Sunday, May 5, 2013

Positive reinforcement

My friend Jenna came with me to the stables today. Johanna gave us a lesson and all I felt was so much positive reinforcement and positive feedback.

Every time we did something right Jenna shouted Go Kiki and it just felt so good. It made me think how much a positive atmosphere can do to a person and a horse. It also made me ponder why we use so much negative reinforcement whilst training when it is actually the nice words that make us grow.

And yet another interesting link from Eurodressage that I wanted to share with you:

Good House Keeping: Finding the Right Balance in the Management of Dressage Horses

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