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Me too. I've found a better way. £1500 for a brand new saddle and all accessories and a bit of my time to custom cut some rider shims...

He passed the vetting, so he is coming home :-)

A) sedate with a dart gun? Or sedate with laced hardfeed in a bucket left in their vicinity. If you can't lure them in with food I don't...

I think the issue is, CDJ is not really doing anything differently in her riding than she’s always done. It’s just that now it’s being...

This is a really great, thoughtful and clear post. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. You've articulated all the...

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...