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Every now and then you here a story, it touches a cord and you know others will benefit from the telling. Soso’s story reminds us of every child who never had a pony, the child who ‘made do’ with whatever animal encounters (s)he could seek out, and the life-long love of animals that ensued. Soso’s [...]
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Negative reinforcement gets a bad rap – after all, why would someone want to beat a horse? Why indeed! When asked about if they use negative reinforcement in their training, riders frequently assure one that they do not… ‘no, I only use positive reinforcement’ comes the earnest reply.
But in fact, negative reinforcement is indeed the [...]
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I have been reading an excellent book by Mark Russell and Andrea Steele, Lessons in Lightness – the art of educating the horse. Not only reading the book, but experimenting with my clients and their horses (with their permission, of course!). In this way I have been able to assess the ease of understanding and [...]
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EponaTV has sparked much-needed debate on the use of Rollkur in horse-training, having taped a 2 hour video of a World Cup dressage horse ridden by Swedish rider, Patrik Kittel in warm-up.
The horse is seen in hyper-flexion (the scientific name for Rollkur), and the tongue is well extended, flapping outside the horse’s mouth and [...]
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A while back, Molly from goldentheponygirl asked about Klaus Hempfling training – what did I think about it ‘as a training method’. This is not a simple question, but fully worthy of further discussion…
In thinking about what I know of Klaus, his books and watching a few video clips, I realised that if I only [...]
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