In response to letters and emails from people with training and behavior questions about their equines, Meredith has created a series of short training tip videos to help address some of these common issues. Be sure to check out the Detailed Descriptions if you’d like the printable guide that goes along with each video.
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The Reward System
How and When to Use Rewards
Imprinting and How it Works
Desensitization
Teaching Good Manners When Training
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The Reward System
Meredith gets a lot of letters and emails from people with training questions about their equines. Here, she discusses the optimal method of rewarding your equine's behavior. And check out the bonus Training Tip Detailed Descriptions! Each Detailed Description explains the subject of the video in a bit more detail and depth, including additional photos. These documents are each about 2 - 4 pages long, and they make it easy to print out the basics of the lesson to read and study offline. This Detailed Description covers information discussed in Training Tip #9a - The Reward System. To watch the video full-screen, click the icon in the bottom right corner of the player that looks like: [ ]. -
How and When to Use Rewards
Once you've prepared your reward system, Meredith explains how and when to most effectively use rewards while training your equine. And check out the bonus Training Tip Detailed Descriptions! Each Detailed Description explains the subject of the video in a bit more detail and depth, including additional photos. These documents are each about 2 - 4 pages long, and they make it easy to print out the basics of the lesson to read and study offline. This Detailed Description covers information discussed in Training Tip #9b - How and When to Use Rewards. To watch the video full-screen, click the icon in the bottom right corner of the player that looks like: [ ]. -
Imprinting and How it Works
Imprinting is an important part of your equine's life--and not just for foals. Meredith discusses how to approach imprinting with an equine of any age. And check out the bonus Training Tip Detailed Descriptions! Each Detailed Description explains the subject of the video in a bit more detail and depth, including additional photos. These documents are each about 2 - 4 pages long, and they make it easy to print out the basics of the lesson to read and study offline. This Detailed Description covers information discussed in Training Tip #12 - Imprinting and How it Works. To watch the video full-screen, click the icon in the bottom right corner of the player that looks like: [ ]. -
Desensitization
Meredith explains how to best work with a new or nervous equine. And check out the bonus Training Tip Detailed Descriptions! Each Detailed Description explains the subject of the video in a bit more detail and depth, including additional photos. These documents are each about 2 - 4 pages long, and they make it easy to print out the basics of the lesson to read and study offline. This Detailed Description covers information discussed in Training Tip #13 - Desensitization. To watch the video full-screen, click the icon in the bottom right corner of the player that looks like: [ ]. -
Teaching Good Manners When Training
Meredith explains the lifelong benefits of teaching your equine to behave with good manners. And check out the bonus Training Tip Detailed Descriptions! Each Detailed Description explains the subject of the video in a bit more detail and depth, including additional photos. These documents are each about 2 - 4 pages long, and they make it easy to print out the basics of the lesson to read and study offline. This Detailed Description covers information discussed in Training Tip #14 - Teaching Good Manners When Training. To watch the video full-screen, click the icon in the bottom right corner of the player that looks like: [ ].