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Behaviour fundamentals: Filling the Behaviour Change Tool Box
Behaviour Fundamentals: Filling the Behaviour Change Tool Box Susan Freidman, Dept. of Psychology, Utah State University, Journal of Applied Companion Animal Behaviour, 3(1), 36-40 Click below Behavior Fundamentals, S. G. Friedman
What Makes a Reward Rewarding?
This is a fantastic article by Kay Laurence about rewards. Although written about dogs all of what she writes is very applicable to horses. Enjoy ! Amanda S.M.A.A.R.T. Horse Company What Makes a Reward Rewarding? By Kay Laurence on 10/01/2011 … Continue reading
Clicker Clinics with S.M.A.A.R.T. Horses, 2012
Clicker Training Clinics with S.M.A.A.R.T. Horses – 2012 Below is our list of clinic, lesson and distance education courses for the first part of 2012. If you would like to book on a clinic, or enquire about a clinic please … Continue reading
Clicker Training In Kent, Surrey and Sussex – January 2012
28 January @ 10am Clicker Training Demonstration in Canterbury Everyone welcome. Learn about clicker training, how it works, why it works, see how you can apply it to day-to-day life with your horse and learn how to get started yourself … Continue reading
Should I Use Time Outs in My Training ?
Should I Use Time Outs in My Training ? What is a Time Out ? A time out is when you give the horse space from you during a training session. It’s not like a time out for children in … Continue reading
Practice Makes Perfect
Clicker Training Horses Practice Makes Perfect I am sure everyone has heard this more than once; practice makes perfect. And it is true. If we practice something we create both muscle memory and neural connections in our brain that mean … Continue reading
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Communication that CLICKS ! – Don’t Shoot the Dog !
Communication that CLICKS ! Looking for a Christmas present for someone who has pets ? Why not buy them one of the best training theory books there is. Written by Karen Pryor of Sunshine Books and Karen Pryor CLicker Training, … Continue reading
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How to Clicker Train Your Horse – Targeting Part 1
How to Clicker Train Your Horse Targeting – Part 1 How do I get started with clicker training ? Clicker training gets its name from the fact that we use a small plastic box that we can use to … Continue reading
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Clicker Training Horses – Horse Scene Magazine Features SMAART Horses Sept 11
How Clicker Training Can Help You Click on the image to read the article. info@smaarthorses.co.uk http://www.smaarthorses.co.uk
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Understanding Some Learning Theory – Positive and Negative Reinforcement
Clicker Training Horses Positive and Negative Reinforcement When Skinner defined the 4 quadrants of operant conditioning all those years ago (early 1930s) he noted that positive reinforcement is superior to punishment in changing behavior from an ethical and efficacy … Continue reading
Clicker Training Horses – Bribery
Clicker Training Horses Bribery We talked about bribery before and what that produces in a horse versus using positive reinforcement (+R). This time we want to talk about the learning theory behind bribery versus +R. Bribery – Learning Theory … Continue reading
Clicker Training; Command or Cue ?!
Clicker Training; Command or Cue ?! In the first post about cues, I talked about how they are all around us and that a cue is simply something that is an accurate predictor of the outcome of a particular behaviour … Continue reading
Horse Clicker Training; Click AND Treat
Clicker Training; Click AND Treat A question I am asked a lot is…”do I have to give a treat (reinforcer) every time I click?“. The simple answer is; yes. The treat is a primary reinforcer. It is the motivator … Continue reading
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Could you lend me a hand? – Part 2
Could You Lend Me a Hand- Part 1 “In less than 10 minutes, using positive reinforcement (clicker training), I had caught the un-catchable mare. As I did the ‘happy dance’ on the way to the barn I suddenly realised that, … Continue reading
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Clicker Training in the Equine World: An Interview with Alexandra Kurland
Clicker Training in the Equine World: An Interview with Alexandra Kurland By Julie Gordon on 12/01/2010 Alexandra Kurland has been training horses and teaching since the mid-1980s. In the early 1990s, after reading Karen Pryor’s Don’t Shoot the Dog, … Continue reading
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