Horse Training & Behaviour Deep Dive: Making Informed Decisions in Training

Learn to understand your horse on a deeper level by learning about the inner workings of how horses think and perceive the world. Having a good grasp of herd dynamics, the subtleties of horse behaviour and why horses may react to certain things in the manner that they do can greatly benefit the efficacy and success of training by allowing for horse people to curate training programs that help their horse work through a variety of emotional states, working towards getting a consistent baseline level of relaxation.

This webinar will go over the following:

• Learning Theory & Behavioural Science Basics: What are the “quadrants” of training and why are they important?

• Horses as flight animals and how this impacts the manner in which we should work with them.

• How to set up the training environment for the utmost success: Antecedent Arrangement

• The Humane Hierarchy in Training

• LIMA Principles: What are they? What does this mean?

• Positive Reinforcement Horse Training:

  • How to Start

  • Key Behaviours to Teach & why it’s such a powerful training tool

  • Strengths & Weaknesses of R+ training

  • A realistic look at the process of transitioning to R+

  • What A Rewards Based Horse Training Program may look like

• Negative Reinforcement Horse Training:

  • Using it in the most ethical manner possible

  • Strengths & Weaknesses of R- training

  • Why I recommend adding rewards based training in, even if just as an addition to a traditional training program

• Punishment

  • Is it effective in promoting positive behavioural change?

  • How to discourage unwanted behaviour without it

• Q&A at the end

The purpose of this webinar is to help give people tools to start problem solving in training on their own, to better understand horse behaviour and to have a better grasp of which reinforcers they may prefer to use based on the science behind it and how they actually affect behavioural change on the horse.

It will go over the science behind all types of horse training, giving listeners the information at hand to make an informed decision for themselves with regards to how they would like to structure their horses’ training program.

Purchase includes the 2 hour video of the webinar