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Prevent Your Horse from Becoming \’Treat Crazy\’ With this Simple Solution

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I like to call all horse people who use treats as reinforcers in training (to get behaviour) horse trainers. They are deliberately influencing their horses\’ behaviour. I love that! When they talk about using treats in training often lots of objections are raised. In this series I give solutions for these common objections and beliefs. […]

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Pitfalls of Positive Reinforcement

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Clicker training or positive reinforcement is based on a simple concept: adding something the learner wants (an \’appetitive\’) in order to strengthen a behaviour. What can possibly go wrong with a simpel concept of noticing (a tiny step towards) the desired behaviour – mark the behaviour (\’click\’) and  reinforce (strengthen) it by giving the learner something pleasurable? Theory versus

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