Make sure when doing anything at all with your animals, i mean anything, that you set them up for success, focus on reward. focus on the job at at hand always, if theres no focus it leaves room for distractions, distractions create failure. focus equals success.

Whats the difference between a bribe or lure to a reward? its very simple, a lure is something you will offer before the behaviour literally holding it out like a carrot on a stick ! this is not positive reinforcement, this is a bribe. a reward is offered AFTER the behaviour. you use bribes and…

So I’m here to share my thoughts and ideas on how to have a great life with animals. I’ll be honest my motivation is for the animals sake since they’re the ones being misjudged and they’re the ones who didn’t choose the life we’ve given them. yes in some cases their lives are so so…

On pet FB pages I keep seeing the same question asked but disguised as a different problem each time. “Please help my dog does this thing” blah blah .. nearly all animal behaviour is a response to a situation created by you. What to expect from animals when we change their life to an unrealistic…

It’s often asked of me why horses (and or dogs…. all animals) will Immediately respond completely differently from one second to the next just from a change of human in their space..Its very obvious to me, but it seems there are a lot of people who simply don’t “believe”. It’s as i say regularly “all…

Keep it simple stupid I’m not quite sure why some people make things so complicated. It’s actually really really easy to just communicate with your animal the same as you would with your friend.  Every day if you behave the same, you act the same, your behaviours are consistent they understand you. It’s that same…

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