Posts Tagged ‘Emotions’
How positive reinforcement training works
Written by Hiddenhorse on 27/08/2010 – 12:40 pm -And why it works so well…
I believe positive reinforcement, and training methods based on it’s principles, are the next stage in the evolution of the long relationship between horses and humans. Here are the reasons why I make this claim… Read more »
Tags: Anthropomorphism, behavior, Choices, Clicker Training, Decisions, Emotions, Positive Reinforcement Training, Principles, PRTPosted in Anthropmorphism, Clicker Training, Training | No Comments »
The Laws of Behaviour Part Two
Written by Hiddenhorse on 03/08/2010 – 8:43 pm -In the last post I introduced the idea of the four laws of behaviour, so one question we might ask is which ones work best? Well there is a small problem:
They all work! Read more »
Tags: Choices, EmotionsPosted in Four Models, Training | No Comments »
Parelli’s Catwalk Nightmare
Written by Hiddenhorse on 19/07/2010 – 6:54 pm -No nothing to do with fashion but, well it’s the talk of the internet, Pat Parelli’s own-goal at the Royal Festival of the Horse on the 10th of July at Stoneleigh. When Pat tried very unsuccessfully to get a bridle on a stallion called Catwalk. Well as most people know it all went horribly wrong. Lots of people walked out and were quite shocked at what they had seen. The 2 hour demonstration involved Pat using what English riders would call a ‘twitch’, – a rope around the horses upper lip and bringing the horse down with ropes around it’s legs. You can see the early highlights at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gf7w_1ifus (if you want to). Read more »
Tags: Clicker Training, Decisions, Emotions, Parelli Natural HorsemanshipPosted in Clicker Training, Natural Horsemanship, Training | 6 Comments »
It’s not about training, – it’s about trust
Written by Hiddenhorse on 05/04/2010 – 3:07 pm -It’s not about training, it’s about trust….
In the last post ‘The politics of join-up’, I looked at the join-up process primarily as an behavior based on negative reinforcement, I also looked at how join-up was a ritual that is part of the repertoire of ‘political’ behaviors which allow a horse to join a new herd or group. What I didn’t ask was why would a horse want to do this? Read more »
Tags: Choices, Decisions, Emotions, Join-up, Positive Reinforcement Training, PRT, Training, TrustPosted in Clicker Training, Training, join up | 1 Comment »
Clicker Training Principles 2
Written by Hiddenhorse on 22/03/2010 – 11:10 am -Clicker training is something that has been around for many years, it is also known as positive reinforcement training, (PRT). This is a more accurate name that describes the basic mechanism. We have three elements here: Positive, this means that PRT works only with positive emotions. Reinforcement this means that behaviors that are reinforced are likely to reoccur and training which implies some form of learning is taking place. Read more »
Tags: Clicker Training, Decisions, Emotions, Positive Reinforcement Training, PRT, Respect, TrustPosted in Clicker Training, Training | No Comments »
Anthropomorphic Addiction
Written by Hiddenhorse on 02/03/2010 – 6:46 pm -This article is about addiction. But please don’t be put off. It is about one of the most common addictions in the world, an addiction suffered by probably 99% of all people that work with animals and certainly, almost everyone who doesn’t. Like all addictions it is very powerful (addictive) because it is very rewarding – and sadly, like all addictions, it is very damaging not only to ourselves, but also to those around us. This addiction costs us billions every year, globally it has spawned multi-billion dollar industries to feed our passions, on a personal level, it frequently consumes all our time, our relationships and our resources. Our passion and fascination with this addiction can last a lifetime and many of us are prepared to devote our lives to the pursuit of the pleasure that it gives us. Read more »
Tags: Anthropomorphism, behavior, Emotions, Principles, second principle, The Four modelsPosted in Anthropmorphism, Four Models | No Comments »
