Knowing Your Horse - new book

EAN (ISBN-13): 9781444316025
ISBN (ISBN-10): 1444316028
Publishing year: 2009
Publisher: Wiley
208 Pages
Language: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9781444316025

ISBN - alternate spelling:
1-4443-1602-8, 978-1-4443-1602-5
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Book author: leth, emma, lethbridge
Book title: seeing and knowing, way the horse, knowing and being

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Information from Publisher

Author: Emma Lethbridge
Title: Knowing Your Horse - A Guide to Equine Learning, Training and Behaviour
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; John Wiley & Sons
208 Pages
Publishing year: 2009-08-20
Language: English
38,99 € (DE)
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EA; E107; E-Book; Nonbooks, PBS / Biologie/Sonstiges; Zoologie: Säugetiere (Mammalogie); Equine; Pferd; Pferdeforschung; Allg. Pferdeforschung; Pferdesport, Tiersportarten; BC

Foreword Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 The Principles of Good Horse Training Ten Basic Principles of Good Horsemanship Learning recap Chapter 2 Does Classical Conditioning Ring a Bell? Different Stimuli and Response Terms Training Task: How to Classically Condition Your Horse Specific Training Situations Learning recap My training log Chapter 3 Living With the Consequences Operant Conditioning Applying Simple Operant Conditioning Training Task: 'Don't Mug Me' Training Learning recap My training log Chapter 4 All Possible Consequences Defining Positive and Negative Consequences Reinforcement Punishment Which Consequence? Learning recap Chapter 5 Other Laws and Factors in Learning The Final Law - Extinction Understanding Generalisation and Discrimination Learning inTraining Learning recap Chapter 6 The Power of Positive Reinforcement What Can Be a Positive Reinforcer? Which Reinforcer Should I Use? When to Reward Training Using Positive Reinforcement Learning recap Training Task: Using Positive Reinforcement to Teach the Back,the Heel, the Stay, the Recall and the Yield Training Task: Teaching the Head Down and Placement using theTarget Lure My training log Chapter 7 The Sound of Learning - ClickerTraining What is Clicker Training? The Training Game Target Training The Secrets of Clicker Success Learning recap Training Task: Using Clicker Training My training log Chapter 8 Negative Reinforcement - ReinforcementThrough Escape Pressure-Release Training The Important Factors for Applying Negative ReinforcementEthically When Not to Use Negative Conditioning Avoidance Learning Is Every Physical Contact with the Horse NegativeReinforcement? Combining Positive and Negative Reinforcement Adding Cues and Commands Learning recap Training Task: Using Negative Reinforcement ThroughPressure-Release My training log Chapter 9 Understanding Punishment The Side Effects and Problems of Punishment Applying Punishment (Minimising the Side Effects) Is it Possible to Train a Horse Without the Use ofPunishment? Learning recap Chapter 10 How to Deal with Unwanted Behaviours Without UsingPunishment The Simplest and Hardest Option - Ignoring the Horse Counter Conditioning Driven to Distraction A Final Note Learning recap Case Studies: Alternative Ways to Correct UnwantedBehaviour My training log Chapter 11 Step by Step Shaping Chaining Applying Shaping Training Task: Shaping Training Task: More Complicated Shaping - Teaching theSpanish Walk Applying Chaining Conclusion Learning recap My training log Chapter 12 Overcoming Fears and Phobias Prevention Is Better Than Cure Overcoming Established Fears and Phobias Habituation Flooding Systematic Desensitisation Counter Conditioning Combining Systematic Desensitisation and CounterConditioning Learning recap Case Studies: Helping Horses Overcome Their Fears My training log Chapter 13 Learning with Character Does the Sex of the Horse Affect Learning Ability? The Effect of Age on Learning Ability Does Social Status Affect Learning? Nature Verses Nurture Learning recap References and Furthern Reading. Index