{"id":146,"date":"2009-05-28T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T16:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2009-05-28T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T16:51:30","slug":"how-horses-learn-and-how-you-can-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/how-horses-learn-and-how-you-can-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"How Horses Learn and How YOU Can Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/authover.css\" media=\"screen\" \/>\r\n\t       <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/simplemodel.css\" media=\"screen\"\/>\r\n\t          <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n\tsrc=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery-1.7.2.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery.simplemodal.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/authover.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\t\t\tvar jq = jQuery.noConflict();\r\n\t\t\t\tfunction openPopup(url,width,height,delay,useajax,iframe,exitt){\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\talert(url);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tauthover.configure({\r\n\t\t\t\t\tiFrameAttribute : {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\" : \"autFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"id\" : \"authFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"src\" : \"http:\/\/wikipedia.com\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"height\" : \"100%\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"width\" : \"100%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t},\r\n\t\t\t\tmodalContent : url,\r\n\t\t\t\twidth : width,\r\n\t\t\t\theight : height,\r\n\t\t\t\tdelay : delay,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupUseAjax: 0,\r\n\t\t\t\ttargetUseIframe: iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupIsRedirect: useajax,\r\n\t\t\t\texitAlertText: exitt\r\n\t\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\tauthover.triggerModal();\r\nreturn false;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><p><strong>1. How Horses Learn and How YOU Can Benefit<\/p>\n<p>2. Major Horse Library Update News!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>=======================================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. How Horses Learn and How YOU Can Benefit\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you understand how a horse learns and methods<br \/>\nthat must be used to help him learn?<\/p>\n<p>A major part of horse training is understanding<br \/>\nhow horses associate actions and commands.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if you&#8217;re gonna give &#8217;em<br \/>\ntreats from a bucket and you typically give &#8217;em<br \/>\ntreats from the bucket, they associate the bucket<br \/>\nwith treats.\u00a0 In other words, when they see the<br \/>\nbucket, they get treats.<\/p>\n<p>(BTW &#8211; There&#8217;s a real danger in keeping treats<br \/>\nin your pocket.\u00a0 Pretty soon the horse learns<br \/>\nwhere they come from and will bite you trying<br \/>\nto get to them.\u00a0 I would suggest that you never<br \/>\ngive treats to a horse by hand.)<\/p>\n<p>What a lot of people don&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nabout this association thing is when they<br \/>\nwalk into the pen to get their horse while<br \/>\ncarrying a halter, soon the horse associates<br \/>\nthe halter with something they don&#8217;t like.<\/p>\n<p>If a horse only goes through hard and boring<br \/>\nwork because the owner doesn&#8217;t think to make<br \/>\nit fun and interesting for their horse, then<br \/>\nit&#8217;s no wonder they run from the handler<br \/>\nwhen they see the halter.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the bucket means treats, the<br \/>\nhalter means work &#8211; or at least&#8230;something<br \/>\nunpleasant.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, the trick is to associate<br \/>\nthe halter with something positive.<\/p>\n<p>When your horse learns, his learning<br \/>\nby association is done in proportion to his<br \/>\nintelligence and memory, the conspicuousness of<br \/>\nthe circumstances, objects, places, and time that<br \/>\naccompany it and the impression on their senses<br \/>\nof sight, hearing, touch, and smell.<\/p>\n<p>The horse learns easier when the actions<br \/>\nor circumstances associated with the thing to be<br \/>\ntaught are more conspicuous.\u00a0 Thus, they make a<br \/>\ngreater impression if it&#8217;s associated with pleasure<br \/>\nrather than non-pleasure. (Non-pleasure can mean<br \/>\npressure, fear, pain, being scolded, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>What all that means is this.<\/p>\n<p>Say you were teaching Mr. Horse to back up.<br \/>\nSo you put your finger into his chest and push to<br \/>\nget him backing off the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>If all you do is release the pressure your<br \/>\nassociation of what he&#8217;s supposed to do isn&#8217;t as<br \/>\nobvious as if you would&#8217;ve also petted him for<br \/>\nmoving off the pressure, talked to him soothingly,<br \/>\nand offer him a pleasant expression from your face.<\/p>\n<p>You see, he had &#8220;non-pleasure&#8221; from your<br \/>\nfinger pokin&#8217; him in the chest.\u00a0 He hears you say<br \/>\n&#8220;back&#8221; while he feels the pressure.\u00a0 When he moves<br \/>\noff the pressure the &#8220;non-pleasure&#8221; disappears.<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;throw in lots of praise and love by<br \/>\npetting him and telling him what a good boy he was<br \/>\nfor backing&#8230;you double or tripled your<br \/>\nreinforcement of what you want him to do.<\/p>\n<p>Just like us humans, horses flee pain and<br \/>\ngravitate towards pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Pain can be in the form of a small bit of<br \/>\npressure from a finger in the chest to being chastised<br \/>\nfor doing something wrong.<\/p>\n<p>But give &#8217;em a reason to go towards pleasure<br \/>\ni.e. being petted and talked to soothingly, then<br \/>\nyou get a better and deeper response from them.<\/p>\n<p>Make sense?<\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8211; by the way &#8211; this principle works with kids,<br \/>\ntoo.\u00a0 Or just about anyone your trying to work with.<\/p>\n<p>A little positive attention and praise goes a long way.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the DVD titles we have &#8211; you can learn a lot<br \/>\nwatching these professional trainers and how they handle<br \/>\ndifferent situations.\u00a0 Note how they encourage their<br \/>\nhorses to get the right response.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/DVD.html<\/p>\n<p>One more thing &#8211; you can still get the 20% off any<br \/>\nvideo by using the coupon code VIDEO.\u00a0 That coupon<br \/>\nwill expire in the next few days so take advantage<br \/>\nof it now.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/DVD.html<\/p>\n<p>==========================================================<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0 Major Horse Library Update News!<\/p>\n<p>Have you checked out The Horse Library?\u00a0 It&#8217;s the best<br \/>\ndeal on a massive amount of horse training, riding and<br \/>\nhorse care information you can find anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/TheHorseLibrary.html<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re updating it today and tonight with more articles,<br \/>\nmore books, and the new Featured Video of Cole Briggs<br \/>\n(2-Disc set) titled:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get 100% Improvement Using Simple Reining Techniques&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Why should you join now?<\/p>\n<p>1. 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Use coupon code VIDEO and get 20% off any DVD.\u00a0 The<br \/>\ncoupon will expire in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a great note from James:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hello, just wanted to say thank you for the emails you<br \/>\nsend. I bought my first horse November 2007. A Tennessee<br \/>\nWalker gelded paint, 7 yrs old.<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t really know much about horses other than getting on<br \/>\nand riding. Didn&#8217;t want him to go to the auction. 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