Train your Horse to Take his Meds with R+
Train your horse to take his oral medications with R+. You can mix it in and positively reinforce eating the mix. Here is how you do it.
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6 Things That You Might Not Know About Clicker Training (5/6)
In this series I will be sharing 6 interesting facts I didn’t know about when I started using positive reinforcement in training animals. This is part 5. I like this one! Some of these are common misunderstandings people have about clicker training while others are facts most equestrians don’t know at all. The goal of …
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“There is nothing wrong with Negative Reinforcement applied properly”
Said someone once to me. I didn’t say anything, but my body screamed: ‘Yes, there is….‘ Although I couldn’t explain in words why I felt that way, now I do. Since it was hard to catch it in words, it is a long explanation, so please get seated. When I talk about horse training, I …
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Debunking Myths: ‘The Whip is only an Extension of my Arm’
There are so many myths in the horse world it is hard to choose where to start debunking them. Since I have seen several advertisements on Facebook with videos of horses at liberty and instructors talking about ‘freedom’, ‘connection’, ‘positive training’ or ‘friendship’ while carrying a whip directing a horse with a swishing tail and …
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What if… your horse doesn’t like arena work?
This is a common statement in the equestrian world: ‘I don’t ride dressage because my horse doesn’t like it’ or ‘I don’t use the arena because my horse hates it’ or… Who hasn’t heard this? Can you do something about it? Yes, you can! Find the reason First question I always ask people when they say …
