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Knowing your horse : a guide to equine learning, training and behaviour /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lethbridge, Emma
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Subjects:
Horses > Behavior.
Horses > Training.
Horses > psychology.
Behavior, Animal.
Conditioning (Psychology)
Table of Contents:
  • The principles of good horse training
  • Does classical conditioning ring a bell?
  • Living with the consequences
  • All possible consequences
  • Other laws and factors in learning
  • The power of positive reinforcement
  • The sound of learning - clicker training
  • Negative reinforcement - reinforcement through escape
  • Understanding punishment
  • How to deal with unwanted behaviours without using punishment
  • Step by step
  • Overcoming fears and phobias
  • Learning with character