Knowing Your Horse – A Guide to Equine Learning, Training and Behaviour

Foreword
<p>Dedication</p>
<p>Acknowledgements</p>
<p>Introduction</p>
<p>Chapter 1 The Principles of Good Horse Training</p>
<p>Ten Basic Principles of Good Horsemanship</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Does Classical Conditioning Ring a Bell?</p>
<p>Different Stimuli and Response Terms</p>
<p>Training Task: How to Classically Condition Your Horse</p>
<p>Specific Training Situations</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 3 Living With the Consequences</p>
<p>Operant Conditioning</p>
<p>Applying Simple Operant Conditioning</p>
<p>Training Task: Don t Mug Me Training</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 4 All Possible Consequences</p>
<p>Defining Positive and Negative Consequences</p>
<p>Reinforcement</p>
<p>Punishment</p>
<p>Which Consequence?</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Other Laws and Factors in Learning</p>
<p>The Final Law Extinction</p>
<p>Understanding Generalisation and Discrimination Learning in Training</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Chapter 6 The Power of Positive Reinforcement</p>
<p>What Can Be a Positive Reinforcer?</p>
<p>Which Reinforcer Should I Use?</p>
<p>When to Reward</p>
<p>Training Using Positive Reinforcement</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Training Task: Using Positive Reinforcement to Teach the Back, the Heel, the Stay, the Recall and the Yield</p>
<p>Training Task: Teaching the Head Down and Placement using the Target Lure</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 7 The Sound of Learning Clicker Training</p>
<p>What is Clicker Training?</p>
<p>The Training Game</p>
<p>Target Training</p>
<p>The Secrets of Clicker Success</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Training Task: Using Clicker Training</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 8 Negative Reinforcement Reinforcement Through Escape</p>
<p>Pressure–Release Training</p>
<p>The Important Factors for Applying Negative Reinforcement Ethically</p>
<p>When Not to Use Negative Conditioning</p>
<p>Avoidance Learning</p>
<p>Is Every Physical Contact with the Horse Negative Reinforcement?</p>
<p>Combining Positive and Negative Reinforcement</p>
<p>Adding Cues and Commands</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Training Task: Using Negative Reinforcement Through Pressure–Release</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 9 Understanding Punishment</p>
<p>The Side Effects and Problems of Punishment</p>
<p>Applying Punishment (Minimising the Side Effects)</p>
<p>Is it Possible to Train a Horse Without the Use of Punishment?</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Chapter 10 How to Deal with Unwanted Behaviours Without Using Punishment</p>
<p>The Simplest and Hardest Option Ignoring the Horse</p>
<p>Counter Conditioning</p>
<p>Driven to Distraction</p>
<p>A Final Note</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Case Studies:&nbsp;Alternative Ways&nbsp;to Correct Unwanted Behaviour</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 11 Step by Step</p>
<p>Shaping</p>
<p>Chaining</p>
<p>Applying Shaping</p>
<p>Training Task: Shaping</p>
<p>Training Task: More Complicated Shaping Teaching the Spanish Walk</p>
<p>Applying Chaining</p>
<p>Conclusion</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 12 Overcoming Fears and Phobias</p>
<p>Prevention Is Better Than Cure</p>
<p>Overcoming Established Fears and Phobias</p>
<p>Habituation</p>
<p>Flooding</p>
<p>Systematic Desensitisation</p>
<p>Counter Conditioning</p>
<p>Combining Systematic Desensitisation and Counter Conditioning</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>Case Studies: Helping Horses Overcome Their Fears</p>
<p>My training log</p>
<p>Chapter 13 Learning with Character</p>
<p>Does the Sex of the Horse Affect Learning Ability?</p>
<p>The Effect of Age on Learning Ability</p>
<p>Does Social Status Affect Learning?</p>
<p>Nature Verses Nurture</p>
<p>Learning recap</p>
<p>References and Furthern Reading.</p>
<p>Index</p>