E9: Listening to the horse´s subtle "no" changed it all - with Jessica Mikels

E9: Listening to the horse´s subtle "no" changed it all - with Jessica Mikels

In this episode, I´m interviewing one of my Cooperative Care Kick-Start graduates, Jessica Mikels. Jessica talks about her journey with her horse Penny and how Penny didn´t like pressure and would say "no" to being touched. Jessica also shares her breakthroughs in the Cooperative Care Kick-Start program. Enjoy listening! Another cohort of Cooperative Care Kick-Start opens in September 2026. Check it out & join the waitlist to enjoy a better price & special bonuses: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/cooperative-care-kick-start New to equine cooperative care? Learn the basic principles in this free online course: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-equine-cooperative-care

E8: Finding the way to cooperation with Ilenia Perissinotto

In this episode, I am talking to one of the students of my Cooperative Care Kick-Start program, Ilenia Perissinotto, about her horse Freddy and their journey to building trust and an amazing relationship through consent-based care and training. Freddy was one of those horses who started saying "no" to everything as soon as he realized he was allowed to. This is a common issue for many horses when their owners first start cooperative care training. As Ilenia found out later, for Freddy, it was a way of communicating discomfort when he finally felt safe enough to do so. Enjoy listening! Learn the principles of Equine Cooperative Care: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-equine-cooperative-careFind out more about Cooperative Care Kick-Start: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/cooperative-care-kick-start

E7: What made me switch from being a vet to becoming a trainer

In this episode, I will talk about how I got into Equine Cooperative Care and what motivated me to go all in and create an educational project around it. Enjoy listening! Learn the principles of Equine Cooperative Care: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-equine-cooperative-care Learn more about my signature course called the Cooperative Care Kick-Start: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/cooperative-care-kick-start

E6: Talking reward-based riding with Angelica Hesselius

Welcome back to the VetCareTraining podcast. This is actually my first ever episode with a guest! I invited Angelica Hesselius to chat about her way to reward-based riding, her transition from classical dressage to positive reinforcement-based dressage, and beyond. It was such a great conversation! Enjoy listening. Check out Angelica´s Reward-Based Riding Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reward-based-riding/id1655757508 and also her Reward-Based Riding School: https://www.rewardbasedridingschool.com/

E5: Do we train horses to avoid healthcare procedures?

OK, here´s a controversial one: As owners, veterinarians, or other professionals, do we train horses to avoid healthcare procedures? You might think: What a stupid question? Of course not! ...and you might be surprised ;) Enjoy listening. Find out more about my work: https://vetcaretraining.com/ Learn the basic principles of Equine Cooperative Care: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-equine-cooperative-care