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When to Choose Between Classical and Operant Conditioning

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When to Choose between Classical and Operant Conditioning There is one really important message I’d like every trainer to burn into their brain. If you are dealing with fear, trauma, phobias, worry, reluctance, avoidance, escape, “lack of motivation”, or any kind of difficulty around your horse training, consider Classical Conditioning, rather than Operant Conditioning (Positive […]

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Set Your Horse Up For Success = Errorless Learning

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Set Your Horse Up For Success = Errorless Learning Much like “force free” is part of the philosophy and mindset I embrace as a trainer, Errorless Learning is as well. It’s part of my overall approach to training and is always my AIM, much as force free is my AIM as well. Catchphrases are great,

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Helping a Horse Settle in a New Home – the 3-3-3 Rule

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Helping a Horse Settle in a New Home – the 3-3-3 rule There is a 3-3-3 rule that applies to rescue dogs and I thought that we need something similar for horses. Obviously the ideal would be that horses are not continually changing homes, but the reality is very different. Therefore I feel that it

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The Mythology Around “Liberty Training”

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The Mythology Around “Liberty Training” We can’t “train liberty”, because liberty is a state of being, with choices, control and freedom to express and to leave. Liberty:-The quality or state of being free:– the power to do as one pleases– freedom from physical restraint– freedom from arbitrary or despotic control– the positive enjoyment of various

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Transitioning

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Transitioning Often when we transition horses over to Positive Reinforcement training and attempt to remove as many, if not all aversives from our horse’s lives, we hit a very big bump! We can decide that we have turned into a butterfly and everything will be rainbows and unicorns from now on – but our horses

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When to Choose Between Classical and Operant Conditioning

Set Your Horse Up For Success = Errorless Learning

Helping a Horse Settle in a New Home – the 3-3-3 Rule

The Mythology Around “Liberty Training”

Transitioning

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