73. Beginner‘s Guide to Transitioning to +R Training (Pt. 3)

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This episode covers a lot of the common concerns & necessary considerations one might have when switching to +R training with their horses! See the outline below for a feel of what we cover in this part of the Beginner's Guide to +R Horse Training series!

🔥OUTLINE + TOPICS COVERED🔥

Is it all or nothing? Can you mix?

• Types of pressure
• Tactile
• Emotional
• Aversive
• Dominance theory

If you've been working with your horse using -R until now how do you not confuse between the two? How do you start implementing it & not overlap with traditional and confuse the horse?

• Fear of being wrong / insecure / awaiting correction
• Don’t overdo it in the beginning
• Curse of Knowledge — clarity of communication
• Start where you haven’t used aversives (help you & horse work in a new mindset)

-R Brain

• Yanking on the lead rope
• Acknowledge that you did that
• Figure out why you flicked back to old methods.
• “I find it often happens when the horse is just confused. Next time if you notice your horse isn’t doing what you want it to, try to remember that the horse is probably confused or one of its natural instincts is screaming in its head (run away the mailbox will eat you). You just need to do something differently, instead of applying an aversive until they do what you want.”

How to incorporate in traditional barn/setting.

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