Thinking Horsemanship Forum


The Thinking Horsemanship Forum is for anyone (beginner, professional or somewhere in-between) who would like to understand more about the behaviour of horses (and other animals) and how they learn. We prefer to study the published science into learning and behaviour and its practical application to training than to follow any commercial methodology. In particular we aim to use positive reinforcement (sometimes although not always via clicker training) and increased motivation in order to train our horses, rather than the traditional methods of increasing pressure.

We welcome discussion on all topics within the areas of learning and behaviour and encourage lively debate over the various methods of equine training. But it should be made clear that no personal attacks or criticism will be tolerated and such posts will be edited or removed. We would also like to make it clear that we are not qualified experts offering advice and are not affiliated to any such experts or commercial organization. We are purely interested individuals who would like to learn more for the benefit of our horses.

Useful Threads and Links
Admin.: Posting Photos, Who are we?
Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading, EBF reading list, CoH reading list
CT Help: CT First Step, CT in the South East,Variable Schedules of Reinforcement,Which Behaviours?
Barefoot: Barefooters, Barefoot Trimming, Barefoot for Soundness
Horses getting over-enthusiastic about treats: Mugging with teeth!, Is size important?
Learning from Mistakes: Learning from our mistakes, Bad timing of the click
Favourite Quotes: A quote that I just found and like,
Not logged in | Login | Create AccountSearch    Chat!    New Thread
Message TitleAuthorRepliesLast Post
Karen Pryor's January NewsletterCatherineB-Jan 14, 2005, 2:07 PM
Animal Earthquake Warning???CatherineB3Jan 14, 2005, 1:58 PM
Napping discussionSuz14Jan 13, 2005, 10:25 AM
Animal Stress Invalidates ExperimentsCatherineB-Jan 4, 2005, 3:06 PM
Monkey AcousticsCatherineB-Jan 4, 2005, 12:39 PM
Whales getting the bendsCatherineB-Jan 4, 2005, 12:37 PM
Hand feeding treats -Dec 30, 2004, 8:59 AM
Britain's Worst Pet 2Dec 30, 2004, 8:52 AM
Let's get serious 1Dec 21, 2004, 1:36 PM
What makes a fast race horse, articleSuz-Dec 17, 2004, 12:15 PM
Natural Horse Group in the South EastCatherineB8Dec 15, 2004, 12:11 PM
Monkeys and MusicCatherineB-Dec 14, 2004, 2:16 PM
Monday Morning Brain-TeaserCatherineB2Dec 13, 2004, 2:36 PM
'' attatchment to the method '' 2Dec 13, 2004, 12:03 PM
Go foreward cue for young horseanna4Dec 13, 2004, 10:53 AM
one shot learning.. the wrong way! 8Dec 13, 2004, 10:47 AM
Gorilla Wake -Dec 9, 2004, 2:48 PM
New Google Scholar Service....CatherineB1Dec 9, 2004, 2:35 PM
poloanna3Dec 6, 2004, 6:22 PM
'Pet Powers'Diane-Dec 6, 2004, 10:43 AM
Few more articles......CatherineB1Dec 1, 2004, 9:58 AM
Maximising the benefits of vaccination for equine FluDiane-Nov 23, 2004, 9:27 AM
Body Language and FearCatherineB-Nov 18, 2004, 2:20 PM
Navicular Story/Article by Tom TeskeyCatherineB2Nov 18, 2004, 2:17 PM
Mark Rashid in Devon, Jan 2005 4Nov 18, 2004, 1:05 PM
Ruby the ElephantCatherineB-Nov 18, 2004, 10:36 AM
Poorly pony...... 5Nov 15, 2004, 10:12 PM
Andy Beck's Behaviour ListsCatherineB2Nov 9, 2004, 12:20 PM
Return of Mongolian Horses (Przewalski's Horses) to the wildDiane1Nov 5, 2004, 10:47 AM
Chimps and Tool KitsCatherineB-Nov 5, 2004, 10:45 AM
 << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48   Next >> 

Visitors in this forum in the last 10 minutes: 2 Visitors
2 guests