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It is very very rare for someone to use no pressure and release at all. Rein aids are pressure and release Leg aids are pressure and...

The R doesn't stand for reward, it stands for reinforcement. R+ is ANYTHING that gets added to a learner's environment that they find...

Most people do, you'd have to be really stoney hearted to diligently remove R+ entirely from your repertoire with animals. It is also...

It is only a reward if the horse actually desires it. Our perception of whether something is desirable for another being is often...

So you're saying that before you even start you have expectations that an animal should want to do things you want them to do? That...

You probably do, you just don't realise and/or name it. If the reward is that the animal gets your affection or attention as a result...

I don't know how else I would have taught my dog to do various behaviours I need her to do. A bit of fuss and praise just wouldn't cut...

There has been unpleasantness on both ‘sides’. Many of the people sharing what they *have* learned, with evidence, have been the subject...

Why the incessant demands for people to explain what they would do, either in a given or rather strange hypothetical situation? Telling...

I'm afraid this isn't a witch hunt, she was a highly decorated individual who fell to earth in a very public way at a very public time...

Poor thing does not look happy. Why are we acting like it's this guy or nothing? Or this guy or R+ or nothing? These are not the only...

I'm not really sure where this thread turned into a pro R+/anti R+ thing... I think those of saying we are uncomfortable with SY (and...

Exactly. People were utterly desperate for the quick fix and although Parelli and Roberts were selling a 'method' (complete with branded...

Gah, I really wasn't going to get involved in this 🤦‍♀️. I can't understand the continual desire from some posters to dismiss R+, it...

Yes there was. I think a few people here might want to gain a better understanding of what the role and responsibilities of a steward...