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    I Want to Train With Positive Reinforcement

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  • All About the Food

    Everything you need to know about using food as reinforcement.

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  • Stand Facing Forward

    How to train your equid to stand facing forward as a default behavior.

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    How to train your equid to touch a target.

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Equid Training Resources

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Michelle Martiya training a bay colored horse with some cones and walking poles.

Build your reverse round pen with this 5 pack of retractable traffic cone bars. Lightweight and easy to collapse and store.

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Positive reinforcement training is slow. Uhhh, no, GOOD TRAINING is slow. I hear people make the comparison between positive reinforcement and pressure & releases lot, and they say that the positive reinforcement is much slower than pressure and
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There is more to positive and negative reinforcement training, then just randomly giving your horse treats, or putting a little pressure on your horse to get them to move. Positive reinforcement is the addition of an appetitive to strengthen a behav

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