How valuable is a behaviour to you when it is associated by the horse with aversives (-R, negative reinforcement)?
Is a behaviour that is associated with something pleasurable /appetitives (+R, positive reinforcement) worth less, or more to you?
Or do you not care at all what your horse\’s associations are with your ways of getting the behaviour?
In other words: do you care for the result more than the way you got the result?
The carrot (click) or the stick…
Which one do you prefer?
Sandra Poppema
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