Is your horse afraid of the farrier? Are you both struggling during training sessions? Do you want to use clicker training but dont know where to begin? If you understand how your horse learns and why your training is effective, you can train faster, more ethically, and more sympathetically. Knowing Your Horse will be a key resource if you want to better understand your horses behaviour and make the most of that understanding to improve your training techniques. Knowing Your Horse gives you a range of practical tools to employ in solving equine behaviour problems, and training tasks and case studies demonstrate these tools in use. Emma Lethbridge thoroughly but simply explains learning theory as applied to horses, and offers practical advice on reward systems, positive and negative reinforcement, and overcoming fears and phobias. If its not horses but humans that are causing you problems in training, this book will also help you to explain the concepts to other people. Learning recaps offer quick summaries and training logs are provided for your own training notes.
Foreword Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 The Principles of Good Horse Training Ten Basic Principles of Good Horsemanship Learning recap Chapter 2 Does Classical Conditioning Ring a Bell? Different Stimuli and Response Terms Training Task: How to Classically Condition Your Horse Specific Training Situations Learning recap My training log Chapter 3 Living With the Consequences Operant Conditioning Applying Simple Operant Conditioning Training Task: 'Don't Mug Me' Training Learning recap My training log Chapter 4 All Possible Consequences Defining Positive and Negative Consequences Reinforcement Punishment Which Consequence? Learning recap Chapter 5 Other Laws and Factors in Learning The Final Law - Extinction Understanding Generalisation and Discrimination Learning in Training Learning recap Chapter 6 The Power of Positive Reinforcement What Can Be a Positive Reinforcer? Which Reinforcer Should I Use? When to Reward Training Using Positive Reinforcement Learning recap Training Task: Using Positive Reinforcement to Teach the Back, the Heel, the Stay, the Recall and the Yield Training Task: Teaching the Head Down and Placement using the Target Lure My training log Chapter 7 The Sound of Learning - Clicker Training What is Clicker Training? The Training Game Target Training The Secrets of Clicker Success Learning recap Training Task: Using Clicker Training My training log Chapter 8 Negative Reinforcement - Reinforcement Through Escape Pressure-Release Training The Important Factors for Applying Negative Reinforcement Ethically When Not to Use Negative Conditioning Avoidance Learning Is Every Physical Contact with the Horse Negative Reinforcement? Combining Positive and Negative Reinforcement Adding Cues and Commands Learning recap Training Task: Using Negative Reinforcement Through Pressure-Release My training log Chapter 9 Understanding Punishment The Side Effects and Problems of Punishment Applying Punishment (Minimising the Side Effects) Is it Possible to Train a Horse Without the Use of Punishment? Learning recap Chapter 10 How to Deal with Unwanted Behaviours Without Using Punishment The Simplest and Hardest Option - Ignoring the Horse Counter Conditioning Driven to Distraction A Final Note Learning recap Case Studies: Alternative Ways to Correct Unwanted Behaviour My training log Chapter 11 Step by Step Shaping Chaining Applying Shaping Training Task: Shaping Training Task: More Complicated Shaping - Teaching the Spanish Walk Applying Chaining Conclusion Learning recap My training log Chapter 12 Overcoming Fears and Phobias Prevention Is Better Than Cure Overcoming Established Fears and Phobias Habituation Flooding Systematic Desensitisation Counter Conditioning Combining Systematic Desensitisation and Counter Conditioning Learning recap Case Studies: Helping Horses Overcome Their Fears My training log Chapter 13 Learning with Character Does the Sex of the Horse Affect Learning Ability? The Effect of Age on Learning Ability Does Social Status Affect Learning? Nature Verses Nurture Learning recap References and Furthern Reading. Index
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