... Or, what about the horse who has learned praise and scritchies, which I use a lot while riding, means more really good stuff is coming when we are done? ...
I realise in my previous post I never finished a complete thought about the praise and scritchies being conditioned! I think they can be conditioned not just...
... like what you ... they predict the ... animal ... avoid it ... I may not be able to wrap my brain around this at the moment, but Karen Pryor made a...
... From: "plume77333" <jordann@...> ... It may be instinctive for some horses to react to certain sounds or body language in certain ways, so certain...
I know that it was Parelli who coined the term "Natural HorseMANship". But, I've seen great trainers that did not want any part of those words. Lyons,...
... At the barn where I used to board my horses, quite a few of the boarders and employees had adopted mustangs. (The barn actually offered a program to help ...
... I don't know -- maybe Barbara does. Since they didn't have access to a lot of dolphins, and since they trained on a much more demanding schedule than "oh,...
Hi Jord-Ann! ... My *guess* is that the scientists have identified it as instinctive. I have read that certain facial expressions (disgust, for example) and...
... <melissa@c...> wrote: We think of horses as "flight animals" -- spook now and ask questions ... a trait ... it "normal"... ... becomes ... I don't think so...
... not ... course, ... studies I ... stretch to ... previously ... Thanks Melissa :) I'd really like to know the answer to this one. Anyone have further info...
That's a great list, Holly. I happen to have a variety of fruits and veggies in the house right now, and I'm going to have a lot more on Wednesday (when I pick...
... and ... me. Of ... scientific ... social ... One more thought further on this - if a disapproving tone of voice is effective as a social signal and not...
... I know what you're getting at, but I think whether or not the initial understanding/recognition of a social signal is learned or innate and whether it can...
... voice ... of ... social ... consequence ... initial ... and ... different ... Please elaborate - I'm not following your distinction. I'm thinking of the...
I'll try to elaborate, but I'm not sure I'm eloquent enough right now. <grin> I think there's more than one aspect to social signals. One is how they're ...
... OR it might have no lasting effect. Just want to make that clear. In most cases, we receive signals and information and we factor them into our reality. We...
... what "reinforcer" and ... Thanks - I *think* I see what you're saying. But in regards the last bit - don't significant reinforcers have a history that...
Melissa asked in another post what we use as reinforcers. On another forum, there was recently a thread about the things horses like. Pretty good list I...
Well, I prefer to think of what we did was to arrange strategically beneficial meetings between male and female dolphins. Females are, by and large, always...
Bob Bailey
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... I would think that there is only a consequence in the presence of a cause, a stimulus, right? Is the future increasing or decreasing behavior always to be...
... From: "Barbara Ray" <brayowc@...> ... I'd have to recondition him as to what to expect though, because right now click means food treat, and if I...
... right now ... Or, use the scritchies AS the reinforcement with no click, or perhaps try a verbal bridge, which is what I tend to do, since scritchies last...
In BeyondBasicsEquineCT@yahoogroups.com, "Melissa Alexander" ... Melissa and List All Here's a paper that might be of interest to you related to this topic....
... The most widely studied dolphin specie is the bottlenose, so I cannot tell you for sure this is precise for all dolphin species; sexual maturity does vary...
... Geez, whatever happened to carrots and apples? :-) I cut four or five carrots into "coins," one or sometimes two apples into small chunks, and toss in a...
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