There are 18 DVDs in this lesson series. Lesson 18 is now available as an on-line streaming course.

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:
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It gives you a great review of basics.
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It will show you how to make your training much more structured and systematic.
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You'll understand more about the power of cues and how to chain of behaviors together.
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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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CONTENTS
Welcome
About This Lesson
Lesson 1: Loopy Training Introduction
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Intro Continued
Part 3: Key Points
Part 4: Learning From Chickens
Lesson 2 Aiming For Ven
Part 1: Poisoned Cues And Ven Learners
Part 2: Ven Versus Punir Cues
Lesson 3: Loopy Training
Part 1: Clean Loops
Part 2: Kay Laurence Video
Part 3: Jackpot Experiment - The Click is a Cue
Part 4: Cues Defined - The Effect of Cues
Lesson 4: Getting Started with Your Horse - Beginning Loops
Part 1: Loopy Training and Targeting
Part 2: Moving On From Your First Clean Loop - Chaining Behaviors
Lesson 5: Cue Communication
Part 1: Cue Communication Defined
Part 2: The Guide Horse Effect
Part 3: Just For Fun!
Disc 2
Lesson 6 Unpoisoning Poisoned Cues
Part 1: Anchor Behaviors
Lesson 7: Poisoning Good Consequences
Part 1: Pressure: Command, Cue or Neutral Stimulus
Part 2: The ABC’s of Training
Lesson 8: Hierarchies of Reinforcement
Part 1: Reinforcement Variety and the Teaching of Concepts
Part 2: Teaching Patterns
Part 3: Creating Hierarchies of Reinforcement
Lesson 9: Creating Clicker Superstars!
Part 1: Teaching Mats - Demo
Part 2: The Runway Lesson -Demo
Part 3: The Runway Lesson - Morgan Mare
Part 4: Backing in a Square
Part 5: Applying Backing in a Square to the Runway Lesson
Part 6: The Runway Lesson Continued
Part 7: Using Mats
Part 8: Using Mats to Build Chains
Part 9: Horse Demo - Playing Skittles with the Cones
Part 10: Using the Runway Lesson to Settle an Excited Horse
Part 11: Just For Fun!
Disc 3 - The original DVD was a three disc, 6 hour lesson. This is Disc Three of that lesson.
Lesson 10: Runway Lessons
Part 1: Fay in the Runway
Part 2: Good Handling Skills Really Do Make a Difference
Part 3: “Human-Horse" Demo - Horses on the Outside of Cones
Part 4: Riding the Horses on the Outside of the Cone Pattern
Part 5: Rua - A Constructional Approach to The Circle Puzzle
Part 6: Rua Self Teaching Through Repeating Patterns
Part 7: Rua - Finding Balance
Part 8: Rua - Assessment and Plans for Re-Introducing Jumping
Part 8: Rua in Slow Motion
Part 10: Will - Why Good Balance Matters
Lesson 2: Shoulder Balance
Part 1: Jensen - Moving “Dinner Plates”
Part 2: Jensen - Resets
Part 3: “Human Horse” Demo - The Figure Eight Pattern
Part 4: “Human Horse” Demo - Adding in Jumps
Part 5: “Human Horse” Demo - More Cone Circle Puzzles
Part 6: Conclusion -and Just For Fun!