Excerpt from discussion on reward vs. punishment:  “If a horse feels threatened by a whip then that causes stress. Stress interferes with learning. That pressure is too much for the…

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“The horses right to express himself freely creates the foundation of our relationship and is a fundamental requirement of our continuing journey together. Without this balance of comunication between person…

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From:  http://www.animalnaturopathy.org/ Just for fun and your information, I wanted to share a few tips on how to keep any stretches you do with your horse safe and effective Have a sense…

“Each horse takes up the stimulating suggestions of the other, performs the friend’s action himself, and, as a result, a PHYSICAL CONNECTION comes to be, and image of oneness ……

This is a brief summary of what I studied this morning: Some quote from studies that might help: (I made some notes in [brackets] following specific quote. “Interestingly, fiber from…

EXCERPT FROM KATHY PIKE’S “COACHING WITH HORSES” http://www.coachingwithhorses.com/documents/kathy-pike-making-friends-keys-to-joyful-relationships.pdf“     He receives positive reinforcement. The more I tell him what is good and what works well in our relationship, the…

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The choice was his. The horse threw a temper tantrum with his hind hooves, at liberty, and the choice to stop his tantrum was his alone. Much like a child…

Does your horse get enough of the “B” vitamins? “all your B vitamins from 1-17 occur because they’re nitrogen based with the proper bacteria in your gut. ” If your…

Some excerpts from :: THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING ON HORSES’ LOADING BEHAVIOUR 478346 Jaana Pohjola BSc (Hons) Applied Animal Behaviour, 22/04/11 “A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of…

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Horses are mammals; dogs are mammals; humans are mammals. Mammals tend to learn behaviors similarly.  In other words, if a certain behavior reaps a pleasant reward of some sort that…

A great article! http://www.equineresearch.org/support-files/hanggi-thinktrainpositively.pdf  Luv, luv, luv Evelyne Hanggi!    

OK, so you’ve seen the words “breaking” a colt or “gentling” a horse but, in viewing the methods, which term is more apropos?  In my opinion the ‘breaking’ of a…

  The Thinking Horse: Cognition and Perception Reviewed Evelyn B. Hanggi, MS, PhD An excerpt :: Practical applications of positive reinforcement have been researched with respect to the use of these principles to…