very glad I did. I absolutely loved the course, so much information, feedback and a wonderfully supportive community to share the journey with. This course has given me the confidence I needed to progress with my training and I hope Trudi will be doing another course.

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5 star rating

Amazing course, fantastic trainer

Sooz Foster (Instructor)

I recently finished this course and miss it already! Trudi is an incredible trainer, knowledgeable, insightful and supportive. My understanding of positive r...

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I recently finished this course and miss it already! Trudi is an incredible trainer, knowledgeable, insightful and supportive. My understanding of positive reinforcement and the practical application of it has improved so much. I didn’t want it to end!

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Excellent course

Sara Jackson

Content was clear, well structured and detailed Trudi gave thorough, insightful feedback on the video submissions with lots of positive feedback to help the...

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Content was clear, well structured and detailed Trudi gave thorough, insightful feedback on the video submissions with lots of positive feedback to help the human learners!

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Your Instructor

TRUDI DEMPSEY

Trudi is a certified horse behaviour consultant with the IAABC and an Accredited Animal Behaviourist with the Animal Training and Behaviour Council. Trudi has been offering her own unique blend of classical dressage and positive reinforcement as Creative Equine training since the ’90s. She is an experienced gymnastic groundwork coach and specialises in bitless training. For the last 10 years, Trudi has written and judged the Baroque dressage classes at Interdressage and offered online training to international clients. She presents clinics, talks and workshops in person throughout the UK and webinars and courses online around the world.

Study Options

You can either join the programme as a 'Full Student' or an 'Auditor'. What is the difference?

AUDITOR:

• Access to all lectures and teaching material

• Access to discussion forum

• View all posted videos in forum

• Post in General section of forum

• Access to Zoom recordings after the meeting

• Watch training feedback videos


FULL STUDENT:

All the advantages of an Auditor place, plus:

• Receive personalised coaching from Trudi

• Attend live Zoom meetings

• Upload video for detailed feedback

• Post questions in all forums

PROGRAMME STARTS ON 15 JULY

Full student and auditor places are available. Early bird rate available until 29 April (£279 thereafter).