Did you know that positive reinforcement training is a great way to help horses and other animal rehabilitate? It can reduce stress and I\’ve seen it help decrease stereotypical behaviours like cribbing and weaving in horses.
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There are still a lot of myths and misunderstandings about positive reinforcement horse training. One of the arguments against clicker training is that it\’s bribery. Bribery What is bribery? Here is the Wiki definition Short version: \”Bribery is the act of giving or receiving something of value in exchange for some kind of influence or action in
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Horse owners (I call them horse trainers) who use food reinforcers are frequently confronted with a lot of misunderstanding about how treats or rewards can be effectively used as reinforcers. Some people don\’t realize that you can use treats to your benefit: to help you train your horse. Common beliefs I asked my Facebook friends
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Treats, or food reinforcers, can be used in training very effectively. Three good reasons to use them are: Train wanted behaviour quickly Animals are very motivated to earn their click and rewards. Therefor you can fade out the reinforcer and still get the behaviour. That is called a variable reward schedule. It\’s very powerful! It
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For those who are following my blog or my students it is obvious: I like to accomplish things! It also makes me very happy if I see other people accomplish their goals! That is why we live, right. To evolve and learn and enjoy life! Goal setting? But horse riding is my hobby… Not much
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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 4. 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 this blog is to
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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 3. 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 this blog is to
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Here is a test to see how much you know about horses and horse training. Take a moment to get a pen and paper to write down your answers. Simply complete these 10 sentences as fast as possible. Don\’t think, just write down first thing that comes up in your mind. This is super easy
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The word \’Patience\’ is between quotation marks because this is not really patience. It is \’just a learned skill\’ that looks like the horse is patient. We often tend to think horses have \’to know by now\’ what we want them to do, but in reality we simply have to teach them. In my business
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The expression \”Training with treats\” is often immediate cause for a lively discussion between people who do and people who don\’t use food reinforcers. Want to watch the video? Scroll to the bottom of this blog! Reasons to Train with Treats There are many reasons to train with treats. I only will state 3 here.
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