The VetCareTraining Podcast

E10: Gaining confidence in cooperative care training with Mahnoor Raja

In this episode, I am interviewing another one of the Cooperative Care Kick-Start graduates, Mahnoor Raja. In her review of this program, Mahnoor wrote that it helped her overcome her fear of cooperative care training. In this episode, we talk about what she was worried about in the beginning and how Cooperative Care Kick-Start helped her. We also dive into consent-based care itself, talking about different start buttons she uses to communicate with her horses now. Enjoy listening! Are you new to Equine Cooperative Care & want to learn the principles? Start with this free course: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/introduction-to-equine-cooperative-care Do you want to start practicing cooperative care with your horses (equines) and get support and feedback on your work? Then join the next round of Cooperative Care Kick-Start: https://vetcaretraining.teachable.com/p/cooperative-care-kick-start

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/