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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

The function of this podcast is to lay the ground work for a discussion of cribbing. Cribbing is a stereotypic behavior that some horses...

In today’s podcast we focus on the “Hierarchy of Behavior Change Procedures” as described by Dr. Susan Friedman. If that sounds very...

In Part One of this conversation we talked about Ken Ramirez’s suggestion to do it differently. He was referring to the training of...

We all know clicker training works great for horses, but what about cows? In Episode 21, A Postcard from Germany, we shared the story of...

Nancy Kelly and Spybird Productions are doing a documentary on operant conditioning. She recently spent four days at the barn filming...

Alexandra Kurland’s European adventure continues. In this podcast she is joined by two of her traveling companions, Michaela Hempen and...

Alexandra Kurland recently traveled to Germany to attend Anja Beran’s annual International Workshop. She is joined in this podcast by...

Our conversation with Hannah continues with a discussion of reinforcement variety and what do you do when your training goes off the...