Are you looking to try positive reinforcement training but don't know where to start? Or maybe you have tried and felt overwhelmed as your horse became pushy and frustrated?

 

As most of us move towards more ethical practices with our horses there is much more interest in positive reinforcement training, there is also a lot of mis-information out there advising people against it.

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The good news is, anyone can learn the skill of being a good positive reinforcement trainer and any horse can be trained with positive reinforcement.

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Positive reinforcement training is a method which involves rewarding the horse with something they value (usually food, scratches for some horses) when they offer a behaviour we like. You may also see it being referred to as R+. The most common type of R+ training is clicker training, where we use the sound of a "click" to signal to the horse that they have found the right answer and their reward is coming.

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R+ training can be really fun and rewarding for both horse and human but, as with anything, it is a skill that takes time and patience to learn. If we build a good foundation we can train just about anything with positive reinforcement not just tricks.

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There is so much more to R+ training than just giving the horse a treat when they perform a behaviour.

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I can help you start off with solid foundations, help you train your horse to be calm around food, teach you how to read your horse so you can make good training choices and show you how to start shaping behaviour.

 

R+ training is so fun as you get to be really creative. When done well it opens up a whole new level of communication with your horse as they get to make choices and opt in or out, you can learn how they really feel about things.

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