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

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!

 

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