Training Articles

Ethology

• The 5 Freedoms
• Enrichment Options
• Making it a Lifestyle
• Do we need to be Dominant?
• Two Way Communication Tools
• Trauma in Horses

Learning Theory

• What is Clicker Training?
• The Science of Learning
• Conditioning
• The Food Question
• Creating Behaviors
  • Shaping
• Reinforcement + Bridge Signals
• Cues
• Behavior Chains
• Stimulus Control
• Conditioned Aversives
• Terminology

Emotional Empowerment

• Humane Heirarchy
• Control of Communication?
• What is an Aversive?
• No Punishment?
• Dealing with FEAR
• Stimulus Stacking
• Importance of Choice
• Unridable

Troubleshooting

• Eliminating Behaviors
• When Good horses go Bad
• Poisoned Cues
• Bits
• Protected Contact
• Food Anxiety
• Transitions