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Episode 122: Enriching Your Reinforcement Choices
This week Dominique launched us into an interesting conversation about reinforcers. If you don’t want to use food, or you want to use...


Episode 121: Find A Look
The rest of this sentence is find a look that pleases your eye. When you look at a horse what do you like? If you’re looking at ten...


Episode 120: There's So Much More To Stimulus Control
This week’s episode explores the stimulus control quadrants developed by Dr. Jesús Rosales Ruiz. When I say stimulus control many of you...


Episode 119: Change the Environment!
This week's podcast was prompted by a question a listener sent in. She had a terrifying escape with her two horses from one of the...


Episode 118: A Twist On Extinction
You’ve been reinforcing your horse for the good behavior you want, and now suddenly that process stops. You’ve just thrown your horse...


Episode 117: What Does Choice Look Like?
A wrap up of the recent Science Camp sparked a lively conversation centered around choice. We end the podcast with a story that...


Episode 116: The 85% Rule, Errorless Learning, and Horse Hugs
Dominique loves to learn. She is forever finding interesting articles and scientific studies for us to discuss. This week we consider one...


Episode 115: Dr. Susan Friedman: The Procedural Hierarchy Pt 3: Learning How to Learn
You can learn anything from the internet. Google any subject and you will get a long list of links. But having access doesn’t always...


Episode 114: Susan Friedman - The Procedural Hierarchies Pt 2: The Twin Sisters of Science and Ethic
Dr Susan Friedman is our guest for this conversation about her recent article: “Why Animals Need Trainers Who Adhere to the Least...


Episode 113: Dr. Susan Friedman: The Procedural Hierarchy - Pt. 1
Dr. Susan Friedman joins us for a discussion of the hierarchy of least intrusive, most affective (LIMA) intervention strategies. She has...


Episode 112: Suzanne Kernek Pt 2: Going to the Dogs
Last week we began a two part conversation with Suzanne Kernek. Suzanne is a horse owner and a professional dog trainer. She’s also a...


Episode 111: Suzanne Kernek Pt 1: Going to the Dogs
We introduce these Equiosity podcasts by saying that they are about all things equine with a special emphasis on the horse human bond. So...


Episode 110: What Defines A Training Session?
Many trainers think in terms of formal training sessions. Others think more in terms of a flow that simply shifts location and emphasis....


Episode 109: Michele Pouliot Part 3: Building A Freestyle Routine
In Part 3 Michele Pouliot describes how she assembles a freestyle routine using back chaining. In Parts 1 and 2 of our conversation with...


Episode 108 Michele Pouliot Part 2: Freestyle
We have a long wish list of things we wanted to talk to Michele Pouliot about. Michele is a canine trainer. Many of you will know her...
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