In this episode (generally called "punishment" because it's all over the place), Gen and Chloe discuss topics including positive vs. negative punishment, potential behavioral fallout of punishment, how to (as much as possible) avoid using negative punishment when clicker training, why it is not a good idea to use the clicker as a no reward signal, how punishing can be reinforcing to the punisher, and more!

Happy training!

In this episode, Gen and Chloe welcome special guest Rachel Steen of Balance Point Equestrian Learning Center to discuss young horses! Topics covered include how to set "boundaries" with young horses, the importance of making sure your young horse has positive experiences with you, mental development of young horses, and more! You can check out more of Rachel's training work at www.balancepointequestrian.com or on Instagram @equestrian_zen!

In this episode, Gen and Chloe discuss anxiety and burnout in horse training, describe some of their experiences, and pose potential coping strategies. Topics include utilizing patterns/routines to help reduce anxiety, being anxious to work with horses due to their size/past injuries or bad experiences, and more. Please take all discussion and advice given in this episode with a grain of salt, since neither Gen nor Chloe are mental health professionals (at least not yet, in Gen's case).

In this episode, Gen and Chloe discuss anxiety and burnout in horse training, describe some of their experiences, and pose potential coping strategies. Topics include being anxious to train around other people, burnout from handling care/management tasks in addition to training, and more. Please take all discussion and advice given in this episode with a grain of salt, since neither Gen nor Chloe are mental health professionals (at least not yet, in Gen's case).

This episode is the second part of Gen and Chloe's meeting with Kara of @musgraveequestrian to discuss lingering questions, comments, and concerns relating to Intrinzen. Though Gen and Chloe have not changed any of their previous opinions relating to Intrinzen, the conversation clarified more aspects of the Intrinzen mindset and illuminated points of agreement between Intrinzen-inspired trainers and "traditional" positive reinforcement trainers.

Happy training!

In this episode, Gen and Chloe met with Kara of @musgraveequestrian to discuss lingering questions, comments, and concerns relating to Intrinzen. The second (and final) part of the conversation will be posted next week. Though Gen and Chloe have not changed any of their previous opinions relating to Intrinzen, the conversation clarified more aspects of the Intrinzen mindset and illuminated points of agreement between Intrinzen-inspired trainers and "traditional" positive reinforcement trainers.

Happy training!