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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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Helmetless horse-riding shows you are an inspired horse trainer, if Pat Parelli is to be believed.
The reason you do not see our people wearing helmets is because we try to teach people that rather than be brave because they are wearing a a helmet to protect them, they would be better off not riding until [...]
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Recently, an interesting article written by an Australian gentleman by the name of John O’Leary was brought to my attention (thank-you Beks!).
Mr O’Leary has given horse transport and safety a lot of thought and provides a detailed account of how he thinks horses perceive their world and its impacts on their travelling problems. To access this opinion-piece [...]
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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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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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