Loopy Training
Presented By Alexandra Kurland
The original DVD was a 6 hour, 3 disc Lesson

$59

Loopy Training is a teaching strategy. If you're familiar with clicker training at all, you probably have encountered the phrase: Behavior leads to click leads to reinforcement.

 

What we need to remember is this is not a single phrase but a loop:

 

Behavior leads to click leads to reinforcement leads to

more behavior leads to click leads to reinforcement leads to . . .

 

Good training can be structured as a series of loops. The mantra is: when a loop is clean you get to move on, and not only do you get to move on, you should move on.

 

So Loopy Training teaches you how to build complex chains and how to shift criteria so your learner continues to be successful. That's just the beginning. Good clicker training is Loopy.

 

I could have divided this single title up into three separate mini courses, but the lessons and concepts which are covered in this Loopy Training Lesson belong together as a group. The end result was the original lesson, a three disc, 6 hour long DVD title.

 

This is a long lesson. Think of it as though you were going off to a weekend conference. But instead of sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a large lecture hall, you get to watch the presentations in the comfort of your own house. 

 

This is also a hard Lesson to categorize. On the one hand the basic concept of loopy training makes a great starting point for exploring clicker training. The foundation lessons are best taught as loops. So if you are new to clicker training this Loopy Training Lesson actually makes a good starting point. But many of the concepts and some of the later exercises may feel a bit overwhelming to someone who is just starting out.

 

If you are a beginner, my recommendation would be to get this Lesson. Watch the first part, then go back to the beginning of the series and work your way systematically through the lessons. Periodically rewatch the Loopy Training DVD. Each time you do, you'll find that the later sections make more and more sense to you, and you are ready to apply the concepts to your training.

 

If you've already been working your way through the other mini courses in this series, you'll find that the Loopy Training lesson does many things for you:

 

• It gives you a great review of basics.

• It will show you how to make your training much more structured and systematic.

• You'll understand more about the power of cues and how to chain of behaviors together.

• It will also show you how to teach not just individual behaviors to your horse, but advanced concepts, as well. 

 

This lesson will move your understanding of clicker training to a new level.

 

The original DVD Lesson was first released in April 2011.

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​Registration in the mini course gives you access to the course material for a year.  If you want to extend your membership in the course, it is $15/year to maintain your access to the course material.  If you are registered in the on-line clinics, the annual renewal fee is $35 and that covers all of the on-line clinics you are registered in.