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Episode 39: A Conversation with Mary Concannon Pt 2: Our Creative Horses
The question we ended with in last week’s podcast was “how did you shape that?” This week we find out. The answer takes us to a sharing...


Episode 38: A Conversation with Mary Concannon Part 1: What Are You Saying?
This episode begins a conversation with Click That Teaches coach, Mary Concannon. Mary is from Ireland, but she is currently based in...


Episode 37: A Conversation with Cindy Martin - Part 3: Emotional Behavior
Part 3 of our conversation with Cindy Martin shifts to a focus on emotional behavior. Our conversation centers around a thoroughbred...


Episode 36: A Conversation with Cindy Martin Part 2: Dominance Defined
One of the many reasons I so appreciate the contributions Cindy Martin makes to our understanding of clicker training is the very clear...


Episode 35: A Conversation with Cindy Martin Part 1: Head Shakers
This week we begin a three part conversation with Cindy Martin, one of my “Click That Teaches” coaches. Cindy talks about her background...


Episode 34: When Do You Follow The Rules?
Rules are useful things. They keep us out of trouble -especially when it comes to training. But always it is a study of one - so when...


Episode 33: Metaphors and Horse Training
Why do relationships run hot and cold? The question isn’t about the quality of the relationships. It’s about the language we use to...


Episode 32: Observational Learning
Observational learning - what does that mean? How many different ways can we interpret that phrase to the benefit of our horses. What...


Episode 31: The Basics Done Well
At the end of the previous podcast Dominique was saying the more she knows, the more she sees the value of the basic work. The basics...


Podcast 30: Repertoire - The Bigger the Better
This podcast continues a conversation we began last week. We ended Episode 29: Pre-school with a “save that thought” comment about the...


Episode 29: Pre-School
This week’s podcast opens with a quote from our recent webinar with Dr. Susan Friedman. We were discussing a twenty year old horse that...


Episode 28: Cribbing
In the previous podcast our guest, Michaela Hempen set the stage for this week’s podcast by describing single-subject design studies. ...


Episode 27: Single-Subject Design
The function of this podcast is to lay the ground work for a discussion of cribbing. Cribbing is a stereotypic behavior that some horses...


Episode 26: Why Won't My Horse Do What I'm Asking!?
In today’s podcast we focus on the “Hierarchy of Behavior Change Procedures” as described by Dr. Susan Friedman. If that sounds very...


Episode 25: Do It Differently - Part 2
In Part One of this conversation we talked about Ken Ramirez’s suggestion to do it differently. He was referring to the training of...
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