Just a reminder to let you know Leslie Desmond (True Horsemanship Thru Feel author) will be interviewed on the WowFactorRadio program Wed. night at 7 pm ...
Here's the updated notices from theWowFactorRadio.com and her newest interviewee, Leslie Desmond. Julie Williams Morgan Sport Horses The View From My Saddle:...
Hi all I found this strange version of the definition of +R on Andrew McLean's website, in an article written by Paul McGreevy: "Positive reinforcement: The...
... 2003). " ... Well, it is true that providing a reinforcer actually does lower the animal's (or human's) motivational drive for that reinforcer. I'm not...
... Was it a stand-alone definition? What was the context? Maybe it was part of a discussion on motivation, in which case it would make sense to include. Kathy...
I notice the word 'submission' has come up on more than one list. In classical dressage, - and I think the only valid definition of the phrase 'submission to...
LIVE this Wednesday, August 20, on _www.TheWowFactorRadio.com_ (<http://www.thewowfactorradio.com/>) Hoof Beat show, for "How to Improve your Riding Seat with...
Check this out!!! Horse of Kings TV has launched!! www.horseofkings.com/hoktv.htm This is so great! I'm thrilled with all the quality photos! And of course,...
Beyond Basics: Equine Clicker TrainingDon't forget you can learn directly from Jane with her Happy Horse DVD's 23 DVD's, 23 CD's and a book. If you take the...
<http://www.lsart.org/site/view/62429_Volunteers.pml> This group is especially in need of folks with equine handling experience. They are also still...
For sale to the discriminating buyer! 1. "Zidane" and "Zafer" are gray yearling colts - they turn two in March, 2009. Can be gelded. 2. "Zoro" and "Zar" - are...
Hi all, This isn't really a topic so much as a brain pick. My best friend currently has a horse agisting with her (that belongs to a friend of hers) that...
Please take the time to read this and go to the site and fill out a protest form. Even if you are not a business, please make your opinion known. This is more...
I'm a long-time lurker -- interested but not as yet horse owner. (Toying with the idea of getting a miniature horse.) But I have just looked at this video...
Now my question is -- IS this horse showing signs of stress, or is lip licking in horses due to some other factor? Jenny I did not look again :0) I'd like to...
At least in this point in horse study, lip licking is considered a positive signal of releasing stress. Horses are prey animals, not predator as dogs are. Any...
... Hi, I know that with c/r it is possible to inadvertantly teach the horse to do some behaviours. The horse may think the trainer wants lip licking as this...
Julie wrote (and I paraphrase): ...Any pressure that is put on a horse creates a degree of stress, just as all stimuli place stress on us. Not all stress is...
I know that with c/r it is possible to inadvertantly teach the horse to do some behaviours. The horse may think the trainer wants lip licking as this generally...
... necessarily the product of coercion? I think Barbara Ray has something in the archives re: some forms of stress being a biological necessity? As in,...
Licking/Chewing=Learning? by: Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB December 01 2005, Article # 6346 www.thehorse.com I'm studying for an MSc in Equine Science and...
... One possibility is that this is simply a conditioned response. The far majority of reiners are schooled with pretty extreme pressures on the bits, and...
... I should note, that nearly all reiners I have seen ridden bridleless, tongue lick more frequently without the bits than when they are ridden normal with...
... the ... bit. ... Good to see you still with us Barbara! I feel a bit rusty on OC terms, but wouldn't this be classified as superstitious behavior then? If...
Many, many thanks to all who have answered this. To answer Tam's first question, In dogs, in any situation I would see this amount of 'tongue- flicking' as a...
The reason I asked Jenny such open ended questions is that I wanted to see if the majority of listers thought stress was a bad thing. Here is the first...
Hi Guys, Yes this licking and chewing sure gets us talking. In the natural horsemanship world licking and chewing is a good thing. They see it as a horse that...
... Yes, that is the idea, that with even very FEW repetitions, the way flight animals stay safe,is they 'memorise' very subtle visual and tactile "pictures"...
... Her horses have been trained pretty much traditional reining style, then the horses reach a level of 'obedience' where the bridle is used less and...
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