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Episode 102: Emotions And Emotional Behavior - Cindy Martin And Mary Hunter May 06, 2020

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Equiosity Episode 102: Emotions and Emotional Behavior - Cindy Martin and Mary Hunter In a conversation with Cindy Martin and Mary Hunter we discuss the “split in the church”. You’ll have to listen to the podcast to learn what that metaphor means in relation to training. It opened up a conversation about using different markers for different behaviors, jackpots, reinforcement is a process not a thing, reliable loops, treatless clicks, and changing behavior cycles one element at a time. All of this led us to a discussion of emotions and emotional behavior.

Episode 101: Cindy Martin And Mary Hunter - Movement Cycles And Loopy Training Apr 28, 2020

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The corona virus has forced the cancellation of all my spring 2020 clinics. I can’t get to my clinics, but at least I can share this conversation that was recorded last year at the spring Arkansas clinic. At the end of the clinic, several regular attendees stayed on for a relaxed evening visit. After dinner, I set up my computer, got out my microphone and we recorded a clinic wrap up. Joining me were our clinic host, Cindy Martin, and Anita Schnee, Karen Quirk, and Mary Hunter. Mary is our presenter in our new “Listen and Learn Audio Course: An Introduction to Behavior Analysis”. So this podcast is a great way to introduce her to you. To learn more about the audio course visit: equiosity.com The topic we jumped into was a discussion of the difference between movement cycles and loopy training. What is the relationship between these two terms and how does that help us design better training plans?

Episode 100: Celebration! Apr 22, 2020

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We have reached a major milestone - our 100th Episode. to celebrate we are announcing the publication of a project we have been working on for this past year. We are delighted to introduce our Listen and Learn Audio Course - An Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis. Mary Hunter (Stalecheerios, The Art and Science of Animal Training Conference, PORTL, Behavior Explorer) is our guide through this course. To learn more visit: equiosity.com This isn't all we talk about in this episode. Dominique will be moving her horses soon to a new boarding barn. She's been preparing her horses for the move by focusing on trailer loading lessons. We talk about several strategies to help her with two of her horses who are reluctant loaders.

Episode 99a Concept Training Pt 4 Mar 30, 2020

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We conclude this four part series with a discussion of choice as it relates to concept training.

Episode 99: Concept Training Pt 3 Mar 20, 2020

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Last week we described some fun games that make use of concept training. In this episode we begin with the question - how do you teach concept training?

Episode 98: Concept Training Pt 2 Mar 11, 2020

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Last week we began a conversation with Vidyha Karthekiyan. If you want to learn more about her training, you can visit her web site and facebook page - the unlikelytricksters.com. There you will meet Beanie, her site hound and her two cats. From that you can correctly infer that the animals in Vidyha’s life are not horses. If you listened to last week’s podcast, you will know we are very much on the same wavelength when it comes to our animals. She works with dogs and cats, we work with horses. The difference in species doesn’t matter. Concept training can be taught to them all. In this episode we define what concept training means, and then Vidyha describes some of the games she plays with Beanie. She uses match to sample to play card games we remember from childhood - Go Fish and War. Intrigued? So were we, so of course we invited Vidyha to join us for a conversation on concept training. What does that mean and how do you teach it? Have fun!

Episode 97: Concept Training Pt 1 - But First A Detour Into Husbandry Mar 05, 2020

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Concept training really lets our animals show us how smart they are. It is tremendous fun and it widens out the repertoire of behaviors you can ask for. Many of us have been introduced to concept training via Ken Ramirez and his many presentation at the Clicker Expo. He has inspired us to explore match to sample and other forms of concept training. One of the many people who has been inspired by Ken's work is Vidhya Karthikeyan. I met Vidhya at the January 2020 Clicker Expo. Her use of concept training is so creative I wanted to share what she's been doing. So this conversation is about concept training, but it began with a detour into husbandry care so that's where we'll begin.

Episode 96: Celebration! Feb 27, 2020

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This is a very different kind of podcast. Dominique and I were at the Art and Science of Animal Training Conference. We had just come from the Saturday night dinner where I was given a very special award. After the presentation I was joined by Mary Hunter, Caeli Collins, Suzanne Kernek, Katie Bartlett, Natalie Zielinski, Michaela Hempen and Cindy Martin to celebrate. This is the recording of that celebration.

Episode 95: Counter Conditioning - Lindsay Wood Part 3 Feb 19, 2020

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This concludes our three part conversation with Lindsay Wood on counter conditioning. In Part 1 we began with the basics of counter conditioning which means we began with classical conditioning. In her work at shelters, that’s where Lindsay had begun, but she has been expanding her understanding of those protocols by looking at them more through an operant lens. In Part 3 we continue this exploration of counter conditioning by exploring a series of related subjects. Following these threads takes us to a deeper, more robust understanding of counter conditioning.

Episode 94: Lindsay Wood Brown Counter Conditioning Pt 2 Feb 13, 2020

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Last week we began a conversation with Lindsay Wood Brown. Lindsay is a member of the Clicker Expo faculty. She is a board-certified applied animal behaviorist (ACAAB) with a master's degree in animal behavior. She is a Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) course developer and has served as a KPA faculty member since 2012. Lindsay consults for animal shelters across the country. She previously served as the Director of Operations for Lynchburg Humane Society in Virginia and as the Director of Animal Training and Behavior for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley in Boulder, Colorado. The shelter work means for certain protocols Lindsay has seen hundreds of case histories. That’s the experience we wanted to draw on in this discussion of counter conditioning. At the end of part one we were stressing how important it is to adapt any of the protocols you read about to the individual you are working with. We pick up there as we look at counter conditioning from an operant perspective.

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