Silly Horse Tricks Discussion - Feb 2019
All Discussion, Concepts, Simulations
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Karen discusses the benefits of doing 'silly horse tricks', such as to develop communication, motivation, and confidence.. This video is a great set up for the other two videos this month in which Karen does some of these with her horses. In addition, other videos that can support you in playing with this are: 'Avoiding the Cookie Monster', and 'Adding and Relaxing Criteria During Positive Reinforcement.
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