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 6. This one is really an eye-opener! This is a phenomenon you only see in R+ training!
6 Things You Might Not Know About Clicker Training (6/6) Read More »
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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\’The whip is just an extension of my arm,\’ \’I don\’t use it to whack my horse with,\’ \’I only tap my horse lightly and I don\’t cause pain\’ are only a few of the explanations horse people give when they are asked why they are using a whip. They don\’t realize that the whip IS an aversive tool and the reason the horse listens is because of that. There is an alternative, a way of training without force that works just as well and leads to a better relationship with your horse.
Debunking Myths: \’The Whip is only an Extension of my Arm\’ Read More »
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 I really liked about the Natural Horsemanship method I followed in the late nineties, was the step-by-step program I bought. It was very practical because it described the horse behaviour in advance: I could expect this, this and this. Fan-tas-tic! I just had to follow the steps and boom! \”Friendship\” and \”Partnership\” where delivered.
Natural Horsemanship vs Clicker Training Read More »
Positive reinforcement training or clicker training. This was not just \”another method\” to me. To me it was a completely different approach to training horses. I was told, and I believed, that I had to \”dominate\” the horse otherwise he would dominate me, I had to be the \”leader\” to my horse and that horses \”had
What a relief: training horses without \’leadership\’ and \’dominance\’ Read More »
